Background
Louis Koemmenich waas born on October 4, 1866 in Elberfeld, Germany. He was the son of Ludwig and Henrietta (Hasenkamp) Koemmenich. He showed a pronounced musical bent from childhood.
(Pilgrims' Chorus from "Tannhauser" ( for chorus of mixed ...)
Pilgrims' Chorus from "Tannhauser" ( for chorus of mixed voices) Schirmer No. 6655 Sheet music - 1944 by Arranged by Louis Koemmenich (Author), Richard Wagner (Author)
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Barblan, Otto : When the cherries bloomed : a part-song for chorus of men's voices unaccompanied, op. 17, no. 1 Edited by Louis Koemmenich Translated to English by Sigmund Spaeth This is an Eastman Scores Publishing professional reprint of the work originally published by: G. Schirmer, New York, 1914, 4 pp. ISMN : 979-0-087-01107-5
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Louis Koemmenich waas born on October 4, 1866 in Elberfeld, Germany. He was the son of Ludwig and Henrietta (Hasenkamp) Koemmenich. He showed a pronounced musical bent from childhood.
For several years Koemmenich studied with Anton Krause, at Barmen, a pianist, composer, and teacher of repute in his day, and at the age of nineteen he went to Berlin, where from 1885 to 1887 he attended the Kullak Academy, studying with Franz Kullak, Alexis Hollender, and William Tappert.
Koemmenich emigrated to the United States in 1890 and settled in New York. In a comparatively short space of time, he established his reputation as a teacher of singing and the pianoforte, and as a conductor of singing societies.
In 1894 he became conductor of the Brooklyn Sengerbund, and in 1898 he organized an Oratorio Society in Brooklyn. From 1902 to 1910, while living in Philadelphia, he acted as conductor of the Junger Mennerchor and in 1910 he conducted in the German Theatre. In 1912 he succeeded Frank Damrosch as conductor of the New York Oratorio Society, which post he retained until 1917. He also served as conductor of the Mendelssohn Glee Club (1913 - 19); the Beethoven Society (1916); and the New Choral Society of New York (1917 - 22).
While active in these capacities, in which he became a well-known and respected figure in the musical life of New York, he found time to keep up with his work as a teacher of singing and to compose.
Thus he gave the first productions in New York of Otto Taubmann's Eine Deutsche Messe, Georg Schumann's oratorio, Ruth, and Enrico Bossi's secular cantata, Jeanne d'Arc, for soli, chorus, and orchestra.
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On April 15, 1891 Koemmenich married Maria Dreibholz of Barmen, Prussia. They had three children.
