Adolf Weidig

Adolf H. A. Weidig (28 November 1867, in Hamburg, Germany – 23 September 1931) was an American composer who was born and raised in Hamburg. After extensive musical studies in Europe, including at the Academy of Music, Munich,[1] he immigrated to the United States in 1892 as a young man.

He wrote numerous pieces for orchestra, including a symphony and the tone poem Semiramis; among his chamber works are three string quartets and a string quintet. He also wrote songs. He died in Hinsdale, Illinois.[2]

For years Weidig served as Associate Director of the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and was Dean of the Department of Theory in the same.[3] His composition students included harpist Helena Stone Torgerson,[4] pianist Theodora Troendle, organist Helen Searles Westbrook, and, most notably, composer Ruth Crawford Seeger. He wrote the book Harmonic Material and its Uses in 1924 to aid as a reference in his composition classes.[5]

  1. ^ WEIDIG, Adolf, in Marquis Who's Who; 1901-1902 edition; via archive.org
  2. ^ "MusicSack". Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  3. ^ Clark J Herringshaw, Herringshaw's City Blue Book of Biography: Chicagoans of 1919, Volume 1919, pg 370
  4. ^ "Recital by Adolf Weidig's Composition Class". Music News. 13: 16c. April 29, 1921.
  5. ^ Borroff, Edith (1988). "Review of Ruth Crawford Seeger: Memoirs, Memories, Music". American Music. 6 (1): 104–106. doi:10.2307/3448355. ISSN 0734-4392.