Joachim Andersen

Carl Joachim Andersen ( born April 29, 1847 in Copenhagen, † May 7, 1909 in Bagsvaerd, near Copenhagen ) was a Danish flutist, conductor and composer.

Life

Andersen's father, Christian Joachim (* 1816) was flutist who first taught his son (as well as his brother Vigo, from 1852 to 1895, who also was a flautist ). At the age of 13 years Joachim Andersen made ​​her first appearance in public. After that, he was principal flute to 1868 in the Musikverein Orchestra Copenhagen Niels Gade. He then moved to the Royal Court Orchestra. In 1877 he became a member of the Imperial Chapel in St. Petersburg. In 1881 he moved to Berlin and worked as a solo flutist at the Royal Opera and Bilse'schen in the former orchestra. In 1882 he was one of the founding members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and took over as its principal flutist increasingly Dirigieraufgaben; so he headed for eight summers, one of the two daily concerts of the orchestra in Scheveningen.

1893 Andersen, was forced by a paralysis of the tongue, his position with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, returned to Copenhagen, where he worked as a conductor, including director of the concerts at the Tivoli. In 1897 he founded a school orchestra and received as its director and conductor shortly before his death the title of professor. 1905 awarded him the Danish King Christian IX. the Knight's Cross of the Order of Dannebrog.

Work

The plant catalog Andersen has 67 provided with opus numbers compositions, mainly for his instrument, the flute, created, including next solo pieces and piano accompaniment works well Konzertantes. His etudes are sometimes still used today in flute lessons. Popularity received his Honnörmarsch Crown Prince Christian (in honor of the then Danish Crown Prince ).

Swell

  • Blume, Friedrich ( ed.): The music in past and present, 1st Edition, 1949-1986
  • Goldberg, A.: portraits and biographies excellent flute virtuoso, dilettantes and composers. Moeck 1987 ( Reprint v. 1906). ISBN 3-87549-028-2
  • Pesek, U., Pesek, Ž. Flute music from three centuries. Barenreiter 1990. ISBN 3-7618-0985-9
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