Niemann, Walter. (1876-1953) [Röntgen, Julius. (1855 - 1932)]
24 Präludien, Variationen über eine alt-holländische Sarabande, Impressionen, Singende Fontäne - INSCRIBED TO JULIUS RONTGEN
First edition scores to four piano works by the German composer and writer on music Walter Niemann, three of which are inscribed by the composer to the German-Dutch pianist and composer Julius Röntgen, with one further score inscribed to a female recipient in another hand. The scores are as follows: 24 Präludien für Klavier, op. 55 (Leipzig: C. F. Kahnt, 1918. [PN] 7974), inscribed on the cover (translated from the German): "To Professor Julius Röntgen in heartfelt respect and thanks for the kind introduction to your Academy. Leipzig, May 1919." 23 pp. Toning and pencil markings likely in Röntgen's hand, overall in fine condition; Impressionen. Sechs Stücke für Klavier zu 2 Händen, op. 112 (Leipzig: C. F. Peters, 1927. [PN] 10573), inscribed on the title page (translated from the German): "To Professor Julius Röntgen in admiring devotion and thanks from the composer. Leipzig, S[aturday] 7 Jan. 1928." 40 pp. With Röntgen's ownership signature on the cover and performance markings in pencil throughout, overall fine; Variationen über eine alt-holländische Sarabande, op. 118 no. 2 (Leipzig: C. F. Peters, 1930 [PN] 10798), inscribed on the title page (translated from the German) "To Professor Dr. Julius Röntgen/Beethoven, in great and thankful admiration with greetings to Holland from the composer. Leipzig, Sept. 1930." 16 pp, with Röntgen's ownership signature on the cover and performance markings in pencil throughout, overall fine; Singende Fontäne, op. 30 (Leipzig: C. F. Kahnt. 1915. [PN] C.F.K. 7413), inscribed on the verso of the first page to a "Frau A. von Feldau[?]" and signed by an unidentified "friend of the composer," dated June 17, 1929. 7 pp. Original wrappers detached with some edge tears and toning, overall good."Walter Niemann was a pupil of his father, then of Humperdinck, and from 1898 at Leipzig Conservatory under Reinecke and at the University of Leipzig under Riemann, graduating with a dissertation on early ligatures and mensural music [...] Niemann was a prolific composer, especially for the piano (his opus numbers reach 189); at first influenced by Schumann and Brahms, he later admitted folksong and narrative elements, and drew too on impressionism and exoticism. He composed sonatas, educational music, dances and abstract works, but above all numerous character-pieces, often programmatic or portraying Nature. Niemann was an outspoken and sometimes vitriolic critic [...] He praised nationalist composers such as Pfitzner, Sibelius and MacDowell, while denouncing the ‘pathological’ and ‘sensuous’ music of Richard Strauss, Mahler and Schoenberg." (Rose Mauro, New Grove Online.)
The German-Dutch composer and pianist Julius Röntgen studied with Reinecke and Lachner and was a close associate of Grainger, Brahms, Grieg, Joachim, Nielsen and others.
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