Heinrich Dorn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heinrich Dorn

German composer and conductor

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1804

Place of Birth: Königsberg

Date of Death: 10-Jan-1892

Profession: composer, conductor, music critic, journalist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn (14 November 1800 or 1804 – 10 January 1892) was a German conductor, composer, teacher, and journalist.
He was born in Königsberg (now known as Kaliningrad), where he studied piano, singing, and composition.
Later, he studied in Berlin with Ludwig Berger, Bernhard Klein, and Carl Friedrich Zelter.
His first opera, Rolands Knappen, was produced in 1826, and was a success.
Around this time, he became co-editor of the Berliner allgemeine Muzikzeitung. Dorn became well known as a conductor of opera, and held theatre posts at Königsberg (1828), Leipzig (1829–32), Hamburg (1832), Riga (1834–43), and Cologne (1844–8).
In 1849, he became co-conductor, with Wilhelm Taubert, of the Berlin Hofoper - a post he held until 1869. Dorn taught counterpoint to the young Robert Schumann, and was a friend of Franz Liszt.
He was a harsh critic of Richard Wagner, but was persuaded to conduct the opera Tannhäuser, in 1855.
He also wrote an opera Die Nibelungen, based on the Nibelungenlied, in 1853, many years before Wagner completed Der Ring des Nibelungen. Dorn died in Berlin in 1892.



Description	German engraver
Date of birth/death	28 July 1823	27 May 1892
Location of birth/death	Nuremberg	Leipzig
Work location	Leipzig
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