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Heinrich von Herzogenberg
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Heinrich Picot de Peccaduc, Freiherr von Herzogenberg (10 June 1843 – 9 October 1900) was an Austrian composer and conductor descended from a French aristocratic family. He was born in Graz and was educated at a Jesuit school in Feldkirch and also in Munich, Dresden and Graz before studying law, philosophy and political science at the university of Vienna. He soon turned his energies to music, however, and attended the composition classes of Felix Otto Dessoff until 1864. He was early attracted to the music of Wagner, but through the study of J. S. Bach he was led to a strong attachment to the classical tradition and became an ardent admirer of Brahms. In 1866 he married Elisabet von Stockhausen, who had been a piano pupil of Brahms; Brahms's letters to and from both Herzogenbergs form one of the most delightful sections of his correspondence. They lived in Graz until 1872, when they moved to Leipzig: in 1874, with the Bach scholar Philipp Spitta, Herzogenberg founded the Leipzig Bach-Verein, which concerned itself with the revival of Bach’s cantatas. Herzogenberg was its artistic director for ten years, during which time Ethel Smyth was one of his composition pupils. From 1885 he was Professor of Composition at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin: it was in this capacity that he advised the young Ralph Vaughan Williams to study with Max Bruch. He died suddenly in Wiesbaden , aged 57; in his last years he was confined to a wheelchair due to necrosis of the joints. Herzogenbe
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Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn
1,6202Liturgische Gesänge, Op. 81, Book 1 "Zur Adventszeit": No. 5, Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn
2263String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 18: II. Andante
15646 kleine Charakterstucke, Op. 5: No. 2. Langsam und zart
1025Variations on the Minuet from Mozart's Don Juan, Op. 58
836Andante sostenuto aus dem Violinkonzert A-Dur WoO 4
577Waltzes, Op. 83 for piano 4-hands: V. Allegro commodo
538Die Geburt Christi (The Birth of Christ), Op. 90: Ich harre des Herrn, meine Seele harret (Tenor I, Tenor II, Bass I, Bass II, Chorus)
389Piano Pieces, Book 2, Op. 37: No. 1. Impromptu
3410Liturgische Gesange, Op. 81, No. 1: Zur Adventszeit: No. 1. Freue dich, du Tochter Zion
31albums
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Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn
H. von Herzogenberg - E. von Herzogenberg: Complete Piano Works
Herzogenberg: String Quintet, Op. 77 / String Quartet, Op. 18
Herzogenberg: Die Geburt Christi (The Birth of Christ)
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Von Herzogenberg: Complete Music for Piano Duet
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Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Lande
Herzogenberg: Totenfeier & Requiem
Herzogenberg: Complete Violin Sonatas
Herzogenberg: The Birth of Christ
Herzogenberg: Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Lande
Herzogenberg, H. Von: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2
Hoerzogenberg: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2