Karl Adolf Lorenz was a German conductor, composer, and music pedagogue.
Education
Born in Köslin, his family moved to Stettin where he attended the Marienstiftsgymnasium (de) (a school) for 16 years. During those 16 years, Lorenz studied music with composer Heinrich Trieste (1808–1885). In 1857, Lorenz went on to study at the Humboldt University of Berlin, earning a Doctor of Philosophy in philosophy in 1861.
In music, he studied counterpoint with Siegfried Dehn, piano and composition with Friedrich Kiel and instrumentation with choirmaster Wenzel Gährich, all at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
Career
In philosophy he was highly influenced by his study of Arthur Schopenhauer. Lorenz remained in Berlin until 1864, during which he had several conducting engagements of the Meixnerschen glee club In 1864, Lorenz moved to Strasbourg to conduct the Musical Society.
Two years later he became professor at his alma mater, the Marienstiftsgymnasium.
Three years before the death of Carl Loewe in 1869, Lorenz became his successor as music director and organist at the Jakobikirche, Stettin. And he also became an opera critic.
Lorenz died in 1923 in Stettin. Until 1945 Lorenz had been honored in Köslin, the town of his birth and the town where he grew up, by a memorial plaque and both Köslin and Stettin had streets bearing his surname.