Richard Eilenberg

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Richard Eilenberg (January 13, 1848–December 6, 1925) was a German composer who was born in Merseburg and died in Berlin.

His musical career began with the study of piano and composition. At 18 years old, he composed his first work - a concert overture. As a volunteer he participated in the Franco-Prussian War from 1870 to 1871. In 1873, Eilenberg became the music director and conductor in Stettin. Later in 1889, he decided to move to Berlin as a freelance composer, where his second marriage with his wife Dorothee started. They lived on 73 Bremer street.

Eilenberg composed marches and dances for orchestra, harmony and military music, and a ballet "The Rose of Shiras" op 134. He also composed the operettas "Comteß Cliquot" (1909), "King Midas", "Marietta", and "The Great Prince". The most notable music that he composed were his marches, including "The Coronation March" (for Alexander III of Russia), and "Janitscharen-Marsch" op 295.

Some of his music pieces, attributable to the salon and its entertainment, were "The Petersburg Sleigh Ride" op. 52 and "The Mill In The Black Forest" op 57. Eilenberg completed 350 compositions throughout his life, including 10 fantasies after melodies of great masters, like "Ehrenkränze of Music" op 268-277 and the suite "Through Fields and Forests" op 119.

His grave is located on the South-West Cemetery of the Berlin Ecclesiastical Assembly in Potsdam.