The Stern Conservatory ( Stern'sches Konservatorium ) was a private music school in Berlin with many distinguished tutors and alumni. The school is now part of Berlin University of the Arts .
12-580: It was founded in 1850 as the Berliner Musikschule by Julius Stern , Theodor Kullak and Adolf Bernhard Marx . Kullak withdrew from the conservatory in 1855 in order to create a new academy of sculpture and three-dimensional art. With Marx's withdrawal in 1856, the conservatory came exclusively under the Stern family and adopted its name. In 1894 it was taken over by Gustav Hollaender (the uncle of film composer Friedrich Hollaender ), who moved
24-497: A result of several compositions which he had written while a pupil of the academy, King Frederick William IV of Prussia , who was an ardent lover of art, granted Stern a stipend which enabled him to pursue his studies. He went to Dresden , where he received instruction from Johann Aloys Miksch ; and thence to Paris, where he subsequently was appointed leader of the Deutscher Gesangverein Society. While in
36-536: The Nazi regime . Gustav Hollaender 's heirs were disseized, but for a few years they were able to run a "Jewish Private Music School Hollaender" until they were deported and murdered in 1941. In 1945, the school was again renamed as the Städtisches Konservatorium (City Conservatory) in what was to become West Berlin . In 1966 it was merged with the public Akademische Hochschule für Musik into
48-712: The conservatory came exclusively under the Stern family and adopted its name. In 1894 it was taken over by Gustav Hollaender (the uncle of film composer Friedrich Hollaender ), who moved the school's location to the Berlin Philharmonic concert hall on Bernburger Strasse in Berlin- Kreuzberg . In the course of the Gleichschaltung process, the Stern Academy in 1936 was renamed Konservatorium der Reichshauptstadt Berlin controlled by
60-507: The latter city he conducted, among other works, the incidental music by Mendelssohn to Sophocles ' Antigone . In 1846 Stern returned to Berlin, where, in the following year, he founded the Stern Gesangverein. The first performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah (October 1847) established Stern's reputation as one of the foremost conductors of his day, and his choir constantly increased in size and efficiency, so that
72-625: The repertoire of the society soon embraced not only the standard works of Handel , Haydn , and Bach , but also those of contemporary composers. In 1872 the Gesangverein celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary amid great enthusiasm; two years later Stern was compelled to resign his directorship on account of ill health. Of even greater importance for the development of music was the Stern Conservatory , founded conjointly in 1850 by Stern, Theodor Kullak and Adolf Bernhard Marx . On
84-548: The resignation of Kullak in 1855, and of Marx in 1857, Stern became sole proprietor of the institution, which he managed until his death. From 1869 to 1871 he conducted the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, and from 1873 to 1874 the concerts in the Reichshalle , where he found an opportunity of carrying out his favorite idea of bringing the works of talented young musicians before the public. In 1849 he received
96-949: The school was again renamed as the Städtisches Konservatorium (City Conservatory) in what was to become West Berlin . In 1966 it was merged with the public Akademische Hochschule für Musik into the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Berlin State School of Music and the Performing Arts), since 2001 the Berlin University of the Arts . Konservatorium der Reichshauptstadt Berlin : Städtisches Konservatorium : 52°30′18″N 13°22′39″E / 52.50500°N 13.37750°E / 52.50500; 13.37750 Julius Stern Julius Stern (8 August 1820 – 27 February 1883)
108-465: The school's location to the Berlin Philharmonic concert hall on Bernburger Strasse in Berlin- Kreuzberg . In the course of the Gleichschaltung process, the Stern Academy in 1936 was renamed Konservatorium der Reichshauptstadt Berlin controlled by the Nazi regime . Gustav Hollaender 's heirs were disseized, but for a few years they were able to run a "Jewish Private Music School Hollaender" until they were deported and murdered in 1941. In 1945,
120-444: The title of "Royal Musical Director," and in 1860 that of "Professor." Stern died at Berlin in 1883, aged 62. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Singer, Isidore ; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Stern, Julius" . The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Stern Conservatory The Stern Conservatory ( Stern'sches Konservatorium )
132-503: Was a Jewish German musical pedagogue and composer. Stern was born at Breslau . He received his elementary education in music from the violinist Peter Lüstner , and at the age of nine played at concerts. In 1832 his parents removed to Berlin, where Stern studied first under Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer , Moritz Ganz , and Saint-Lubin [ de ] , and later under Rungenhagen at the Königliche Akademie der Künste . As
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#1732773057668144-521: Was a private music school in Berlin with many distinguished tutors and alumni. The school is now part of Berlin University of the Arts . It was founded in 1850 as the Berliner Musikschule by Julius Stern , Theodor Kullak and Adolf Bernhard Marx . Kullak withdrew from the conservatory in 1855 in order to create a new academy of sculpture and three-dimensional art. With Marx's withdrawal in 1856,
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