Herman Amberg

For the Danish-Norwegian educator, see Herman Amberg (educator). For the New York mobster, see Hyman Amberg.
Herman Amberg
Born22 December 1834
Died12 April 1902
NationalityDanish
Occupation(s)musician and composer.

Herman Amberg (22 December 1834 – 12 April 1902) was a Danish musician and composer.

A pupil of J.P.E. Hartmann and Anton Ree, in 1855 he set up in Viborg as music teacher and also worked as a singing teacher at the Latin School for 25 years. In 1868 he was organist at the cathedral and in 1892 was appointed a professor.

His brother Johan Amberg was also a musician.

Compositions

Many of his works were published posthumously. The following list is incomplete.

  • 24 Preludes (Hansen, 1888)[1]
  • Op.5 - Prélude for Piano (Hansen, 1893)[1]
  • Op.6 - Sechs Orgelstücke zum Theil als Postludien anwendbar. (Hansen, 1893)[1]
  • Op.7 - Paraphrase f. Org. über Gade’s Melodie „O rüst’ dich, Held von Golgatha“. (Hansen, 1894)[1]
  • Op.7a - Nine little pieces for organ or harmonium (Wilhelm Hansen, 1903)[2]
  • Op.8 - Små stykker for orgel eller harmonium (Hansen)[3]
  • Op.11 - 10 Præ- og Postludier (Hansen, ca.1904).[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Hofmeister@RHUL". Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  2. ^ "Hofmeisters Monatsberichte". 1903. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Worldcat". Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  • This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia.


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