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Ferdinand Hiller
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German composer and conductor (1811–1885)
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Ferdinand Hiller was a German composer, pianist, conductor and university teacher, born on 24 October 1811 in Frankfurt. He studied under Aloys Schmitt, Johann Nepomuk Hummel and Georg Jacob Vollweiler, and his own students included Max Bruch, Julius Buths, Laurent Menager and Engelbert Humperdinck. His instrument was the piano, and his genre was opera.
Hiller was employed by the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and worked in Cologne, where he was buried at Melaten-Friedhof. He received the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, and died on 11 May 1885.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1811 births, 1885 deaths and 19th-century German classical composers.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1811
- Active to
- 1885
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,101
- Total plays
- 6,086
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Ferdinand (von) Hiller (24 October 1811 – 11 May 1885) was a German composer, conductor, writer and music-director. Ferdinand Hiller was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Frankfurt am Main, where his father Justus (originally Isaac Hildesheim) was a merchant in English textiles – a business eventually continued by Ferdinand’s brother Joseph. Hiller’s talent was discovered early and he was taught by the leading Frankfurt musician Alois Schmitt; at 10 he performed a Mozart concerto in public. <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ferdinand
- Family name
- Hiller
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Frankfurt
- Place of death
- Cologne
- Occupation
- critic
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Georg Jacob Vollweiler
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Ferdinand Hiller2.jpg
- Work location
- Cologne
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- Commons category
- Ferdinand Hiller
- date of birth
- 1811-10-24
- date of death
- 1885-05-10
- Commons gallery
- Ferdinand Hiller
- place of burial
- Melaten-Friedhof
- student
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- name in native language
- Ferdinand Hiller
- writing language
- German
- P8168
- Eugene McCarthy
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Works in European collections
8 objects attributed to Ferdinand Hiller, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Ferdinand (von) Hiller (24 October 1811 – 11 May 1885) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, writer and music director.
Biography
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