Heinrich Friedrich Enckhausen (also spelled Enkhausen, Enghausen and Enghusen, August 28, 1799 – January 15, 1885) was a German pianist, organist, horn player, composer and singing teacher.[1][2]
Life and career
editBorn in Celle, Heinrich Friedrich Enckhausen began studying music with his father, also named Heinrich Friedrich Enckhausen, that town's last town council musician. In 1816 he was accepted into the music band of the cuirassiers in Celle, where he played violin, flute, clarinet, cello and pianoforte. In 1826 he moved to Berlin and studied piano and composition with Aloys Schmitt. Enckhausen went to the court of Hanover with Schmitt when he (Schmitt) was appointed court organist there. Enckhausen played there from 1827 to 1832 as a horn player in the court orchestra. After Schmitt's departure from Hanover, Enckhausen directed the singing academy. In 1833 he became a singing teacher at the teachers' college. In 1839 he finally received the position of organist at the Castle Church in Hanover, which he held until his retirement. From 1845 he worked as a singing teacher at the Lyceum in Hanover.[1][2]
On June 16, 1836, Enckhausem became a member of the St. Johannis Free Mason's Lodge Zur Ceder.[3]
Enckhausen's daughter Malwine Enckhausen, who later became a writer, was born in Hanover on October 29, 1843.[4]
Enckhausen wrote the opera Der Savoyard in Hanover in 1832. He also wrote religious music. Furthermore, he composed around 70 pieces for military band, piano and solo voices.[2] He died in Hannover, aged 85.
References
edit- ^ a b Harald Müller: "Heinrich Friedrich Enckhausen". In: MGG Online. (subscription necessary).
- ^ a b c Nicolas Slonimsky, ed. (1984). "Heinrich Friedrich Enckhausen". Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (7th ed.). London / New York / Toronto: Oxford University Press. p. 662. ISBN 0-19-311335-X.
- ^ Brother Schimmelpfennig (1877). "Namentliches Verzeichnis sämmtlicher Mitglieder und Ehren-Mitglieder der Loge zur Ceder – Verzeichnis der Beamten der Loge". In Hermann Müller (ed.). Die St. Johannis-Loge zur Ceder. Eine Festgabe zum 100jährihen Stiftungsfeste am 20. September 1877 (in German). Hannover: Hofbuchdruckerei der Gebrüder Jänecke. p. 38. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ Hiltrud Schroeder (ed.): "Enckhausen, Malwine", in: Sophie & Co. Bedeutende Frauen Hannovers. Biographische Portraits, Fackelträger, Hannover 1991, ISBN 3-7716-1521-6, p. 231
External links
edit- "Enckhausen, Heinrich Friedrich (1799–1885), (28.08.1799, Celle – 15.01.1885, Hannover)", Kalliope-Verbund
- "Enckhausen, Heinrich Frd.", Deutsche Biographie
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