Heinrich Hammer

Conductor from Germany
1862, October 27th in Erfurt, Germany - 1954, October 28th in Phoenix, AZ, United States

Heinrich Hammer was a German conductor and composer, born in Erfurt on 27 October 1862 and died in Phoenix, Arizona, on 28 October 1954. After working with orchestras across Germany and Scandinavia, he became the first principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra at its founding in 1905, leading 107 performances before Wilhelm Stenhammar succeeded him in 1907. He then emigrated to the United States, where he founded an orchestra in Washington, D.C. in 1911 and later settled in Southern California, conducting in Los Angeles and living in Hollywood and Beverly Hills for several decades. His compositions include the American Indian Rhapsody No. 1. At the age of 90 he wrote a memoir, published posthumously by his granddaughter Melinda Monaghan as One Maestro's Journey: A Celebrated Life of Music and Ingenuity. Source: Rondo DB

Usual Name Heinrich Hammer
Ensembles Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra from 1905 to 1907
Links IMSLP ,  Find a Grave ,  Memoir: One Maestro's Journey ,  Wikipedia - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
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