The Piano Trio Op.50 in C minor was dedicated to the Danish composer Carl Nielsen, whom Julius Röntgen met at Slot Fuglsang, a castle where musicians and composers gathered.
Composer Biography
Julius Röntgen, the composer, developed a lifelong and warm friendship with Edvard Grieg, a fellow student at the Leipzig Conservatory.
Composer Biography
Julius Röntgen's oeuvre numbers over eight-hundred compositions spanning all classical genres, including more than twenty symphonies and operas.
Composer Biography
Julius Röntgen was a co-founder of the Amsterdam Conservatory and influenced the design of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, recommending it be modeled on the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
Composition History
Johannes Brahms, the famous composer, unwittingly used a main theme from Julius Röntgen's Serenade for seven Winds, Op.14, in the opening movement of his Second Symphony.
Composition History
The Cello Sonata Op.56 was dedicated to the memory of Röntgen's friend Senno Tiefenthal, incorporating a passage from Bach's Matthäus-Passion in the third movement.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Julius Röntgen was open to all possible musical interpretations and his music was of a catching and intriguing kind.
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