# Herman Amberg

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For the Danish-Norwegian educator, see [Herman Amberg (educator)](/source/Herman_Amberg_(educator)). For the New York mobster, see [Hyman Amberg](/source/Hyman_Amberg).

**Herman Amberg** (22 December 1834 – 12 April 1902) was a [Danish](/source/Denmark) [musician](/source/Musician) and [composer](/source/Composer).

A pupil of J.P.E. Hartmann and Anton Ree, in 1855 he set up in [Viborg](/source/Viborg,_Denmark) 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](/source/Johan_Amberg) was also a musician.

## Compositions

Many of his works were published posthumously. The following list is incomplete.

- 24 Preludes (Hansen, 1888)[1]
- **Op.5** - Prélude for Piano (Hansen, 1893)[1]
- **Op.6** - Sechs Orgelstücke zum Theil als Postludien anwendbar. (Hansen, 1893)[1]
- **Op.7** - Paraphrase f. Org. über Gade’s Melodie „O rüst’ dich, Held von Golgatha“. (Hansen, 1894)[1]
- **Op.7a** - Nine little pieces for organ or harmonium (Wilhelm Hansen, 1903)[2]
- **Op.8** - Små stykker for orgel eller harmonium (Hansen)[3]
- **Op.11** - 10 Præ- og Postludier (Hansen, ca.1904).[3]

## References

1. ["Hofmeister@RHUL"](http://hofmeister.rhul.ac.uk/2008/). Retrieved July 1, 2011.

1. ["Hofmeisters Monatsberichte"](http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-buch?apm=0&aid=1000001&bd=0001903). 1903. Retrieved July 1, 2011.

1. ["Worldcat"](http://www.worldcat.org). Retrieved July 1, 2011.

- *This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia.*

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