Krause, Emile

1840-

Composer and writer on musical subjects. Was born at Hamburg. When seventeen years old he entered Leipsic Conservatory, and for three years studied under Hauptmann, Moscheles, Plaidy and Richter. After leaving the Conservatory in 1860 he returned to Hamburg, and became known as a teacher, a composer and  a contributor to musical periodicals. In 1863 he became editor of the Hamburger Freudenblatt, and since 1870 has contributed to various professional papers. In 1885 he became teacher of aesthetics, theory and history of music at Hamburg Conservatory, and in 1893 Duke Ernst von Gotha gave him the title of professor. He was a member of the committee of management of the Hamburg Tonkünstlerverein and an honorary member of several other musical societies. His principal compositions are Ave Maria for female double choir with orchestra; twentythree cantatas with orchestra; chamber-music; choruses with orchestra; songs and duets; piano and organmusic; beside some pedagogical works for piano, chief among them Gradus ad Parnassum. His scientific writings are Didactics for Young Musicians; Sketch of Operatic History; History of the Oratorio; History of Chamber-Music; Art of Song and Vocal Music; Monographs on Felix Weingartner, Johannes Brahms, Wilhelm Berger and Sigismund von Hauseger; a guide for the study of History of Music; Lessons in Harmony; and cadences and preludes.