Jakob Rosenhain

Jakob Rosenhain (Jacob, Jacques) (2 December 1813 – 21 March 1894) was a German Jewish pianist and composer.

Rosenhain was born in Mannheim; he made his debut at the age of 11. 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.

He was a friend of Felix Mendelssohn at least from 1839. He worked with Johann Baptist Cramer on a published school of piano-playing. From 1849 he made his home in Paris.

Rosenhain died in Baden-Baden.

Selected compositions

• Der Besuch in Irrenhause (1834)
• Liswenna (1835)
• Le Démon de la Nuit (1851); Liswenna rewritten
• Volage et Jaloux (1863)

• Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 42
• Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 43 (performed, possibly premiered, 1846 by Mendelssohn in Leipzig)
• Symphony No. 3 "Im Frühling", Op. 61

• Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 73

• Piano Quartet in E, Op. 1
• Sonata in E for piano with violoncello or violin, Op. 38
• Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 44?; à M. Fétis
• 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)
• Sonata in D minor for cello (or violin, or viola) and piano, Op. 98. (manuscript for viola, noted in RISM Online and dates from 1893)
• Four Piano Trios

• at least two dozen

References

Bibliography

• Brown, James Duff (1886). . A. Gardner. page 522.
• Hubbard, W. L. (William Lines) (1910/2005 reprint) . Kessinger Publishing. .
• May, Florence (1905). . E. Arnold. Pages 28–9.
• Pratt, Waldo Selden; Mendel, Arthur (1907). . G. Schirmer. Page 538.

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