Eduard Rohde

Eduard Rohde (25 September 1828 – 25 March 1883) was a German composer and organist. Born in Halle, Germany in 1828, he was a pupil of August Gottfried Ritter, and later a choirmaster at the St. Georgenkirche and singing teacher at the Sophien-Gymnasium in Berlin. Rohde was also a royal music director. Eduard Rohde had a son named Eduard Rohde Jr. (2 May 1856 – 1931), also a composer, and died in Berlin in 1883. He wrote piano pieces, motets, part-songs, a sonata, instrumental and vocal works, as well as an elementary textbook for piano. His pupils include Arthur H. Bird, Edward Morris Bowman, and Gerrit Smith.

Works

Dance of the Dragonflies Album Leaf 6 Tonbuilder, Op. 50 Fliegende Blätter, Op. 36 Fugue in E minor Élégie in G minor Triolett, Op. 32 Elfenreigen, Op. 111 Volks-Lieder, Op. 137 Zwiegesang, Op. 146, No. 2 Sommerabend (op. 50) Der Blumen Rache (op. 141) Schildehorn (op. 128) V. sonata (op. 170)