Emil Kreuz - Composer

Emil Kreuz (Elberfeld, 25 May 1867 – London, 3 December 1932), also known as Emil Frederick Thornfield, was a German-born violinist, violist, conductor, teacher and composer who made his career in England. He began studying violin at the age of ten with Georg Japha in Cologne, and at sixteen won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied violin with Henry Holmes and composition with Charles Villiers Stanford until 1888. That year he made his debut as a viola soloist in Berlioz's Harold en Italie, and in 1889 he appeared as violin soloist at the Leeds Festival. He was the violist of the Gompertz Quartet from 1888 to 1903 and played in the Covent Garden Opera orchestra from 1900 to 1903. In 1903 he became assistant musical director of the Covent Garden Opera and studied conducting with Hans Richter at the Hallé, after which he concentrated on operatic work and the training of singers. His compositions include a Viola Concerto in C minor op. 20, a Prize Quintet op. 49 for horn (or viola) and string quartet, songs and a large body of pedagogical works such as Scales and Arpeggios for the Violin; he also wrote the book Dramatic Singing and Opera in English (1909). Source: Rondo DB


Usual Name	Emil Kreuz
Alternative Spellings	Emil Frederick Thornfield, Emil Anton Joseph Friedrich Kreuz Kreuz
On Wikipedia	Emil_Kreuz
Relationships	is the pupil of Charles Villiers Stanford is the pupil of Hans Richter
Links	RISM person , VIAF , Wikipedia

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