Conrad Ansorge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Conrad Ansorge

German musician

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1862

Place of Birth: Lubawka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 13-Feb-1930

Profession: composer, pianist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Conrad Eduard Reinhold Ansorge (15 October 1862 – 13 February 1930) was a German pianist, teacher and composer. He was born in Buchwald, Silesia, studied at the Leipzig Conservatory between 1880 and 1882, and under Franz Liszt in Weimar in 1885 and 1886.
He toured Europe and the United States.
He was known for his interpretations of Beethoven.On 15 April 1890, his "Orpheus" symphony was performed in Steinway Hall, New York, under the baton of Theodore Thomas.
He became professor of pianoforte at Weimar in 1893.
From 1898 to 1903 he taught in Berlin, at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory. In 1920 he became head of the piano master class at the German Academy (Deutschen Akademie für Musik und Darstellende Kunst) in Prague. Conrad Ansorge's students included: Selim Palmgren, Eduard Erdmann, James Simon, Alice Herz-Sommer, and Wilhelm Furtwängler.
See: List of music students by teacher: A to B#Conrad Ansorge. He made some Welte-Mignon recordings in 1905, of music by Liszt, Schumann and others.
He also wrote a Requiem, two symphonies, a piano concerto, three piano sonatas, two string quartets, and other works.
None of these are in the current repertoire. He married the pianist Margarete Wegelin.
Their son Joachim (1893-1947) was also a pianist and teacher.
He died in Berlin.



Alternative names	Birth name: Franz Heinrich Louis Corinth
Description	German painter, sculptor, university teacher, graphic artist, drawer and lithographer
Date of birth/death	21 July 1858	17 July 1925
Location of birth/death	Tapiau (Ostpreußen)	Zandvoort (Holland)
Work location	Berlin, Munich, Königsberg, Urfeld am Walchensee
Authority control	: Q157610 VIAF: 15044719 ISNI: 0000 0001 0872 7069 ULAN: 500115384 LCCN: n80002302 NLA: 36522111 WorldCat