Friedrich Koch

Friedrich Ernst Koch ( born July 3, 1862 in Berlin, † January 30, 1927 ) was a German composer and music educator.

Koch came from a family of artists. The father and two brothers, including Max Friedrich Koch, were well-known and successful history painter of the imperial period, which had specialized in monumental painting.

Koch taught at the Berlin Lessing -Gymnasium. He was a student of Friedrich Kiel. Already in 1891 he joined the Sing- Akademie zu Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with own compositions. It was 1917 theory and composition teacher at the Musikhochschule in Berlin and took over in 1920 as a successor Engelbert Humperdinck's master class in composition at the Academy of Arts (Berlin). College and Academy at the time were still connected institutionally.

Cook joined as a composer, among other things, with opera, a trade show, cantatas, oratorios, symphonies, orchestral and choral works in appearance.

Works (selection)

  • Symphony No. 1, From the North Sea, in D minor, for orchestra, Op 4, etc. Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1891
  • Symphony No. 2 in G major, Opus 10, Berlin, Bote & G. Bock
  • Petite Suite for Violin and Piano, Op 12, London, Augener & Co, 1900
  • Latin Mass, G major, for 4 voices, 2 violins, organ obbligato and 2 horns ad lib., Op 14, Munich, Falter
  • Three character pieces, duo, for cello and piano, Op 17, Munich, Aiblinger, 1897
  • The Sun Song, for chorus, solo voices, orchestra and organ, in the words of " Sôlarliodh " by Max Bamberger, op 26, Bote & G. Bock, 1901
  • Alleluia, festive cantata for chorus, solo voices and orchestra, op 27, Quedlinburg, Vieweg, 1902
  • From the times of the day, oratorio in his own words, for chorus, solo voices, orchestra and organ, op 29, Leipzig, Kahnt Nachf., 1905
  • The German fir. An idyll of German mountain forest in his own words, for deep male voice, chorus and orchestra, Op 30, Leipzig, Kahnt, 1906
  • German Rhapsody, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op 31, Leipzig, CF Kahnt successor, 1907
  • The flood, oratory according to the Bible and their own words, for solo voices, chorus, orchestra and organ, op 32, Leipzig, rahter, 1910
  • The hill mill, Tragic opera in 3 acts ( with free use of the story by Charles Gjellerup ), op 41, Leipzig, self-published, 1917
  • The prophecy of Isaiah, chamber cantata for Christmas for four-part mixed chorus, soprano solo, strings, 2 horns and organ ad lib. or with organ alone, op 42, Leipzig, Leuckart, 1900
  • Gethsemane, Lament for organ, solo organ, Op 44, Leipzig, CF Kahnt, 1920
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