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Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Hartmann (3 August 1836 – 14 February 1910) was a German composer and music critic.
Overview
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Hartmann (3 August 1836 – 14 February 1910) was a German composer and music critic.
Life
Born in Neuss, Hartmann was the son of music director in Neuss, Friedrich Hartmann. He was educated at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig under Moscheles and Hauptmann and then went to Weimar as a pupil of Franz Liszt. He appeared at a concert given by Schröder-Devrient at Dresden in 1859. From 1859 until his death, he lived in Dresden. Latterly he was almost exclusively employed in musical journalism.
Hartmann died in Dresden at the age of 73.
His grave is in the Hartmann family grave in the Johannis cemetery in Dresden. His wife Louise, daughter of the lawyer Julius von Kirchmann, also found her final resting place there.
