Louis Koemmenich
Louis Koemmenich sitting at his desk in 1917
Louis Koemmenich in 1917
Louis Koemmenich (October 4, 1866 – August 14, 1922) was an American composer and conductor who took his own life in 1922.[1]
Biography
He was born in Elberfeld, Germany on October 4, 1866. He came to the United States in 1890. He was active as a choral conductor, and as a result wrote mainly choral music, although some of his songs are also extant. In 1916 he conducted several performances by the Oratorio Society of New York and the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall.[2][1]
He took his own life with cooking gas on August 14, 1922 at 347 West 91st Street in Manhattan.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Koemmenich Ends Life". New York Times. August 15, 1922. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
- ↑ [http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/search?search-type=singleFilter&search-text=*&npp:WorksConductorNames_facet[0]=Koemmenich%2C+Louis&doctype=program Programs], New York Philharmonic
Further reading
- Howard, John Tasker (1939). Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell.
External links
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