Friedrich Kiel

Friedrich Kiel ( born October 8, 1821 in Powder Bach; † September 13, 1885 in Berlin) was a German Romantic composer and music educator. He was one of the most prestigious composition teachers of his time and one of the outstanding composers of the generation between Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.

2.2.1 Piano and Violin
2.2.2 Piano and Viola
2.2.3 Piano and Violoncello
2.2.4 Piano Trios
2.2.5 Klavierquartette
2.2.6 Piano Quintets
2.2.7 Piano and Voice

Life

The parents of Friedrich Kiel were the teacher Johann Jost Kiel (1791-1863) and Johanne Marie Jung from powder stream. The family moved in 1827, when Frederick was about 6 years old, according to Schwarzenau. The son started of their own accord with playing the piano and composing at. In the next few years, he took music lessons from his father and in which Elsoffer teacher Karl Batta ( 1807-1893 ). He later he dedicated " VII Fugues for the Piano Forte ", which he composed in Berlin in July 1844.

The Superintendent Appollo Kneip introduced him in 1835 to Prince Albert I of Sayn -Wittgenstein- Berleburg at an orchestra rehearsal before the court orchestra. Then he received violin lessons from the brother of the prince, Prince Charles. In addition, he was allowed to participate in the court chapel, he created compositions for solo violin with orchestral accompaniment and Variations for Orchestra.

In the years 1838-1840 he took composition lessons with the living in Coburg chamber musician and flutist Caspar Kummer ( 1795-1870 ). From 1 May 1840 until 1842 he was concertmaster of the court orchestra and music teacher of the children of Prince Albrecht in Berleburg. During this period he created compositions for piano with orchestral accompaniment, overtures for orchestra and works for piano with 2 and 4 hands.

Due to a grant from King Frederick William IV, he studied from 1842 to 1844 with Siegfried Dehn, the curator of the music of the Royal Library in Berlin. From 1844, he worked as a freelance composer and piano and harmony teacher.

The highly successful premiere of his Requiem in F minor op 20 and another performance in Leipzig made him famous all of a sudden. Missa Solemnis His C minor, Op 40, and the oratorio Christ received wide recognition, so that you offered him the post of Leipzig cantor of St. Thomas, which, however, he did not expect to stay in Berlin can. Beginning in 1866, was Friedrich Kiel for three years a teacher of composition at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin; he was awarded the title of professor in 1868. A year later, Kiel was a member of the Senate of the Royal Academy of Arts in the section "Music".

In 1870 he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle - awarded and also became knights of this order. On June 21 In 1876, he Saxe-Altenburg was awarded the Knight's Cross Second Class of the Ducal Saxe- Ernestine House Order of the Duchy.

Other important milestones in his career were the Academic College of Music (founded 1869), where he was head of a composition class, where from 1882 to the five-member Board of the Royal Academic College of performing art of music (next to Joseph Joachim, Ernst Rudorff, Adolf Schulze and Philipp Spitta ) belonged, as well as the Academy of Fine Arts, to which he was appointed as director of a master class in composition.

He was health badly hit by a traffic accident in September 1883 with a horse cart in Berlin. The world premiere of his oratorio The Star of Bethlehem, Op 83, he experienced on April 25, 1884 in the house of the Royal Fine Arts in Berlin. In the winter of 1884/85 he resigned because of the consequences of his accident from his offices; He died on 13 September 1885 in Berlin. He was buried in the Old Twelve Apostles Cemetery in Berlin -Schöneberg.

His final resting place Kiel on October 7, 1971 in his birthplace powder stream.

Works

Kiel composed in all genres of music except opera and symphony. Half of this creation is dedicated to, because he worked as a pianist and taught the piano music for 2 and 4 hands. Besides created chamber music for various instruments, a piano concerto, smaller choral works a cappella and with instrumental accompaniment and large choral forms: two Requiem, Missa Solemnis and a two oratorios. Since 1993, the Friedrich Kiel Society collaborates with the publisher Dohr Cologne to spread keel works in both new and revised in first editions.

Catalog of his works ( opus number 1 was assigned twice from Kiel! ):

Piano Works

Piano for two Hands

Op 1 Pictures from the World Youth (1850 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0355-8)
Op 1 " 15 Canons in Kammerstyl ", dedicated to Franz Liszt (1852 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-1370-0)
Opus 4 Capricietto ( 1850)
Op 5 Three Romances (1850 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0355-8)
Six Waltzes, Op 7 ( 1850)
Op 8 Three Piano Pieces (1856 )
Op 14 Polonaise Great C major (1858 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0240-7)
Op 15 Melodies ( 1858); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0302-2)
Op 18 Ten piano pieces ( 1860)
Two Impromptus, Op 19 (1860 )
Op 21 Echoes (1861 )
Two Caprices, Op 26 (1863 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0303-9)
Op 27 Tarantelle (1864 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0302-2)
Op 28 Suite [Sonate - Impromptu - Scherzo - Nocturne ] (1864 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-1371-7)
Op 36 Three jigs (1864 )
Opp. 38/41 travel memories for piano. 2 booklets (1865 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0304-6)
Op 45 Waltz (1866 )
Op 55 Four Character Pieces (1868 )
Op 56 Fantasia in E minor (1869 )
Op 59 Three Humoresken (1870 )
Op 62 folk melodies with variations (1870 )
Op 68 Fantasie A flat major (1871 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0240-7)
Three Piano Pieces, Op 71 (1872 )
Six Piano Pieces, Op 72 (1872 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0305-3)
Six Impromptus, Op 79 (1881 )
O.op. Two Nocturnes (1875 published)
O.op. Studies
O.op. Bolero (1875 released ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0355-8)
O.op. Waltz-Caprice ( " Album Leaf " ) ( 1879); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0355-8)
O.op. Hongroise
O.op. Melody in D major (1876 )
O.op. Fughetta F.H. .. g

Piano Four Hands

Op 6 Two small Sonatas (1850 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0693-1)
Easy Piano Pieces, Op 13 (1858 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-1369-4)
Op 23 Variations on an Original Theme (1861 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0671-9)
Op 42 Humoresken (1865 )
Op 47 Waltz (1866 )
Op 48 Waltz (1866 )
Op 57 Easy Pieces (1869 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0774-7)
74 op 10 solo pieces for piano four hands (1873 )

Piano and Orchestra

Op 30 Concerto for piano and orchestra in B flat major (1864 ), Verlag Dohr
O.op. Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra " His Majesty dedicated to the King of Prussia " ( 1841 ), Verlag Dohr

Chamber Music with Piano

Piano and Violin

Opus 16 Sonata in D minor for Piano and Violin ( 1860)
Op 35 Two Sonatas in D minor and F Major for Piano and Violin ( 1864)
Op 37 Variations on a Swedish folk song (1865 ) for piano and violin; Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0545-3)
Op 49 Four Romances for Piano and Violin ( 1867)
Op 51 Sonata for Piano and Violin ( 1868)
Op 54 German dances for piano and violin (1868 )
Op 70 Two solo pieces for piano and violin (1872 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0526-2)
Op 77 Little Suite for violin and piano (1881 )

Piano and Viola

Landler, Op 66 for piano and viola (1871 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-1374-8)
Op 67 Sonata for piano and viola (1871 )
Op 69 Three Romances for piano and viola (1871 )

Piano and Violoncello

Opus 9 melodies for piano and cello (1856 )
Op 11 " Travel Pictures " for piano and cello (1858 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0492-0)
Op 12 Three pieces for piano and cello (1858 ); Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-1138-6)
Op 52 Sonata in A minor for piano and cello (1868 )
O.op. Sonata in D Major for Cello and Piano; First edition Publisher Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0835-5)

Piano Trios

Opus 3 Piano Trio in D major ( 1850)
Op 22 Piano Trio in A major (1861 )
Op 24 Piano Trio in E flat major (1861 )
Op 33 Piano Trio in C sharp minor (1863 )
Op 34 Piano Trio in G major (1864 )
Op 65/1 Piano Trio in A major (1871 )
Op 65/2 Piano Trio in G minor (1871 )

Piano Quartets

Opus 43 Piano Quartet in A minor (1866 )
Op 44 Piano Quartet in E- flat major (1866 )
Op 50 Piano Quartet in G major (1867 )

Piano Quintets

Op 75 Piano Quintet in A major (1874 )
Op 76 Piano Quintet in C minor (1874 )

Piano and Voice

Op 31 Song Cycle (1864 ) for voice and piano; Verlag Dohr, ( ISMN M -2020-0462-3)

String Quartets

Op 53/1 String Quartet in A minor (1868 )
Op 53/2 String Quartet in E flat major (1868 )
Opus 73 Waltzes for String Quartet (1872 )
Opus 78 Waltzes for String Quartet (1881 )

Chorus a cappella / with piano

Op 32 Two Motets for three part women's chorus with piano (1864 )
Op 64 Six sacred songs for female choir or boys choir ( 1869)
Op 82 Six Motets for mixed choir (1883 published; edition Berlin 2007 )

Choir and Orchestra

Requiem Op 20 in F minor for solo, chorus and orchestra (1861 ), premiere on February 8, 1862
Op 25 Stabat mater for female choir and solo with orchestra ( 1864)
Op 29 Psalm 130 for soloists, female choir and orchestra (1864 ), world premiere 1869
Op 40 " Missa Solemnis " for choir and orchestra (1865 ), premiere on March 21, 1867
Op 46 Te Deum for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1866 ), premiere on March 21, 1867
Op 60 "Christ" - Oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1870 ), premiere on April 4, 1874 in Berlin
Op 63 Two Songs of Novalis for mix. Choir and Orchestra ( 1870)
Requiem Op 80 in A flat major, world premiere on November 20, 1881
Op 83 oratorio "The Star of Bethlehem " (1884 published), world premiere on 25 April 1884 in Berlin

Orchestra

Op 39 Three Military Marches (1865 )
Op 61 Four Marches (1870 )
O.op. Overture in C major
O.op. Overture in D minor

Organ Works

Op 58 Three Fantasies (1869 )

Student

Anton Averkamp (1861-1934)
Waldemar von Baußnern (1866-1931)
Adolf von Beckerath (1834-1915)
Edward Behm (1862-1946)
Wilhelm Berger (1861-1911)
Emil Breslaur (1836-1899)
Max Brode (1850-1917)
August Bungert (1845-1915)
Julius Buth (1851-1920)
Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935)
T. Maude Crament (1845-1912)
Felix Dreyschock (1861-1906)
Oskar Eichberg (1845-1898)
Otto Fiebach (1851-1937)
Ernst wing (1844-1912)
Theophil Forchhammer (1847-1923)
Genß Hermann (1856-1940)
Max Gulbins (1862-1932)
John Haarklou (1847-1925)
Jacob Adolf Hägg (1850-1928)
Gustav Hasse (1834-1889)
Ottilie Heinke (exact dates still lives in identification, daughter of Ferdinand Heinke )
Carl Heymann (1854-1922)
Bolko Graf von Hochberg (1843-1926)
Benno Horwitz (1855-1904)
Robert Kahn (1865-1951)
Fritz Kauffmann (musician ) ( 1855-1934 )
Hugo Kaun (1863-1932)
Friedrich Ernst Koch (1862-1927)
Joseph Kotek (1855-1885)
Arnold Krug (1849-1904)
Karl Adolf Lorenz (1837-1923)
Markees Ernst (1863-1939)
Arnold Mendelssohn (1855-1933)
Erik Meyer- Helmund (1861-1932)
Otto Neitzel (1852-1920)
Edmund Neupert (1842-1888)
Jean Louis Nicodé (1853-1919)
Rikard Nordraak (1842-1866)
Zygmunt Noskowski (1846-1909)
Siegfried Ochs (1858-1929)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)
Erich Prieger (1849-1913)
Theobald Rehbaum (1835-1918)
Franz Ries (1846-1932)
Gustav Roguski ( born May 12, 1839 in Warsaw, Rector of 1891-1903 the Frederic Chopin University of Music in Warsaw)
Elise Schumann (1843-1928) daughter of Robert and Clara Schumann
Arthur Seidl (1863-1928)
Antoni Stolpe (1851-1872)
Ernst Hermann Seyffardt (1859-1942)
Emil Sjögren (1853-1918)
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Bernhard Stavenhagen (1862-1914)
Heinrich Urban (1837-1901)
Otto cheek man (1848-1914)
Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879-1973)
Hermann Wolff (1845-1902)

Friedrich Kiel Society and Friedrich Kiel archive

Since 1979 there is the Friedrich Kiel Society, headquartered in Bad Laasphe, the "Messages" and publishes annually since 2007 a newsletter. From 1993 to 2007, " Friedrich Kiel Studies" published (5 vols Dohr Verlag ). The Friedrich Kiel archive is located since 2005 in the archives of the University of Arts in Berlin.

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