Scholz, Bernhard E
Scholz, Bernhard E
Scholz, Bernhard E., German conductor, pedagogue, and composer; b. Mainz, March 30, 1835; d. Munich, Dec. 26, 1916. He studied with H. Esser and H. Pauer in Mainz, S. Dehn in Berlin, and A. Sangiovanni in Milan. After teaching in Munich and conducting in Zürich and Nuremberg, he was asst. court Kapellmeister in Hannover (1859–65); then conducted the Cherubini Soc. in Florence (1865–66), led the concerts of the Breslau Orch. Society (1871–82), and in 1883 succeeded Raff as director of the Hoch Cons. in Frankfurt am Main. He retired in 1908.
Works
DRAMATIC : Opera: Carlo Rosa (Munich, 1858); Ziethen’sche Husaren (Breslau, 1869); Morgiane (Munich, 1870); Golo (Nuremberg, 1875); Der Trompeter von Sakkingen (Wiesbaden, 1877); Die vornehmen Wirte (Leipzig, 1883); Ingo (Frankfurt am Main, 1898); Anno 1757 (Berlin, 1903); Mirandolina (Darmstadt, 1907). OTHER : A great many choral works, with orch.; 2 syms.; Piano Concerto; 2 string quartets; String Quintet; Piano Quartet; 2 piano trios; 3 violin sonatas; 5 cello sonatas; numerous piano pieces and songs.
Writings
Ed. S.W. Dehns Lehre vom Contrapunkt, dem Canon und der Fuge (Berlin, second ed., 1883); Wohin treiben wir? (Frankfurt am Main, 1897); Musikalisches und Persönliches (Stuttgart, 1899); Die Lehre vom Kontrapunkt und der Nachahmung (Leipzig, 1904); Verklungene Weisen (Mainz, 1911).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire