Jakob Rosenhain (Jacob, Jacques) (2 December 1813 – 21 March 1894) was a German Jewish pianist and composer.
Rosenhain was born in Mannheim;Meyers Konversationslexikon (Leipzig, 1889), vol. 13, p. 190. he made his debut at the age of 11.Obituary , 21 April 1894, p. 378. 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.List of works performed by the Philharmonic Society.
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.See Pratt, Mendel (1907)
Rosenhain died in Baden-Baden.
Selected compositions Four operas Der Besuch in Irrenhause (1834) Liswenna (1835) Le Démon de la Nuit (1851); Liswenna rewritten Volage et Jaloux (1863) Orchestra Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 42See Brown (1886). Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 43 (performed, possibly premiered, 1846 by Mendelssohn in Leipzig), vol. 40, 1899 (1 August 1899 issue), pp. 530-1. Discusses letters between Rosenhain and Mendelssohn from August 1839. Symphony No. 3 "Im Frühling", Op. 61 Concertante Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 73 Chamber works Piano Quartet in E, Op. 1 Sonata in E for piano with violoncello or violin, Op. 38at IMSLP. Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 44?; à M. FétisScanned in at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Site, in References. Op. 41 is mentioned in HMB as another work entirely from 1845, and Op. 44 in F minor seems to be Rosenhain's first sonata - so this may be a typo or misreading on someone's part (it seemed to be Op. 41, but now am assuming this should be Op. 44). 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)Publication of all 3 quartets by Richault mentioned, together with dedicatees (Rossini, Vieuxtemps, Jean Becker), in the Bibliographie de la France, 2e série, 53e année, nº 48, 26 Novembre 1864, p. 562, registration 2854. Sonata in D minor for cello (or violin, or viola) and piano, Op. 98.HMB gives a cello sonata here and RISM Online gives a manuscript D minor viola sonata from 1893, but these may be the same work (manuscript for viola, noted in RISM Online and dates from 1893) Four Piano TriosHubbard, p. 235. Songs at least two dozenSee the Ezust Lied and Art Song Texts Page, in References.
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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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