Ernst Naumann

Karl Ernst Naumann ( born August 15, 1832 in Freiberg, † December 15, 1910 in Jena ) was a German organist, composer, conductor, arranger and musicologist. It is mainly through his compositions and arrangements of music by JS Bach, Mozart and Mendelssohn known. With Schumann and Brahms, he was a personal friend, he conducted in 1870 the premiere of the Alto Rhapsody.

Life and work

Karl ( Carl ) Ernst Naumann was born in 1832 in Freiberg, the son of the geologist Carl Friedrich Naumann. He was a cousin Emil Naumann and a grandson of Johann Gottlieb Naumann, both also conductors.

Ernst Naumann studied organ with Johann Gottlob Schneider ( son; 1789-1864 ) and composition with Moritz Hauptmann and Ernst Friedrich Richter. In 1858 he published in Leipzig in an essay about the various provisions of the tonal and the significance of the Pythagorean perfect fifths or system for today's music.

From 1860 to his death he was organist and conductor in Jena, from 1877 also professor at the Friedrich Schiller University.

He arranged works by Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schumann and published arrangements of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. He prepared six volumes of cantatas and keyboard pieces by Bach and a 9 -volume processing of his organ works for publication. A processing of Haydn's string quartets he could not accomplish.

Naumann was a friend of Brahms and Schumann. The similarities of Brahms music to Beethoven's late works were first mentioned in a letter from Albert Dietrich in Ernst Naumann of 5 November 1853. Naumann was one of the persons to whom Dietrich wrote shortly after Schumann's suicide attempt in March 1858.

On March 3, 1870 Naumann conducted the Academic Choral Society Jena for the premiere of Brahms Alto Rhapsody with Pauline Viardot -Garcia as a soloist.

Ernst Naumann died on 15 December 1910 in Jena at the age of 78 years. His resting place is located on the Jena North Cemetery.

Compositions

Instead of great symphonies and operas to Naumann limited to chamber music and vocal pieces. He composed, among others, the following works:

  • Sonata in G Minor for Viola and Piano, Op. 1 (1854 )
  • 4 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 2 (composed 1859)
  • 5 songs by Joseph von Eichendorff for Voice and Piano, Op. 3 (composed in 1860); Text by Joseph von Eichendorff
  • Three Fantasy Pieces for Cello ( or Viola) and Piano, Op. 4 (1861 )
  • Three Fantasy Pieces for Viola (or Violin ) and Piano, Op. 5 (1861 )
  • String Quartet No. 1 in C Major for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello, Op. 6 (1862 )
  • Trio in F Minor for Violin, Viola and Piano, Op. 7 (1863 )
  • 5 Impromptus for piano 4- händiges, Op. 8 (1865 )
  • String Quartet in B flat major [G minor ?], Op. 9
  • Serenade in A Major, Nonet for flute, oboe, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass, Op. 10 (1872 )
  • Romance from the Nonet for violin and piano, Op. 10 (1874 )
  • 4 songs for four-part male chorus a cappella, Op. 11 (1873 )
  • String Trio in D major, Op. 12 (published in 1883; Violin, Viola and Cello )
  • String Quintet No. 2 in E major for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello, Op. 13 (published 1880)
  • Salvum fac lively for male chorus a cappella, Op. 14
  • 3 songs for voice and piano, Op. 15 (1879 ); Text of Julius Altmann
  • Pastorale for chamber orchestra, Op. 16 (flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B flat, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass)
  • Glory to God in the highest for mixed choir a cappella
  • String Quartet in D minor

Recordings

Ernst Naumann's music was recorded on these CDs:

  • Three Fantasy Pieces for Viola and Piano, Op. 5; Ilya Hoffman ( viola ), Sergey Koudriakov (piano)
  • String Trio in D major, Op. 12; Dresden String Trio
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