Heermann, Hugo
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| born on | 3 March 1844 at 09:00 (= 09:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Heilbronn, Germany, 49n08, 9e13 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m9e13 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   12°55'   22°43 Asc. 20°36'
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Biography
German violinist who was the first to play Brahms' Violin Concerto in Paris, New York City and Australia.
He studied the violin with Lambert Joseph Meerts at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels, and later with Joseph Joachim. From 1864 he lived in Frankfurt am Main, where he taught violin from 1878 to 1904 at the Hoch Conservatory. He played 1st violin with Hugo Becker, Fritz Bassermann and Adolf Rebner in the "Museums-Quartett" (also called the "Heermann-Quartett" and "Frankfurter Quartett").
Between 1906 and 1909 he taught at the Chicago Musical College, in 1911 at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin and 1912 at the Conservatoire de musique in Geneva. He served as concertmaster of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for a period beginning in 1909; he was succeeded in that post by his son Emil. After his retirement in 1922 he lived mostly in Meran, Italy where he died on 6 November 1935 at age 91.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Becker, Hugo (born 13 February 1863). Notes: Members of "Museums-Quartett"
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided Lutheran birth and baptism registry entry (1844, page 155, no. 65).
Categories
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 91)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Violin)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Music teacher
