A composer, conductor and pianist, known for his piano concertos and other piano pieces. His parents were Jewish salesman Moritz David Goldschmidt and women's rights activist Johanna Goldschmidt. He had seven siblings.
He was a pupil of Mendelssohn and Hauptmann at the Conservatory in Leipzig, where he developed a fine talent for piano playing.
On 5 February 1852, Goldschmidt married the world-famous Swedish soprano Jenny Lind in Boston, Massachusetts. To please his wife, he converted to the Episcopalian faith. They had three children: Otto, born September 1853 in Germany; Jenny, born March 1857 in England; and Ernest, born January 1861 in England.
From 1858, they lived in London where Otto became a professor in 1863 and later vocal director at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1863, Goldschmidt and William Sterndale Bennett compiled the Chorale Book of England. In 1876, he founded the Bach Choir, which he led until 1886. He several times conducted the famous Lower Rhine festivals at Düsseldorf.
After the death of his wife in 1887, Goldschmidt released her biography, "Jenny Lind. Ihre Laufbahn als Künstlerin" ("Jenny Lind: Her Career as an Artist").
He was a pupil of Mendelssohn and Hauptmann at the Conservatory in Leipzig, where he developed a fine talent for piano playing.
On 5 February 1852, Goldschmidt married the world-famous Swedish soprano Jenny Lind in Boston, Massachusetts. To please his wife, he converted to the Episcopalian faith. They had three children: Otto, born September 1853 in Germany; Jenny, born March 1857 in England; and Ernest, born January 1861 in England.
From 1858, they lived in London where Otto became a professor in 1863 and later vocal director at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1863, Goldschmidt and William Sterndale Bennett compiled the Chorale Book of England. In 1876, he founded the Bach Choir, which he led until 1886. He several times conducted the famous Lower Rhine festivals at Düsseldorf.
After the death of his wife in 1887, Goldschmidt released her biography, "Jenny Lind. Ihre Laufbahn als Künstlerin" ("Jenny Lind: Her Career as an Artist").
A composer, conductor and pianist, known for his piano concertos and other piano pieces. His parents were Jewish salesman Moritz David Goldschmidt and women's rights activist Johanna Goldschmidt. He had seven siblings.
He was a pupil of Mendelssohn and Hauptmann at the Conservatory in Leipzig, where he developed a fine talent for piano playing.
On 5 February 1852, Goldschmidt married the world-famous Swedish soprano Jenny Lind in Boston, Massachusetts. To please his wife, he converted to the Episcopalian faith. They had three children: Otto, born September 1853 in Germany; Jenny, born March 1857 in England; and Ernest, born January 1861 in England.
From 1858, they lived in London where Otto became a professor in 1863 and later vocal director at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1863, Goldschmidt and William Sterndale Bennett compiled the Chorale Book of England. In 1876, he founded the Bach Choir, which he led until 1886. He several times conducted the famous Lower Rhine festivals at Düsseldorf.
After the death of his wife in 1887, Goldschmidt released her biography, "Jenny Lind. Ihre Laufbahn als Künstlerin" ("Jenny Lind: Her Career as an Artist").
He was a pupil of Mendelssohn and Hauptmann at the Conservatory in Leipzig, where he developed a fine talent for piano playing.
On 5 February 1852, Goldschmidt married the world-famous Swedish soprano Jenny Lind in Boston, Massachusetts. To please his wife, he converted to the Episcopalian faith. They had three children: Otto, born September 1853 in Germany; Jenny, born March 1857 in England; and Ernest, born January 1861 in England.
From 1858, they lived in London where Otto became a professor in 1863 and later vocal director at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1863, Goldschmidt and William Sterndale Bennett compiled the Chorale Book of England. In 1876, he founded the Bach Choir, which he led until 1886. He several times conducted the famous Lower Rhine festivals at Düsseldorf.
After the death of his wife in 1887, Goldschmidt released her biography, "Jenny Lind. Ihre Laufbahn als Künstlerin" ("Jenny Lind: Her Career as an Artist").
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