OTTO NEITZEL WELTE-MIGNON PIANO ROLLS CDR

Description: OTTO NEITZEL (FALKENBURG (POMERANIA), GERMANY, JULY 6, 1852 – COLOGNE, GERMANY, MARCH 10, 1920) Otto Neitzel was the second son out of six musically talented children of the teacher Gottfried Neitzel and his wife Louise, née Messerschmidt. At the age of eight he caused a sensation as a "Wunderkind" playing piano in his hometown Falkenburg and nearby cities (Dramburg, Kallies and Rummelsburg) in the Pommersche Schweiz, Pommern. In Stettin he was promoted by Carl Loewe, in Berlin by Eduard Grell (1800-1886), the violinist Hubert Ries and the composer Wilhelm Taubert. Because his father was not able to finance his musical education his talented son was sponsored by patron Bernhard Loeser from the cigar manufacturers "Loeser&Wolff". In 1865 the young boy left home to become a quartaner at the Joachimsthaler Gymnasium in Berlin. He got piano lessons at the Neue Akademie der Tonkunst by Theodor Kullak, Richard Wüerst and Friedrich Kiel. From 1873 to 1875 he was a student of Franz List. 1875 he wrote his dissertation "Die ästhetische Grenze der Programmmusik". He went on tour accompanying the soprano singer Pauline Lucca and the famous violinist Pablo de Sarasate on piano. In 1878 Neitzel became director of the Musikverein in Straßburg. From 1879 till 1881 he was music-director at the Straßburger Stadttheater and worked as a teacher at the Straßburger Konservatorium. Its Director Max Erdmannsdörfer recommended him as a representative for the German piano school at the Moscow Konservatory. He was offered a chair as "Imperatorial-Russian" professor. He married his student, the alto singer Sophie Romboi. In 1885 he became teacher at the Kölner Konservatorium. In 1887 he became chief of the musical section of the "Kölnische Zeitung", where he published as a journalist. In the winter of 1906/07 he was invited to play and hold lecture recitals in the United States, where he played Beethoven's G-major concert in Philadelphia and Boston, directed by Karl Muck. In 1909 Neitzel directed Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and his Choral Fantasy. Because of its success Muck encouraged him to direct the orchestra, but Neitzel rejected the offer. He was acquainted with Richard Wagner and Richard Strauß, who he supported. In 1919 he became member of the Preußische Akademie der Künste in Berlin. He held a chair as a professor. He died on 10 March 1920 in Cologne, where he left behind four daughters. TRACKLIST 681 WELTE-MIGNON BACH - Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, d S. 903685 WELTE-MIGNON BEETHOVEN - Piano Sonata, Op. 81, Eb “Les adieux” 1st mvt.686 WELTE-MIGNON BEETHOVEN - Piano Sonata, Op. 81, Eb “Les adieux” 2nd 3rd mvts.690 WELTE-MIGNON SCHUMANN - Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 7, 11 & 12691 WELTE-MIGNON SCHUMANN - Davidsbündlertänze (David’s League Dances) Nos. 1-18

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