Edward Mollenhauer (1827–1914) was an American violinist and composer.

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Biography

Mollenhauer was born in Erfurt, Prussia. He studied under Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst and Louis Spohr, and had become famous in Germany and at Saint Petersburg before he was twenty-five years old. To escape conscription, he went to England, where he met conductor Louis-Antoine Jullien, and accompanied him to New York City in 1853. He settled there and became a founder in America of the Conservatory method of teaching the violin. Mollenhauer's best-known compositions for the violin are his quartets. He also wrote the operas, The Corsican Bride (1861), Love among the Breakers (also known as Down among the Breakers; 1878),[1][2][3] and The Masked Ball (also known as The Wager; 1879). He soloed with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra for six years.[4] He also created 2 pieces for violin with piano accompaniment, "The Boy Paganini" and "The Infant Paganini" both are still played worldwide.[5] Among those he taught were African-American soloist and orchestra director, Walter F. Craig.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ Adrienne Fried Block (Fall 2004). Ray Allen (ed.). "ISAM Newsletter" (PDF). University Press of Kentucky. p. 13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ↑ J. A. Sokalski (Joseph Anton) (2007). Pictorial Illusionism: The Theatre of Steele Mackaye. Quebec, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 129. ISBN 9780773560291. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Gerald Bordman; Richard Norton (2010). American Musical Theatre (4 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 48. ISBN 9780199729708.
  4. ↑ "Edward Mollenhauer (1827–1914)". picturehistory.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Boy Paganini, The (Fantasia) Fantasia for Violin and Piano By Edward Mollenhauer". sheetmusicplus.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ Arneax, J. A. All the Colored Authors, The Sun (New York, New York) May 15, 1887, page 9, Accessed October 11, 2016 at https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6980047/all_the_colored_authors_the_sun_new/

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