{{Short description|Danish musician and composer}} {{about||the Danish-Norwegian educator|Herman Amberg (educator)|the New York mobster|Hyman Amberg}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2010}}{{Infobox person | name = Herman Amberg | birth_date = 22 December 1834 | death_date = 12 April 1902 | occupation = musician and composer. }} '''Herman Amberg''' (22 December 1834 – 12 April 1902) was a Danish musician and composer.
A pupil of J.P.E. Hartmann and Anton Ree, in 1855 he set up in Viborg as music teacher and also worked as a singing teacher at the Latin School for 25 years. In 1868 he was organist at the cathedral and in 1892 was appointed a professor.
His brother Johan Amberg was also a musician.
==Compositions== Many of his works were published posthumously. The following list is incomplete. *24 Preludes (Hansen, 1888)<ref name="hofmeisterxix">{{cite web|title=Hofmeister@RHUL|url=http://hofmeister.rhul.ac.uk/2008/|accessdate=July 1, 2011}}</ref> * *'''Op.5''' - Prélude for Piano (Hansen, 1893)<ref name="hofmeisterxix"/> *'''Op.6''' - Sechs Orgelstücke zum Theil als Postludien anwendbar. (Hansen, 1893)<ref name="hofmeisterxix"/> *'''Op.7''' - Paraphrase f. Org. über Gade’s Melodie „O rüst’ dich, Held von Golgatha“. (Hansen, 1894)<ref name="hofmeisterxix"/> *'''Op.7a''' - Nine little pieces for organ or harmonium (Wilhelm Hansen, 1903)<ref name="hofmeisters">{{cite web|url=http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-buch?apm=0&aid=1000001&bd=0001903|title=Hofmeisters Monatsberichte|year=1903|accessdate=July 1, 2011}}</ref> *'''Op.8''' - Små stykker for orgel eller harmonium (Hansen)<ref name="worldcat">{{cite web|title=Worldcat|url=http://www.worldcat.org|accessdate=July 1, 2011}}</ref> *'''Op.11''' - 10 Præ- og Postludier (Hansen, ca.1904).<ref name="worldcat"/>
==References== {{reflist}} *''This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia.''
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