Conrad Johan Bartholdy (12 March 1853 – 6 December 1904) 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...

 Danish organist, composer, singing teacher, conductor and author of music theory books. He was a Titular Professor in 1900.

Bartholdy was born in Hammel

Hammel

Hammel is a town in central Denmark with a population of 6,881 , located in Favrskov municipality in Jutland. Until January 1, 2007, it was also the site of the municipal council of the now former Hammel municipality.-References:...

, the son of the local pharmacist and was active as a student in Århus Cathedral from 1872. He began after school to study political science, but interrupted his studies to get a musical education. Among his teachers were Carl Helsted

Carl Helsted

Carl Helsted was a Danish composer.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia....

 (vocals), Johann Christian Gebauer

Johann Christian Gebauer

Johann Christian Gebauer was a Danish composer, organist and music theorist.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia....

 (theory), Edmund Neupert

Edmund Neupert

Edmund Neupert was a Norwegian pianist and composer.He was a teacher at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin from 1866-1868. He then moved to Copenhagen, where he held a position at the town's conservatory for two years. In 1881 he travelled to Moscow, and in 1882 he moved to Christiania , where he...

 (piano) and Gottfred Matthison-Hansen (organ).

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