- Amadeus Quartet
- Walter Bergmann
- Norbert Brainin
- Gerhard Braun
- Carl Ebert
- Hans Gál
- Peter Gellhorn
- Roberto Gerhard
- Walter Goehr
- Berthold Goldschmidt
- Paul Hamburger
- Emmy Heim
- Alice Herz–Sommer
- Helene Isepp
- Martin Isepp
- Robert Kahn
- Alfred Kalmus
- Hans Keller
- Maria Lidka
- Else Mayer-Lissmann MBE
- Siegmund Nissel
- Karl Rankl
- Ferdinand Rauter
- Hans Ferdinand Redlich
- Franz-Theodor Reizenstein
- Max Rostal
- Peter Schidlof
- Mátyás Seiber
- Leopold Spinner
- Peter Stadlen
- Erwin Stein
- Richard Tauber
- Vilém Tauský CBE
- Francesco Ticciati
- Georg Tintner
- Ernst Toch
- Hans Peter Wallfisch
- Karl Weigl
- Egon Wellesz
- Ilse Wolf
- Leo Wurmser
Robert Kahn
Composer and pianist, born 21.7.1865 in Mannheim, died 29.5.1951 in Biddenden, Kent
Biography
Robert Kahn had early success as a composer partially due to support from Joseph Joachim, Hans von Bülow, Clara Schumann and especially Johannes Brahms, who helped him considerably in Vienna in 1887.
Having completed his studies he became a repetiteur at Leipzig Opera and from 1893 – 1930 he was a highly respected teacher in Berlin. He was both a highly respected performer and composer; as an accompanist to many eminent musicians, and as a widely performed and published composer of Lieder, chamber and choral music until his vilification by the Nazis.
In 1938, at the age of 73, Robert Kahn emigrated to the UK and lived there with his wife in Biddenden Kent until his death in 1951. There he wrote over 1000 piano pieces which document his time as an émigré as a “Diary in Music”.
Related Links
- Robert Kahn on Wikipedia
- Robert Kahn in the University of Hamburg online database of musicians persecuted during the Nazi Period (LexM)
- Robert Kahn music resampled by Steffen Fahl
- Robert Kahn Archive at Akademie Der Künste Berlin
Additional Resources
- Maksim Stsura video clips (to be added soon)
- “Come where love invites” recording with Elizabeth Holmes , soprano and Claire Harris, piano (to be added soon)
