Florian Hermann

Composer in Russian Empire (1822–1892)

Florian Hermann
Title page of the Hommage Valse
Born	1822 Vilnius
Died	1892 Vilnius
Works	Hommage Valse, used in Dark Eyes

Florian Hermann (1822 – 1892^{[citation needed]}, Russian: Флориан Герман, name is also spelled as Florian Herman, Florian German, Florjan Herman)^[1] was a composer of German-Polish origin active in the Russian Empire.^[2] Although he authored many works, Hermann is primarily notable as an author of the melody used in the music for the well-known Russian song "Dark eyes" (the composer wrote his opus as "Valse hommage", Op. 21).^[3] Very little is known about Hermann,^[3] Russian publications occasionally describe him as a French^[4]^[5] or Austrian composer.

Hermann's work as a composer spans 1870s – 1890s,^[2] according to the list available in a catalog by A. Gutheil (his company was later acquired by Éditions Russes de Musique), the earliest known publications are from A. Büttner in St. Petersburg.^[6] Hermann's other best-known composition is "Rêverie russe, Op. 2".^[3] "Valse hommage" became famous as "Dark Eyes" after an arrangement in the Gypsy style by S. Gerdal (1884); the popular rendition belongs to Adalgiso Ferraris (ca. 1910).

References

^ "Category:Hermann, Florian – IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download". Imslp.org.
^ ^a ^b "Florian Hermann's time and place". Dmitry Pruss: tango links & lists. 2015-06-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c Fuld 2000, p. 684.
^ Корчагина, Н. В.; Сергиенко, И. Н. (2017). "Фортепианные ансамбли расширенного состава (в 6 и 8 рук) в профессиональной подготовке бакалавров-музыкантов". Педагогика и психология образования (in Russian) (2): 86–95.
^ The details provided ("Hermann wrote a march for the Napoleon's army") make this connection improbable, as Hermann was active well into 1890s.
^ Fuld 2000, p. 417.

Sources

Fuld, James J. (2000). The Book of World-famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk. Courier Corporation. pp. 418, 684. ISBN 978-0-486-41475-1. OCLC 1004801063.
Pruss, Dmitry (26 January 2018). "Ojos negros que fascinan, from 1830s to 1930s and beyond". Dmitry Pruss: tango links & lists. Retrieved 10 May 2024.