Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
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2 Piano Pieces, DF 382 Pièces caractéristiques, Op.253 Genre Pieces, HartW 693 Piano Pieces, DF 303 Piano Pieces, Op.384 Piano Pieces, DF 376 Character Pieces, Op.506 Gesänge, Op.136 Pieces in Song Form, Op.376 Sange af B. S. Ingemann, Op.458 Sketches, Op.31A
Aftenstemning, HartW 113Albumsblad, HartW 99Albumsblad, HW 49Andantino med VariationerB
Bellmanske Billeder. Menuetter, HW 45C
Cantate ved Universitetets Fest, Op.84Canzonetta, HartW 71CapriccioCaprices, Op.18D
Davids 115de PsalmeDen 20de Januar 1848, HW 38E
Efter Motiv af en svensk Folkevise, HW 50F
Fantasy for Organ, HartW 129Fantasy Piece, HartW 114Fantasy Piece, HartW 118Fantasy Pieces, Op.54FestklängeFlute Sonata, Op.1Foran Sydens KlosterG
Gamle Minder, HartW 75Gejstlig Ouverture, Op.9Grand Vals, HartW 63Guldhornene, Op.11H
Hakon Jarl, Op.40Hamborger-Skotsk, HartW 73Hartmann-AlbumI
I en Stambog, HW 55I Folkevise-Tone, HW 48Impromptu Waltz for Emma and Clara, HW 46aIndfald, HartW 77Introduction and Andantino religioso, Op.26J
JulehilsenK
Karakterstykker for Strygeorkester, Op.81Klaverstykker fra ældre og nyere Tid, Op.74Koncert-IndledningKorsarerne, Op.16L
Langsom Menuet, HW 39Langsom Vals, HW 36Liden Kirsten, Op.44M
March, HW 56Minder fra hauserplads, HW 46bModerato LugubreN
Novelette in 6 Little Pieces, Op.55O
Om Foraaret, HW 34Organ Sonata, Op.58P
Phantasy, Op.7Piano Piece, HartW 67Piano Piece, HW 40Piano Sonata in A minor, Op.80Piano Sonata in D minor, Op.34Piano Sonata in F major, HartW 98Piano Sonata in G minor, HartW 94Piano Sonatina in G major, HartW 103Piano WorksPieces for Johan Peter Hartmann, HW 53Polkamæssig, HW 42Preludium for Flöite og OrgelR
Rondeaux brillants, Op.6S
Sct. Hansaften Vals, HW 43Sjællandsk Reel, HW 44Song without Words, HartW 84Stambogsblad No 1, HW 51Stambogsblad No 2, HW 52Stambogsblad, HW 37Stambogsblad, HW 46Studies and Novelettes, Op.65Suite for Piano and Violin, Op.66Svanerne. Humoreske, HW 54Svensk Hjemvee Sommeren 1848T
Theme and 14 Variations, HartW 123Theme and VariationsThrymskviden, Op.67Trauermarsch zu Thorwaldsens BeisetzungU
Undine, Op.33V
Valkyrien, Op.62Vinteren, HW 35Violin Sonata No.1, Op.8Violin Sonata No.2, Op.39Violin Sonata No.3, Op.83É
Études instructives, Op.53WikipediaJohan Peter Emilius Hartmann (14 May 1805 – 10 March 1900) was a Danish composer. During his lifetime, Hartmann occupied a central place in Danish musical life.
Hartmann was born and died in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of composer August Wilhelm Hartmann (1775–1850) and Christiane Petrea Frederica Wittendorff (1778–1848). He came from a musical family of German descent. Although he received his music lessons initially from his father, he taught himself as much as possible. He complied with his father's wishes for him to study jurisprudence and consequently worked as a civil servant from 1829 to 1870, but also pursued an extensive musical career. By 1824, he was already the organist at the Garnisons Kirke in Copenhagen, and in 1832, he made his debut as a composer with the opera Ravnen.
In 1836, he made his first study tour to Germany and France, where he made the acquaintance of such significant musical figures as
Frédéric Chopin,
Gioachino Rossini,
Luigi Cherubini, and
Louis Spohr. Spohr and the Danish composer
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse were Hartmann's most important mentors. Further journeys to Germany followed in the next few years, during which he also founded the Danish Musical Association in 1836, remaining its chairman until the end of his life. In 1843, he transferred from Garnisons Kirke to play the organ for the Vor Frue Kirke, and became the director of the Student Choral Association. He also held both these posts until his death.
In 1867, after having taught at the Royal Danish Academy of Music (Københavns Musikkonservatorium) which was originally was founded in 1825 by Giuseppe Siboni (1780–1839), Hartmann helped co-establish and direct the Academy of Music with
Niels Gade (1817–1890) and
Holger Simon Paulli (1810–1891). He was also the director of the Copenhagen Musical Society (Musikforeningen i København) briefly in 1890 following the death of Gade.
In 1829, he married
Emma Sophie Amalie Zinn (1807–1851). One of their sons,
Emil Hartmann (1836–1898) also became a composer, while their son Carl Christian Ernst Hartmann (1837–1901) became a sculptor. Two of their daughters both married composers; Emma Sophie (b. 1831) married
Niels Gade and Clara (b. 1839) married August Winding (1835–1899).
Hartmann's works were characterized by artistic seriousness, dramatic vitality, and in particular, by national coloring which appealed deeply to Danish audiences. The Nordic elements, which could be discerned in the themes based on folksongs, modulations, and the tendency towards rather dark sounds, emerged strongly after the 1830s. Hartmann united these Romantic influences with a strong control over both form and theme, acquired through his Classical training and often reminiscent of
Felix Mendelssohn.