Heinrich Porges

Heinrich Porges ( born November 25, 1837 in Prague, † November 17, 1900 in Munich) was a Czech- Austrian- German choral conductor and music critic.

He was the father of Elsa Bernstein. His parents were Simon Porges (* 1801, † September 4, 1869 ) and Charlotte Porges. He was married to Wilhelmine Merores.

Porges initially studied law and philosophy at the University of Prague, then turned the music ( piano, harmony and counterpoint) to becoming a pianist with the target. From 1863 he edited with Brendel in Leipzig the " Neue Zeitschrift für Musik " ​​. 1866 appointed him King Ludwig II proposal Wagner to Munich, where he wrote introductions to Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Lohengrin. As Der Ring des Nibelungen was premiered in 1876 in Bayreuth, Porges was one of the assistants Wagner and held its utterances to work and play securely in detail. Also to Parsifal appropriate records are maintained in a piano reduction. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the works of Liszt, and was one of the most loyal Jewish supporters of Wagner and was greatly appreciated by this, also because of his writings.