Georg Høeberg


Georg Valdemar Høeberg was a Danish violinist, conductor and composer. He was the brother of the opera singer Albert Høeberg and cellist Ernst Høeberg and grandson of Hans Christian Lumbye.
Already in 1888 he became a student at the Music Academy including George Ditleff Bondesen, Gade and Valdemar Tofte as teachers. He had violin as the main instrument and studied also piano and composition.
After further violin studies in Berlin he got a job as a violinist in the Royal Chapel from 1897 - 1901. At the same time he began composing, and in 1899 he received the Anckerske Scholarship. From 1900 he was additionally violin teacher at the Conservatory until 1914 when he became conductor of the Royal chapel as a replacement for Frederik Rung. The post he had until 1930. In the years from 1910 to 1914 he had been head of the concerts in Danish Concert Association and there had proven his abilities as a conductor.
His musical output was small and fell either before or after his conductorship.

Music

op. 1 Sonata in G major
op. 2 Sonata in A minor
op. 3 Romance
op. 4 Cinq Morceaux
op. 5 Melodie and Etude-Caprice
op. 7 Moods
op. 8 A wedding in the Catacombs
op. 10 Antonies Temptations
op. 11 Two songs
op. 12 Symphony in E major
op. 13 Two Songs for Male Choir
op. 14 Lyric Pieces
op. 15 Legend for String Orchestra 1934
op. 16 Songs
op. 17 Paris Court
op. 26 Fantasy Symphonic Concert Piece
Allegretto
Romanze
Carmela
Denmark's march
When thou, my God, even
Variations on a Theme by Johann Gottlieb Naumann
If Denmark coming days / to be bright with breakfast Cut
Variations on a Theme by WA Mozart from The Marriage of Figaro
If Denmark next few days
Andante for Horn and Organ
Nordic Festpræludium
For my heart's Queen
Love's Comedy