Christian Frederik Emil Horneman

Danish composer, conductor, publisher and teacher Christian Frederik Emil Horneman was born in Copenhagen on 17 December 1840 into a highly musical family, and studied at the Leipzig Conservatory, where his teachers included Ignaz Moscheles.

He co-founded the Euterpe music institute to encourage new Danish music, and conducted the organisation's concerts. Later he co-founded Koncertforeningen, the Concert Association, and the Hornemans Konservatorium.

His best known works are the Gurre suite and the overture Aladdin (which he later expanded into a complete opera).

Horneman died in Copenhagen on 8 June 1906, aged sixty-five.

 

A selection of articles about Christian Frederik Emil Horneman

CD Spotlight. A Scintillating Operatic Rarity - Gerald Fenech's discovery of the year is possibly Danish composer Horneman's opera 'Aladdin'. 'Another stylish re-issue in a series that is experiencing a highly deserved renaissance.'