Bernhard Sekles

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Bernhard Sekles (born June 20, 1872 in Frankfurt am Main; died December 15, 1934) was a German composer and music teacher.

From 1894 to 1895 he was the 3rd Kapellmeister at the Stadttheater in Mainz. In 1896 he became a teacher at the Hoch'sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main; here he started the first European Jazz class in 1928. He was the director of the Hoch'sche Konservatorium from 1923 to 1933. His composition students included Paul Hindemith, Rudi Stephan, Theodor W. Adorno, Max Rudolf, and Erich Schmid. He was one of the first German Jewish academics to lose his job when Hitler came to power in Germany.

[edit] Major Compositions

• The Birthday of the Infanta (ballet, 1913, based on an Oscar Wilde fairy tale)
• Scheherazade (opera, 1917)
• Die Hochzeit des Faun (ballet, 1921)
• Die zehn Küsse (opera, 1926)

[edit] External links

• academic paper including some info on Sekles