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GEORG BERTRAM (BERLIN, APRIL 27, 1882 – NEW YORK CITY, JULY 14, 1941)

 

 

 

 

He studied with Ernst Jedlička and later pursued conducting under Hans Pfitzner and composition with Philipp Rüfer. From 1903 to 1933, he taught at the Stern Conservatory; among his pupils were Salvador Ley and Lilly Dymont. As a soloist, he performed under such conductors as Wilhelm Furtwängler, Bruno Walter, and Karl Muck, and toured Poland, Sweden, England, and the Netherlands.

Between 1924 and 1928, he made a number of recordings, including several études by Frédéric Chopin; Variations on a Theme of Beethoven by Camille Saint-Saëns (for two pianos, with Karol Schröter); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio In Memory of a Great Artist (with Rudolf Deman and Karl Dechert); and Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Keyboards and Orchestra (with Bruno Eisner, Leonid Kreutzer, and Franz Osborn), performed with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Heinz Unger.

Following the rise of the Nazis to power, he performed for a time in concert programs of the Jewish Cultural Union, notably in collaboration with the Boris Kroyt String Quartet. He subsequently left Germany and, from 1936 onward, lived in the United States.

 

 

 

BRUNO HINZE-REINHOLD (DANZIG, 20 OCTOBER, 1877 – WEIMAR, 26 DECEMBER, 1964)

 

 

 

 

Bruno Hinze-Reinhold was a German pianist and music scholar. From 1916 to 1933, he was director of the music school and the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar.

Hinze-Reinhold was born in Danzig in 1877 as the son of a doctor. From 1895, he received his piano training with Bruno Zwintscher, Robert Teichmüller and Alfred Reisenauer at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. In 1901, he moved to Berlin, where he taught at the Stern Conservatory and the Eichelberg Conservatory. He also became active as a chamber musician and piano accompanist. Together with the singer Susanne Dessoir, he published the Dessoir albums in 1912.

In 1913, he became head of a piano training class at the Grand Ducal Music School in Weimar. In 1916, he became interim head of the institution. In the same year, he received the title of professor and became director. Under his direction the music school was transformed into the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar in 1930. In 1933, he was removed from office by the State government of the Thuringia under National Socialism (de). Thereupon, he moved back to Berlin and became a freelancer. Only in 1947 did he return to Weimar. Hinze-Reinhold was an important Liszt interpreter. He also included works by Schubert, Schumann and Chopin in his repertoire. In 1927, he formed, together with Max Strub (violinist) and Walter Schulz (cellist), the Weimar Trio.

Hinze-Reinhold died in Weimar at the age of 87. His estate is located in the Thüringisches Landesmusikarchiv (de) in Weimar.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

BRUNO HINZE-REINHOLD

Ach, englische Schäferin deutsches Volkslied (Brahms) Susanne Dessoir (soprano) Gramophone 2-43369 7902 r

Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (Mendelssohn) Susanne Dessoir (soprano) Odeon 50378 xB 2804

Berceuse de Jocelyn (Godard) Paul Grümmer (cello) Polydor 12011-A 2960½ GN.8.

Da unten im Tale Deutsche Volkslieder (Brahms) Susanne Dessoir (soprano) Gramophone 2-43368 7901 r

Es muss ein Wunderbares sein! (Liszt) Susanne Dessoir (soprano) Odeon 50587 XB-4842

La Cinquantaine (Gabriel-Marie) Paul Grümmer (cello) Polydor 12011-B 2995 GN.8.

Largo (Händel) Paul Grümmer (cello) Polydor 55009-A 2961 GN.8.

Marienwürmchen (Schumann) Susanne Dessoir (soprano) Odeon 50593 XB-4341

Menuett (Valensin) Paul Grümmer (cello) Polydor 55009-B 2996½ GN.8.

Sandmännchen (Brahms) Susanne Dessoir (soprano) Odeon X 50594 xB 4347, Berlin, January 1909

Sehnsucht nach dem Frühling (Mozart) Susanne Dessoir (soprano) Odeon 50379 xB 2805

Träumerei (Schumann) Paul Grümmer (cello) Polydor 47059-B

 

GEORG BERTRAM

A-moll-Konzert für 4 klaviere und Streichorchester (Vivaldi-Bach) Erster Satz with Leonid Kreutzer, Bruno Eisner & Franz Osborn Telefunken SK 1317 18863, Berlin 1933.01.12

A-moll-Konzert für 4 klaviere und Streichorchester (Vivaldi-Bach) Zweiter Satz with Leonid Kreutzer, Bruno Eisner & Franz Osborn Telefunken SK 1317 18864, Berlin 1933.01.12

A-moll-Konzert für 4 klaviere und Streichorchester (Vivaldi-Bach) Dritter Satz with Leonid Kreutzer, Bruno Eisner & Franz Osborn Telefunken SK 1318 18865, Berlin 1933.01.12

Ballade in Ab Op. 47 (Chopin) WXXB 7571-2 Odeon, Berlin, January 18, 1927

Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 (Chopin) Parlophone, Berlin, E10572, 1927