Hermann Riedel
Composer
1847 – 1913
Who was Hermann Riedel?
Hermann Riedel was a German composer.
Riedel studied piano and composition at the Vienna Conservatory with Josef Dachs and Felix Otto Dessoff. In 1874, he became a pianist correpetiteur at the Vienna Hofoper. In 1878, he settled in Braunschweig, where he was made music director of the Royal Opera. From 1882 to 1911, he was Kapellmeister of the Braunschweig court orchestra and director of the court theatre ensemble.
Riedel is most notable as the author of Der Trompeter von Säckingen, a cycle of songs written to a popular epic poem by Joseph Victor von Scheffel. He also composed the comic opera Der Ritterschlag, as well as a series of works of chamber music.
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