Jakob Rosenhain
German Jewish pianist and composer
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Jakob Rosenhain (Jacob, Jacques) (2 December 1813 – 21 March 1894) was a German Jewish pianist and composer.
Rosenhain was born in Mannheim;[1] he made his debut at the age of 11.[2] During their 1837 season, he was a soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (on 17 April), which in 1854 (also in April) programmed one of his symphonies.[3][4]
He was a friend of Felix Mendelssohn at least from 1839.[3] He worked with Johann Baptist Cramer on a published school of piano-playing. From 1849 he made his home in Paris.[5]
Rosenhain died in Baden-Baden.[2]
Selected compositions
- Four operas
- [6]
- Der Besuch in Irrenhause (1834)
- Liswenna (1835)
- Le Démon de la Nuit (1851); Liswenna rewritten
- Volage et Jaloux (1863)
- Orchestra
- Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 42[6]
- Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 43 (performed, possibly premiered, 1846 by Mendelssohn in Leipzig)[3][7]
- Symphony No. 3 "Im Frühling", Op. 61[6]
- Concertante
- Chamber works
- Piano Quartet in E♭, Op. 1[10]
- Sonata in E for piano with violoncello or violin, Op. 38[11]
- Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 44?; à M. Fétis[12]
- Sonate Symphonique in F minor (Piano Sonata No.2?), Op. 70 (pub. Breitkopf, 1887)
- Piano Sonata (No.3?) in D, Op. 74 (published by Breitkopf, 1886)
- 3 String Quartets, Opp. 55, 57, 65 (pub. 1864)[13]
- Sonata in D minor for cello (or violin, or viola) and piano, Op. 98.[14] (manuscript for viola, noted in RISM Online and dates from 1893)
- Four Piano Trios[15]
- Songs
- at least two dozen[16]