Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz

Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss of Köstritz, also Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss, Younger Line (German: Heinrich XXIV. Prinz Reuß zu Köstritz, also Heinrich XXIV. Prinz Reuß jüngere Linie, 8 December 1855 – 2 October 1910) was a German aristocrat and composer. Early life Heinrich XXIV was born on 8 December 1855 in Trebschen in the Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia. A descendant of the Reuss-Köstritz line, the Younger Line, of the extended German noble family of Reuss, he was the son of Prince (Fürst, monarch) Heinrich IV Reuss of Köstritz (1821–1894) and Princess Luise Caroline Reuss of Greiz (1822–1875). Among his siblings were Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria. Heinrich XXIV spent his youth in Vienna, where he was influenced greatly by the artistic atmosphere of his parents’ home. He received his first music lessons in piano, organ and counterpoint from his father Heinrich IV, himself a dilettante and composition student of Carl Gottlieb Reissiger. Career Heinrich XXIV received formal music instruction in Dresden, and continued his studies at the Universities, first in Bonn, then in Leipzig where he was a pupil of Wilhelm Rust. Despite his obvious musical talent,