Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805 – 1900) was a
Danish composer. During his lifetime, Hartmann occupied
a central place in Danish musical life. He was born and
died in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of composer
August Wilhelm Hartmann (1775-1850) and Christiane
Petrea Frederica Wittendorff (1778-1848). He came from
a musical family of German descent. Although he
received his music lessons initially from his father,
he taught himself as much as possible. He complied with
his father's wish...(+)
Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805 – 1900) was a
Danish composer. During his lifetime, Hartmann occupied
a central place in Danish musical life. He was born and
died in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of composer
August Wilhelm Hartmann (1775-1850) and Christiane
Petrea Frederica Wittendorff (1778-1848). He came from
a musical family of German descent. Although he
received his music lessons initially from his father,
he taught himself as much as possible. He complied with
his father's wishes for him to study jurisprudence and
consequently worked as a civil servant from 1829 to
1870, but also pursued an extensive musical career. By
1824, he was already the organist at the Garnisons
Kirke in Copenhagen, and in 1832, he made his debut as
a composer with the opera Ravnen.
In 1836, he made his first study tour to Germany and
France, where he made the acquaintance of such
significant musical figures as Frédéric Chopin,
Gioachino Rossini, Luigi Cherubini, and Louis Spohr.
Spohr and the Danish composer Christoph Ernst Friedrich
Weyse were Hartmann's most important mentors. Further
journeys to Germany followed in the next few years,
during which he also founded the Danish Musical
Association in 1836, remaining its chairman until the
end of his life. In 1843, he transferred from Garnisons
Kirke to play the organ for the Vor Frue Kirke, and
became the director of the Student Choral Association.
He also held both these posts until his death.
In 1867, after having taught at the Royal Danish
Academy of Music (Københavns Musikkonservatorium)
which was originally was founded in 1825 by Giuseppe
Siboni (1780–1839). In 1867, Hartmann helped
co-establish and direct the Academy of Music with Niels
Gade (1817–1890) and Holger Simon Paulli
(1810–1891). He was also the director of the
Copenhagen Musical Society (Musikforeningen i
København) briefly in 1890 following the death of
Gade.
Hartmann's works were characterized by artistic
seriousness, dramatic vitality, and in particular, by
national coloring which appealed deeply to Danish
audiences. The Nordic elements, which could be
discerned in the themes based on folksongs,
modulations, and the tendency towards rather dark
sounds, emerged strongly after the 1830s. Hartmann
united these Romantic influences with a strong control
over both form and theme, acquired through his
Classical training and often reminiscent of Felix
Mendelssohn.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Peter_Emilius_Hart
mann).
Although originally composed for Flute & Pipe Organ, I
created this Interpretation of the Preludium in Bb
Major for Flute & Strings (2 Violins, Viola, Cello &
Bass).
