Herzogenberg, Heinrich von

COMPOSER (AUSTRIA)
BORN 10 Jun 1843, Graz, Steiermark: Prokopigasse 2 - DIED 9 Oct 1900, Wiesbaden, Hessen: Gustav-Freytag-Strasse 1
BIRTH NAME Picot de Peccaduc, Heinrich
GRAVE LOCATION Wiesbaden, Hessen: Nordfriedhof, Platter Strasse (A 29, Nordwestecke)

Heinrich von Herzogenberg descended from an aristocratic family from France. He studied law, philosophy and science in Vienna. He switched to music and he studied with Felix Otto Dessoff. Initially he was attracted to Wagner's music, but after he studied Bach he became a follower of Brahms. In 1868 he married Brahm's former pupil Elisabeth von Stockhausen.

He lived with Elisabeth in Graz until they moved to Leipzig in 1872. There he founded the local Bach Verein together with Philipp Spitta. In Leipzig he was a tutor of Ethel Smyth. In 1885 he obtained the position of Professor of Composition in Berlin. In 1892 Elisabeth died in Sanremo. During the last years of his life he was bound to a wheelchair. He died unexpectedly in Wiesbaden where he was buried.

Family
• Wife: Stockhausen, Elisabeth von (1868-1892, Dresden)

Related persons
• was a friend of Brahms, Johannes

Events
26/11/1868Another unlucky love for Johannes Brahms. He had already missed out twice and this time the talented Elisabeth von Stockhausen was his object of desire. He gave her piano lessons but soon he was unable to continue this because of his emotions. But Elisabeth married the composer Heinrich von Herzogenberg on 26 Nov 1868 in Dresden. She and Brahms were friends until her death in 1892 and Brahms would carry a small photograph of her until his own death. [Brahms, Johannes][Stockhausen, Elisabeth von]

Images

The grave of Heinrich von Herzogenberg at the Nordfriedhof, Wiesbaden.
Picture by Androom (01 May 2013)

 

Sources
Time Table of History, Xïphias, 1992
Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (editie 1909), 1909
Heinrich von Herzogenberg – Wikipedia
Heinrich von Herzogenberg - Wikipedia


Hess, Anton

Published: 11 Nov 2015
Last update: 28 Mar 2022