Julius Stockhausen

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Julius Stockhausen (1826-1906) was a German singing master. His parents were musicians of some ability who recognized his talent and encouraged his development. Before he had reached his twentieth year he was an excellent performer upon the piano, organ, violin, and cello. In 1845 he entered the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied piano with Hallé and Stamaty and singing with Manuel García. In 1849 he again studied with Garcia in London. He quickly won fame as a remarkable concert singer (barytone). From 1862 to 1869 he resided in Hamburg as conductor of the Philharmonic Society and Singakademie. The next five years he spent in Stuttgart as Kammersänger to the King of Württemberg, then he became conductor of Stern's Gesangverein at Berlin, where he remained until 1878, being then called to Hoch's Conservatory at Frankfurt as professor of singing. Differences with Raff, the director, led to his resignation the following year and the establishment of his own school, which immediately became world famous. After Raff's death (1882), Stockhausen returned to the conservatory, but continued his own school. He wrote an excellent Gesangmethode (1886), translated into English by his pupil Sophie Löwe (new edition, 1907).

[edit] Works

• Julius Stockhausens Gesangsmethode. C. F. Peters, Leipzig 1884.
• Julius Stockhausen: A Method of Singing. Übersetzung: Sophie Low. Novello, Ewer and Co., London 1884.

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