Herman Amberg was a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 musician and composer.

A pupil of J.P.E. Hartmann and Anton Ree, in 1855 he set up in Viborg

Viborg, Denmark

Viborg , a town in central Jutland, Denmark, is the seat of both Viborg municipality and Region Midtjylland. Viborg is also the seat of the Western High Court, the High Court for the Jutland peninsula...

 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

Johan Amberg

Johan Lauritz Walbom Amberg was a Danish composer and violinist.He started studying singing at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 1867, but he had to switch to violin because of problems with his voice. From 1877 to 1905, he was violinist in the Royal Danish Orchestra and after 1905, he...

was also a musician.

Compositions

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

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