Gustav_Cords

Gustav Cords

Gustav Cords

Add article description

Gustav Cords (German: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈkɔʁts]; 12 October 1870 in Hamburg[1] – 18 February 1951 in Berlin[2]) was a German composer.

Biography

Cords studied composition in Hamburg, Sondershausen, and Wiesbaden from 1887 to 1891 and was a student of Hugo Riemann.[1] He was one of the best students under Riemann during Max Reger's experience[2] as both Cords and Reger were students under Riemann. He was the president of the General German Musicians' Union from 1911 to 1919, in which the organization merged with the Central Union of Civilian Musicians in Germany to form the German Musicians' Union. Afterwards, he became a chamber musician for the Berlin State Opera. Cords was known for his opera, Sonnwendnacht (Solstice Night).

References

  1. [1]
    Hugo Riemann. Musiklexikon (in German) (11 ed.). pp. 343–344.
  2. [2]
    "Erinnerungen an Max Reger. 1890–1893 (ca. 1953)". Max-Reger-Institute (in German) (6): 3–12. 2020-10-30.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Gustav_Cords, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.