Jakob Rosenhain

Biography

Jakob Rosenhain (Jacob, Jacques) (2 December 1813 – 21 March 1894) was a German Jewish pianist and composer.
Rosenhain was born in Mannheim; he made his debut at the age of 11. During their 1837 season, he was a soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (on 17 April), which in 1854 (also in April) programmed one of his symphonies.
He was a friend of Felix Mendelssohn at least from 1839. He worked with Johann Baptist Cramer on a published school of piano-playing. From 1849 he made his home in Paris.
Rosenhain died in Baden-Baden.

Selected compositions

Four operas

Der Besuch in Irrenhause (1834)
Liswenna (1835)
Le Démon de la Nuit (1851); Liswenna rewritten
Volage et Jaloux (1863)
Orchestra
Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 42
Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 43 (performed, possibly premiered, 1846 by Mendelssohn in Leipzig)
Symphony No. 3 "Im Frühling", Op. 61
Concertante
Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 73
Chamber works
Piano Quartet in E♭, Op. 1
Sonata in E for piano with violoncello or violin, Op. 38
Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 44?; à M. Fétis
Sonate Symphonique in F minor (Piano Sonata No.2?), Op. 70 (pub. Breitkopf, 1887)
Piano Sonata (No.3?) in D, Op. 74 (published by Breitkopf, 1886)
3 String Quartets, Opp. 55, 57, 65 (pub. 1864)
Sonata in D minor for cello (or violin, or viola) and piano, Op. 98. (manuscript for viola, noted in RISM Online and dates from 1893)
Four Piano Trios
Songs
at least two dozen