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Max Spicker (August 16, 1858 – October 15, 1912) was a German American organist, conductor and composer.〔''Baker's Biographical Dictionary'', Seventh Edition, p. 2177〕 ==Biography== Spicker was born in Königsberg, Prussia. He studied piano with Louis Köhler for five years, and then attended Leipzig Conservatory from 1877-1879.〔 In 1882 he moved to New York city,〔 where he began conducting the "Beethoven Männerchor" and worked as a reader for the music publisher G. Schirmer.〔 He was Director of Groschel's Brooklyn Conservatory from 1888 to 1895,〔It is unclear whether this refers to the Brooklyn Academy of Music or the currently named Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music, esp. since the latter institution claims its founding as 1897.〕 after which he was a teacher of harmony and counterpoint at the National Conservatory in New York. He also served for 12 years as choir director of Temple Emmanuel on Fifth Avenue. He was a member of the New York Musician's Club and an honorary member of the Society of American Cantors.〔''New York Times'' obituary〕 He died October 15, 1912, in New York City, survived by a wife and son.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Max Spicker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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