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Ferdinand Thieriot

Ferdinand Thieriot (April 7, 1838 – July 31, 1919) was a German composer of Romantic music and a cellist. Life and career Thieriot was born in Hamburg. He was a pupil of Eduard Marxsen in Altona and

Ferdinand Thieriot (April 7, 1838 – July 31, 1919) was a German composer of Romantic music and a cellist. Life and career Thieriot was born in Hamburg. He was a pupil of Eduard Marxsen in Altona and belonged to the circle of musicians around Johannes Brahms, who was also a pupil of Marxsen. Later, Thieriot was a pupil of Josef Rheinberger in Munich. A close, friendly relationship connected him with his teachers all his life. Thieriot was married to the Else Berens, the daughter of publisher Ernst Berens of Hamburg. The marriage remained childless. He worked as a music teacher and musical director in Hamburg, Ansbach, Leipzig (1867) and Glogau (1868–1870). Later Brahms recommended Thieriot for the position of Artistic Director of the Styrian Music Association in Graz (1870–1885). The composer always received high praise in concert reviews: " … and met with a warm and friendly reception by the audience and deservedly so. … Excellent work, clarity and good taste regarding the instrumentation; employment of dignified motives full of character … Enrichment of the concert repertoire". There were performances of his works in concerts at the Hamburg Philharmonic and Singing Academy as well

Era
Romantic
Lived
1838–1919
From
Germany
Born in
Hamburg · died Uhlenhorst
Known as
composer, cellist
Instruments
cello

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.