Adolf Friedrich Hesse [SEP] date of death
Adolf Friedrich Hesse
Adolf Friedrich Hesse (30 August 1809 – 5 August 1863) was a German organist and composer.
Life.
Hesse was born and died in Breslau. He studied in his hometown with the organists Friedrich Wilhelm Berner and Ernst Köhler. He was taught within the Bach tradition of Silesia. On his first concert tour in Germany he met the organist Christian Heinrich Rinck, with whom he returned to study for six months in 1828-1829: Rinck was a student of Johann Christian Kittel, who in
Hesse in 1246. The remaining Thuringian landgraviate fell to the Wettin margrave Henry III of Meissen. Henry I of Hesse was raised to princely status by King Adolf of Germany in 1292.
Heads of the non-reigning House of Hesse.
Heads of the non-reigning House of Hesse Hesse-Kassel since 1866.
Friedrich Wilhelm I, the former Elector, titular Landgrave 1866–75 (1802–1875)
- "Friedrich II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720–1785)"
- "Friedrich III, Landgrave of Hesse