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Richard Hageman (9 July 1881 – 6 March 1966) was a Dutch-born American conductor, pianist, and composer. Biography. Richard Hageman was born in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands.
Composer, songwriter, conductor and pianist, educated at the Brussels Conservatory (Mus. D.) and the Royal Conservatory of Amsterdam, on scholarships. He was a concert pianist at six and accompanist for the Royal Opera Company in Amsterdam, assuming the conductorship in 1899.
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“Richard Hageman was an American composer of the highest caliber, an important contributor to the arts in America. His songs in particular deserve a special place on recitals for many years to come.”
Oct 1, 2017 · These are the opening lines of Richard Hageman’s most famous song, “Do Not Go, My Love,” which also happens to be the first one he ever wrote. It has become one of the classics of the American art song genre.
Richard Hageman wrote operas, film scores, one oratorio, and instrumental works, but he is best known today for his art songs. Photo: Richard Hageman, 1909, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Digital ID: ggbain 04337
Composer, songwriter, conductor and pianist, educated at the Brussels Conservatory (Mus. D.) and the Royal Conservatory of Amsterdam, on scholarships. He was a concert pianist at six and accompanist for the Royal Opera Company in Amsterdam, assuming the conductorship in 1899.
The Oscar-winning composer Richard Hageman (1881-1966) has been all but forgotten and it is only through the recent rediscovery of his art songs that study into his compositions and artistic identity commenced. Originally from Leeuwarden, the capitol of Friesland in the Netherlands, Hageman settled in the USA in 1907.
Richard Hageman (1881-1966) was celebrated during his lifetime as a conductor, pianist, vocal coach, and composer. His art songs put him solidly in the vanguard of mid-century composers and he was routinely referred to in the same context as Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, William Grant Still, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
Richard Hageman was a musician’s musician. He was a child prodigy who performed as a concert pianist by the age of six in his native the Netherlands. During the remainder of his musical career he was a pianist, conductor, composer, songwriter, music educator and the occasional actor.
