Abraham Wolf Lilienthal (February 13, 1859 – March 15, 1928) was an American violinist and composer.
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| Born | February 13, 1859 New York, New York |
| Died | March 15, 1928 (aged 69) New York, New York |
| Occupations | Violinist, composer |
| Spouse |
Ida C. Salberg (m. 1885) |
| Children | 1 |
Biography
editAbraham Lilienthal was born in New York City on February 13, 1859, the son of Solomon Lilienthal and Louisa Schwarzschild.[1][2][3] He married Ida C. Salberg on May 15, 1885, and they had one daughter.[2]
Lilienthal was a violinist in the orchestras of Leopold Damrosch and Theodore Thomas and with the New York String Quartet.[2] He was heavily involved with the Bohemian music club in New York, including leadership roles through most of the 1910s. Much of his compositional output was chamber music,[2] but he collaborated on an opera, The Dove of Peace, with Walter Damrosch and Wallace Irving.
Adolph Weiss and Maurice Baron were among his students of composition in New York.[4][5] He died in New York City on March 15, 1928.[1]
Selected Compositions
edit- Mazeppa Galop, op. 5 for orchestra
- String Quartet in B-flat, op. 17, 1916[6]
- Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello in B-flat, Op. 25[6]
- Cello Sonata, op. 40
- The Dove of Peace, opera, written with Walter Damrosch and Wallace Irving
- Sonata for violin and piano, 1914[6]
- arrangement of Goldmark's Call of the Plains and Witches' Sabbath[6]
References
edit- 1 2 Joseph A. Bomberger, "Lilienthal, Abraham Wolf" in Grove Music Online - Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd edition, published in print January 2013, published online May 2010, e-ISBN 9781561592630. (subscription required)
- 1 2 3 4 International Who's Who in Music and Musical Gazetteer. Current Literature Publishing Company. 1918 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Howard, John Tasker (1939). Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. p. 507. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Reis, Claire (1938). Composers in America. Biographical Sketches of LIving Composers with a Record of Their Works 1912-1937 (PDF). New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 256.
- ↑ Benjamin, Rick (January 1, 2015). The Pioneers of Movie Music: Sounds of the American Silent Cinema (PDF) (Media notes).
- 1 2 3 4 Krehbiel, H. E. (December 1921). The Bohemians New York Musicians' Club. A Historical Narrative and Record (PDF). New York.
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