Adolf Heinrich Sponholtz
1803 — 1851
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Adolf Heinrich Sponholtz, born in Rostock, Mecklenburg, in 1803, was an organist and pianist who “attracted attention by his playing in concerts, when a mere boy,” according to the Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians (1890). Despite this early musical promise, he was initially “obliged to study theology, and had already preached often when he suddenly devoted himself entirely to music.” He subsequently became the organist of St. Mary’s in his native city. Sponholtz composed symphonies, motets, and other orchestral works, alongside pianoforte music and songs. His output also included sonatas, characteristic pieces, studies, and “several collections of very pleasing dance-music,” as noted by A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1880). Furthermore, the Dictionary of Music (1896) records that he provided musical instruction to Johannes Schondorf at the school in Rostock.