Eduard Rohde

Eduard Rohde (25 September 1828 – 25 March 1883) was a German composer and organist. Born in Halle, Germany in 1828, he was a pupil of August Gottfried Ritter, and later a choirmaster at the St. Georgenkirche and singing teacher at the Sophien-Gymnasium in Berlin. Rohde was also a royal music director. Eduard Rohde had a son named Eduard Rohde Jr. (2 May 1856 – 1931), also a composer, and died in Berlin in 1883. He wrote piano pieces, motets, part-songs, a sonata, instrumental and vocal works, as well as an elementary textbook for piano. His pupils include Arthur H. Bird.

Works

 * Dance of the Dragonflies
 * Marionettes
 * Album Leaf
 * Butterfly Op. 36, No. 8
 * 6 Tonbuilder, Op. 50
 * Fliegende Blätter, Op. 36
 * Fugue in E minor
 * Élégie in G minor
 * Triolett, Op. 32
 * Elfenreigen, Op. 111
 * Volks-Lieder, Op. 137
 * Zwiegesang, Op. 146, No. 2
 * Sommerabend (op. 50)
 * Der Blumen Rache (op. 141)
 * Schildehorn (op. 128)
 * V. sonata (op. 170)