German conductor, composer, teacher, and journalist
Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn
Born
14 November 1800 or 1804
Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia)
Died
10 January 1892
Berlin, Germany
Nationality
German
Education
Studied in Königsberg and Berlin
Occupation(s)
Conductor, composer, teacher, journalist
Notable work
Rolands Knappen, Die Nibelungen
Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn (14 November 1800[1] or 1804 – 10 January 1892) was a German conductor, composer, teacher, and journalist. He was born in Königsberg, where he studied piano, singing, and composition. Later, he studied in Berlin with Ludwig Berger, Bernhard Klein, and Carl Friedrich Zelter. His first opera, Rolands Knappen, was produced in 1826, and was a success. Around this time, he became co-editor of the Berliner allgemeine Musikzeitung.
Dorn became well known as a conductor of opera, and held theatre posts at Königsberg (1828), Leipzig (1829–32), Hamburg (1832), Riga (1834–43), and Cologne (1844–8). In 1849, he became co-conductor, with Wilhelm Taubert, of the Berlin Hofoper - a post he held until 1869.
