Georg Goltermann
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- Georg Goltermann should not be confused with Julius Goltermann (1825-1876), the cellist teacher of David Popper.
Georg Goltermann (August 19, 1824, Hannover – December 29, 1898, Frankfurt am Main) was a German cellist and composer.
[edit] Life
Goltermann's father was an organist and so he got an early introduction in music. He received cello lessons from Joseph Menter in München and was noted there for his compositional talents.
In 1852 he became music director in Würzburg. In 1853 he accepted an offer to become deputy music director of the municipal theater in Frankfurt am Main, where he was promoted to Kapellmeister in 1874.
His fourth concerto is considered the "student's concerto" because it is the easiest of his five concerti. His music is rarely if ever performed in concerts and are deemed to lack the musicality of true concerti. Instead his concerti are studied by students to learn technique and get a basic understanding of the concerto.
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