Adolph Gollmick 1825-1883

[giles.enders]

Adolph Gollmick   Born 5.2.1825  Frankfurt  Died 7.3.1883  London

His initial studies were with his father¹ and later with Henrich Wolff, Josef Kessler and Riefstall.  He came to London in 1844 where he gave his first concert as a pianist at Pape's Pianoforte Rooms.  He returned to Germany for a period for study, giving concerts at the same time. During 1851 he founded and directed the Reunion des Beaux Arts. He married in 1853 while in Frankfurt and then settled permanently in London.  In 1864 he founded The Westbourne Operatic Society and in 1879 he was founder and director of The Kilburn Musical Association.

Orchestral

Symphony in C minor
Overture
March for orchestra
Grand March for military band

Chamber

Piano Quartet
Piano Trio in C minor

Piano

Grand Galopade for piano 4 hands  Op.3
Grand Caprice  Op.11
Solitude  romance  Op.14  Pub. by F Wurstermann
L'Espoir  romance  Op.17  pub.by Boosey & Co.
La Flatteuse   morceau elegante Op.19
Reverie  Op.20   1854
Scherzo  Op.21  1854
Consuelo mazurka  Op.22
Six Etudes  Op.27
Europa  galop  Op.30
Farewell for the pianoforte  OP.31
Eighteen German folksongs arranged for the piano  Op.32 & Op.44  pub. by Boosey & Co.
Fairy Dell  Op.39
Faniska  Op.45
Grand March Eroique  1853
Valse Styrienne 
Adeline pensee
Bell Humeur
Chanson a boire  1854
Reverie Amoureuse  1857
Diana  grand galop
Capriccio  1863
Esperances  morceau de salon  1863
Elfin Revels  1861
Happy Thoughts  reverie  1864
The Village Belle  valse
Galopede
Ton Image  meditation
The Electric Galop  pub. by Boosey & Co.
Marguerite & Winifred  deux morceaux de salon
Minerva  grand valse brillante
Deux valses melancoliques et un galop
Belisario grand duet  based on Donizetti opera 1854  pub. by Boosey & Co.Romanza in Verdi's opera Rigoletto, transcribed for piano.

Song

Wherefore, wherefore should I lonely be  1847 words by L Wray
Couldst though be mine  words by N Leman
A Famous run  words by F Sylvester
Goodnight though beloved of my heart  words by F Charles
Fare thee well!  words by L Wray
Farewell   words by G F Graham
On the Water  words by H S Clarke
Parting  words by G Allman
Remember me
Maiden dear   serenade  words by F Charles
The Spectre Fight   ballad
The Hour is come for parting  words by L Wray
Kapicinerle  part song  1880
Troubled Concience   words by T Erle
Wander lust  pub. by Augener 


Opera

Balthasar  comic opera in 2 acts  Libretto by F Penna  1860
Dona Constanza or The Forced Marriage  comic opera in 3 acts  libretto by G Allman
The Oracle  comic opera in 2 acts
The Heir of Lenne  operatic cantata  words by H Warren  1877
The Blind beggers daughter of Bethnal Green  operatic cantata words by H Warren

1. His father was Carl Gollmick Born 1796  Died 19.3.1866  writer & composer

[Ilja]

Pedantic point perhaps, but 1866 was Gollmick père's year of death; he was born in 1796.

[eschiss1]

btw Carl's father in turn was the tenor (and occasional composer) Friedrich Karl Gollmick (1774-1852).