Background
Heinrich Urban was born in Berlin, and studied with Ferdinand Laub, Hubert Ries and Richard Hellmann.
Heinrich Urban was born in Berlin, and studied with Ferdinand Laub, Hubert Ries and Richard Hellmann.
He sang alto in the Königlich Domchor and the Königlich Kapelle. He continued his studies later in Paris, and then worked as a violinist, composer and music teacher. He also served as conductor of the Berliner Dilettanten Orchester Verein (Amateur Orchestra Society).
Noted students include harpsichordist Wanda Landowska, American composer Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer Maurice Arnold Strothotte and Polish musicologist Henryk Opieński.
He died in Berlin.