Hermann Neuling, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hermann Neuling

German musician

Date of Birth: 17-Jul-1897

Date of Death: 29-Jan-1967

Profession: composer, hornist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Hermann Neuling

  • Hermann Neuling (17 July 1897 – 29 January 1967) was a horn player and composer.
  • He was engaged for many years as a low horn player at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin and taught at the Conservatorium nearby.
  • He was a contemporary of composer Bernhard Krol, who also played in the Staatsoper.
  • Neuling was also a member of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival orchestra from 1931–64, and later taught at the Izmir State Conservatory from 1963-66. Neuling is best known for composing the Bagatelle, a work for low horn and piano.
  • This piece appears on most audition repertoire lists for low horn in Germany and throughout Europe.
  • It became a standard audition piece in the mid-80's, when it appeared on a Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra list for second horn (won by a Scottish horn player from Toronto, Canada, Fergus McWilliam).
  • Neuling also wrote a set of 30 Studies for low horn in 2 volumes, 18 Special Etudes for low horn, 15 Special Technical Etudes for high horn, a method for F- and Bb-horn, a horn concerto (though only the solo part survived the bombing of Berlin) and a cadenza for Mozart's Concerto, K.
  • 447.

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