Josef_Liebeskind

Josef Liebeskind

Josef Liebeskind

German composer


Josef Franz Liebeskind (1866–1916) was a German composer born in Leipzig, Saxony on April 22, 1866[1][2] to Franz Ludwig and Henriette Josefine Liebeskind. He studied at the Leipzig Conservatory.[1] He edited large number of works by Mozart, Dittersdorf, and Gluck. He is called a "composer, writer, and collector of musicalia".[1][by whom?] His known works include: Lobe den Herrn, motet for chorus, Op 1; String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, Op 2 (1888); Trio for piano, violin and cello in D minor, op 3 (1893); Symphony No. 1 in A minor, op 4 (1894); Zwei Fugen für die Orgel, Op 6 (1895); String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op 7 (1896).[2][3] After his death, Liebeskind's sons donated his library, which included early editions and unpublished manuscripts, to the Swiss National Library.[4]


References

  1. Mason, Daniel Gregory (1917). The Art of Music: A Comprehensive Library of Information for Music Lovers and Musicians. National Society of Music.
  2. earsense.org. "Josef Liebeskind".
  3. Calvocoressi, M. D. (1936). "Music in the Foreign Press". The Musical Times. 77 (1126): 1082–1084. doi:10.2307/918992. ISSN 0027-4666. JSTOR 919740.



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