Conrad Ansorge

Conrad Ansorge (* October 15, 1862 i in Buchenwald at Liebau, County Landeshut Schleswig; . † February 13, 1930 in Berlin) was a German pianist, composer and music educator.

Life

Ansorge studied 1880-1882 at the Leipzig Conservatory, lived from 1883 to 1885 in Weimar and was a pupil of Franz Liszt in 1885 there. Then he made numerous concert tours throughout Europe and in America. 1893 Ansorge settled in Weimar and lived from 1895 in Berlin. From 1898 to 1904 and again from 1916 until his death he was a teacher at the Klindworth - Scharwenka Conservatory. On April 6, 1905, he took with him seven piano pieces for the Welte-Mignon reproducing piano at the Leipzig recording studio of Welte, including three of his own works. He played a roles for the Hupfeld Phonola. (No. 57308: Franz Schubert: Moment Musical A flat major, Op 94.2 No. 527090. Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 27.1 ). In addition, from the years 1927 and 1928 exist recordings on Vox and Parlophon. Since 1920 he was head of the piano master class at the German Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Prague. In 1918 he received the appointment as royal professor.

Ansorge wrote numerous orchestral and chamber works, sonatas, piano pieces and songs, as well as edits. As a pianist, he distinguished himself particularly by his subtle interpretation of the works of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Liszt. As a composer, he sought above all to a new intimacy of expression, particularly in poetry. At Conrad Ansorge's students included, inter alia, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Eduard Erdmann, Mina Tobler, Rudolf Müller- Chappuis and Eta Harich -Schneider.

Ansorge was married to the pianist Margaret Wegelin since 1891. Their son Joachim Ansorge (1893-1947) was also a pianist and teacher at the Institute for School and Church Music in Königsberg ( Prussia). Conrad Ansorge's grave is located on the country's own army cemetery in Berlin- Westend. In the Nußbaumallee 27, Berlin- Charlottenburg, a plaque is attached.

Works (selection)

  • Sonata for piano ( No. 1), Op. 1
  • Dream images Op. 8
  • Eight Songs for voice and piano Op. 10
  • Seven Songs for Voice and Piano Op. 11
  • Vigils Op. 12
  • Quartet for Two Violins, Viola and Cello, Op. 13
  • Five Songs Op. 14, a cycle in 4 songs
  • Five Songs Op. 15
  • Willow Wood. Paraphrase of Stefan George by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, for voice and piano Op. 16
  • Five Songs Op. 17
  • Harvest songs, after a poem by Franz Evers Op. 18
  • Urworte and other poems by Goethe Op. 19
  • Sonata for piano (No. 2), Op. 21
  • Songs and chants for a vocal score with piano accompaniment, Op. 22
  • Sonata in A major for piano (No. 3), Op. 23
  • Sonata for cello and piano Op. 24
  • Polish Dances for piano 2 hands free Edit. by Conrad Ansorge
  • Toccata, Adagio and Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach. For piano transmitted by Conrad Ansorge.
  • In Ullstein Ansorge gave up the piano works of Franz Schubert in the series of mixer outputs.
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