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Gustav Graben-Hoffmann
Gustav Graben-Hoffmann (March 7, 1820, Bnin, Kórnik – May 20, 1900, Potsdam) was a German composer, singer, and music educator. He is best known for authoring two influential works on vocal pedagogy:
Gustav Graben-Hoffmann (March 7, 1820, Bnin, Kórnik – May 20, 1900, Potsdam) was a German composer, singer, and music educator. He is best known for authoring two influential works on vocal pedagogy: Das Studium des Gesangs nach seinen musikalischen Elementen (Leipzig, 1872) and Praktische Methode als Grundlage für den Kunstgesang und eine allgemeine musikalische Bildung (Dresden, 1874). His best known composition was the ballad 500,000 Teufel. Life Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann was born on March 7, 1820, in Bnin, Kórnik. Graben-Hoffmann relocated to Berlin where he trained as a vocalist and composer and had a career as a concert singer from 1844 to 1848. Illness ended his singing career, and in 1850 he established a music academy for women, Vocal pedagogy Graben-Hoffmann is best known for his contributions to vocal pedagogy; publishing three works on the topic: Die Pflege der Singstimme und die Gründe von der Zerstörung und dem frühzeitigen Verlust derselben (Dresden, 1865), Das Studium des Gesangs nach seinen musikalischen Elementen (Leipzig, 1872), and Praktische Methode als Grundlage für den Kunstgesang und eine allgemeine musikalische Bildung (Dresden, 1874). Of these the la
- Era
- Romantic
- Lived
- 1820–1900
- From
- Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany)
- Born in
- Bnin · died Potsdam
- Known as
- composer, voice teacher, cantor, opera singer