Gustav Scharfe Explained

Gustav Scharfe (11 September 1835 – 25 June 1892)^[1] was a German operatic baritone and voice teacher.

Life

Born in Grimma, Saxony, Scharfe was originally an assistant teacher (1854) at the and in 1856 at the Leipzig Institute for the Deaf and Dumb.^[2] However, because of his outstanding musical and vocal talents, he took on a successful engagement as an opera singer at the Dresden Court Opera for several years.^[3]

He later went to England and trained there for the higher demands of singing.^[4] Returning to Dresden, he devoted himself very successfully to teaching singing, most recently at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, Dresden (along, among others, Felix Draeseke, Aglaja Orgeni). He was awarded the title Professor of Music by the King of Saxony for his services as a teacher in 1880.^[5]

Scharfe published an excellent singing school: German: Die methodische Entwicklung der Stimme (The Methodical Development of the Voice).

Scharfe died in Dresden, aged 56.

Students

• Hans Buff-Giessen, Walther Falkenstein, Richard Gutzschbach, Erika Wedekind, Emil Goetze^[6]

References

Sources

• Book: Kutsch. Karl-Josef. Karl-Josef Kutsch. Riemens. Leo. Leo Riemens. Großes Sängerlexikon. 4th. 2012. Walter de Gruyter. 978-3-598-44088-5. de.

External links

• Gustav Scharfe, portrait in the of the Goethe University Frankfurt

Notes and References

1. Book: Einstein, Alfred. Alfred Einstein. Scharfe, Gustav. Hugo Riemanns Musik-Lexikon. Riemann Musiklexikon. de. 1929. Scharfe, Gustav, angesehener Gesanglehrer, 11. Sept. 1835 zu Grimma (Sa.), 25. Juni 1892 in Dresden, war 11 Jahre Baritonist der Dresdener Hofoper, wurde 1874 Gesanglehrer am Konservatorium, 1880 zum Professor ernannt. Sein berühmtester Schüler ist Emil Götze. Sch. gab eine vortreffliche Gesangschule heraus: Die methodische Entwicklung der Stimme..
2. Alfred Ramm: Ramming's Kirchlich-statistisches Handbuch für das Königreich Sachsen, Dresden, 1859,
3. Web site: Porträt Gustav Scharfe (1835–1892; Sänger). Albuminabzug auf Karton (Carte-de-visite mit Atelieraufdruck und Widmung verso). www.europeana.eu.
4. Feuilleton – Personalnachrichten. de. Obituary. Neue Zeitschrift für Musik. 29 June 1892. 59 / #88. 299–300. Internet Archive.
5. http://grandemusica.net/musical-biographies-s-1/scharfe-gustav "Gustav Scharfe"
6. Web site: Focht . Josef . Götze, Emil . . 2 January 2021.