Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann - String Quartet in G, A Major (1848)

Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann

 String Quartet in G Major (1848)

Clara Bæk, violin.
Sophia Bæk, violin.
Stine Hasbirk, viola.
Therese Åstrand, cello.

 

String Quartet in A major (fragment 1852)

J.P.E. Hartmann was the son of musician August Wilhelm Hartmann and was trained as a lawyer, but also an accomplished organ player and already at age 19 in 1824 he was appointed organist at the Garrison Church and thereby succeeded his father.

In 1827 he became a teacher at the newly established Conservatory and with a second job as a secretary in the Civil Indrulleringskommission he became so wealthy that he could marry in 1829 with Emma Zinn, daughter of a wealthy agent. Emma died, however, already in 1851, after which Hartmann later remarried.

The post of organist he maintained to very late in life, but eventually came to work himself to write music to fill much. He was also a professor at Copenhagen University in 1849 and director of the Music Conservatory in 1890, when he succeeded Niels W. Gade. Hartmann was a founding member of the Academy in 1867.

In 1836, Hartmann was co-founded the Music Society in Copenhagen, and in 1839 he was corresponding with to start Student Choral Society. He was later chairman for many years for both groups.