Frederick Niecks (1845-1924) - Revision history

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 One innovation was to gain the permission of the University Court for the admission of women students to the Music Classes.  He carried out all the teaching himself until 1902 and developed a series of lecture recitals and concerts to complement the which soon developed a reputation for excellence.   In 1901 he established a musical Education Society and in 1909 began a series of Concerts for Young People. He became much involved in the musical life of the city through various orchestras and choral organisations.
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+== Personal Life and Legacy ==
-In 1907 he married one of his students, Christina Struthers, the daughter of Professor [[Sir John Struthers (1823-1899)]].   Frederick Niecks retired in 1914 and continued to work on his Schumann project.   Awards included Mus.D. Dublin 1898; and LL.D. Edin. 1915.  He died in Edinburgh on 24th June  1924 and his work on Schumann was completed by his wife and published posthumously.   His friend Professor [[Otto Schlapp (1859-1939)]] designed and crafted a memorial plaque of a portrait of Frederick Niecks which is now in the Music Class room and in the Faculty of Music,  a Frederick Niecks Memorial Prize has been endowed for an annual prize in Music History.
+{{Template:BenGal}}In 1907 he married one of his students, Christina Struthers, the daughter of Professor [[Sir John Struthers (1823-1899)]].   Frederick Niecks retired in 1914 and continued to work on his Schumann project.   Awards included Mus.D. Dublin 1898; and LL.D. Edin. 1915.  He died in Edinburgh on 24th June  1924 and his work on Schumann was completed by his wife and published posthumously.   His friend Professor [[Otto Schlapp (1859-1939)]] designed and crafted a memorial plaque of a portrait of Frederick Niecks which is now in the Music Class room and in the Faculty of Music,  a Frederick Niecks Memorial Prize has been endowed for an annual prize in Music History.
 Christina died in 1944, bequeathing books from her and her late husband's library, together with autograph letters from Chopin, Liszt and Clara Schumann and pencil portraits of Chopin.
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 One innovation was to gain the permission of the University Court for the admission of women students to the Music Classes.  He carried out all the teaching himself until 1902 and developed a series of lecture recitals and concerts to complement the which soon developed a reputation for excellence.   In 1901 he established a musical Education Society and in 1909 began a series of Concerts for Young People. He became much involved in the musical life of the city through various orchestras and choral organisations.
-== Personal Life and Legacy ==
+{{Template:BenGal}}== Personal Life and Legacy ==
-In 1907 he married one of his students, Christina Struthers, the daughter of Professor [[Sir John Struthers (1823-1899)]].   Frederick Niecks retired in 1914 and continued to work on his Schumann project.   Awards included Mus.D. Dublin 1898; and LL.D. Edin. 1915.  He died in Edinburgh on 24th June  1924 and his work on Schumann was completed by his wife and published posthumously.   His friend Professor [[Otto Schlapp]] designed and crafted a memorial plaque of a portrait of Frederick Niecks which is now in the Music Class room and in the Faculty of Music,  a Frederick Niecks Memorial Prize has been endowed for an annual prize in Music History.
+In 1907 he married one of his students, Christina Struthers, the daughter of Professor [[Sir John Struthers (1823-1899)]].   Frederick Niecks retired in 1914 and continued to work on his Schumann project.   Awards included Mus.D. Dublin 1898; and LL.D. Edin. 1915.  He died in Edinburgh on 24th June  1924 and his work on Schumann was completed by his wife and published posthumously.   His friend Professor [[Otto Schlapp (1859-1939)]] designed and crafted a memorial plaque of a portrait of Frederick Niecks which is now in the Music Class room and in the Faculty of Music,  a Frederick Niecks Memorial Prize has been endowed for an annual prize in Music History.
 Christina died in 1944, bequeathing books from her and her late husband's library, together with autograph letters from Chopin, Liszt and Clara Schumann and pencil portraits of Chopin.
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 == Appointment ==
-His varied body of work was appreciated by the authorities at the University of Edinburgh when they were seeking a successor to [[Herbert Stanley Oakeley]] and, in December 1891, he was appointed to the Chair of the Theory of [[Music]].  This was a time of great change in the status of Music as an academic subject in Edinburgh and in January 1894  it was approved by Her Majesty in Council was passed creating a [[Faculty of Music]]:   Frederick Niecks became the first Dean of the Faculty of Music at the University of Edinburgh and in tribute to the work of Professor Oakeley he proceeded to look at ways of continuing to raise the standard of musical culture and to establish the Faculty of Music in the most thorough manner.   He designed the new course and curriculum for the new degree in Music and insisted on its being a residential qualification.
+His varied body of work was appreciated by the authorities at the University of Edinburgh when they were seeking a successor to [[Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley (1830-1903)]] and, in December 1891, he was appointed to the Chair of the Theory of [[Music]].  This was a time of great change in the status of Music as an academic subject in Edinburgh and in January 1894  it was approved by Her Majesty in Council was passed creating a [[Faculty of Music]]:   Frederick Niecks became the first Dean of the Faculty of Music at the University of Edinburgh and in tribute to the work of Professor Oakeley he proceeded to look at ways of continuing to raise the standard of musical culture and to establish the Faculty of Music in the most thorough manner.   He designed the new course and curriculum for the new degree in Music and insisted on its being a residential qualification.
 One innovation was to gain the permission of the University Court for the admission of women students to the Music Classes.  He carried out all the teaching himself until 1902 and developed a series of lecture recitals and concerts to complement the which soon developed a reputation for excellence.   In 1901 he established a musical Education Society and in 1909 began a series of Concerts for Young People. He became much involved in the musical life of the city through various orchestras and choral organisations.
 == Personal Life and Legacy ==

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 == Early Life ==
-Neicks was born in Dusseldorf, Germany on 3rd Feb. 1845 the son of a violinist, teacher and conductor.   Educated privately he began playing the violin at the age of six, under the guidance of his father,  and at the age of thirteen made his first public appearance in a performance of the Second Concerto by De Beriot at the Musikverein in Dusseldorf.  Niecks undertook  further study with W. Langhans,  a distinguished violinist, teacher, conductor and writer, Leopold Auer, violinist and teacher of among others, Mischa Elman and Jascha Heifetz, studied pianoforte, and composition with Julius Trasch, Robert Schumann’s successor as Music Director at Dusseldorf and organ with Julius Grunewald, Professor at Cologne Conservatoire.
+Niecks was born in Dusseldorf, Germany on 3rd Feb. 1845 the son of a violinist, teacher and conductor.   Educated privately he began playing the violin at the age of six, under the guidance of his father,  and at the age of thirteen made his first public appearance in a performance of the Second Concerto by De Beriot at the Musikverein in Dusseldorf.  Niecks undertook  further study with W. Langhans,  a distinguished violinist, teacher, conductor and writer, Leopold Auer, violinist and teacher of among others, Mischa Elman and Jascha Heifetz, studied pianoforte, and composition with Julius Trasch, Robert Schumann’s successor as Music Director at Dusseldorf and organ with Julius Grunewald, Professor at Cologne Conservatoire.
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 == Personal Life and Legacy ==
-In 1907 he married one of his students, Christina Struthers, the daughter of Professor [[Sir John Stuthers (1823-1899)]].   Frederick Niecks retired in 1914 and continued to work on his Schumann project.   Awards included Mus.D. Dublin 1898; and LL.D. Edin. 1915.  He died in Edinburgh on 24th June  1924 and his work on Schumann was completed by his wife and published posthumously.   His friend Professor [[Otto Schlapp]] designed and crafted a memorial plaque of a portrait of Frederick Niecks which is now in the Music Class room and in the Faculty of Music,  a Frederick Niecks Memorial Prize has been endowed for an annual prize in Music History.
+In 1907 he married one of his students, Christina Struthers, the daughter of Professor [[Sir John Struthers (1823-1899)]].   Frederick Niecks retired in 1914 and continued to work on his Schumann project.   Awards included Mus.D. Dublin 1898; and LL.D. Edin. 1915.  He died in Edinburgh on 24th June  1924 and his work on Schumann was completed by his wife and published posthumously.   His friend Professor [[Otto Schlapp]] designed and crafted a memorial plaque of a portrait of Frederick Niecks which is now in the Music Class room and in the Faculty of Music,  a Frederick Niecks Memorial Prize has been endowed for an annual prize in Music History.
 Christina died in 1944, bequeathing books from her and her late husband's library, together with autograph letters from Chopin, Liszt and Clara Schumann and pencil portraits of Chopin.
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