| LC control no. | no2017044208 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mehrkens, Adolf, 1840-1899 |
| Variant(s) | Mehrkens, Friedrich Adolph, 1840-1899 Mehrkens, Friedrich Adolf, 1840-1899 Mehrkens, Adolph, 1840-1899 Меркенс, Адольф, 1840-1899 Merkens, Adolʹf, 1840-1899 Меркенс, Фридрих Адольф, 1840-1899 Merkens, Fridrikh Adolʹf, 1840-1899 |
| See also | Founded corporate body of person: Adolphina (Musical group) |
| Associated country | Germany |
| Located | Hamburg (Germany) |
| Birth date | 1840-04-22 |
| Death date | 1899 |
| Profession or occupation | Composers Organists Church musicians Choral conductors |
| Special note | Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto, 1998: insert, page 2 (Adolf Mehrkens: Wie ein Grüssen : op. 18) DNB in VIAF, April 7, 2017 (Mehrkens, Friedrich Adolph, 1840-1899; Mehrkens, Adolf, 1840-1899; Friedrich Adolf Mehrkens; German composer and conductor) Russian Wikipedia, April 7, 2017 (Меркенс, Адольф = Merkens, Adolʹf; Фридрих Адольф Меркенс = Fridrikh Adolʹf Merkens; in German: Friedrich Adolf Mehrkens; April 22, 1840-1899; German composer, church organist, and choral director; studied at the Leipzig Conservatory; lived and worked in Hamburg from 1864; in 1882, founded the male choir Adolfina, which exists to this day; his most famous compositions are a Mass, op. 21; and the song Wie ein Grüssen (op. 18), which was recorded by Ernestine Schumann-Heink, among others) Hamburger Männerchor Adolphina WWW site, April 7, 2017: Über den Chor (the Hamburg men's choir Adolphina was founded by Adolph Merkins in 1882 and named after him) <https://www.adolphina.de/%C3%BCber-den-chor/> |
| Not found in | Grove music online, April 7, 2017; MGG, 2.[, neubearb.] Ausg. |
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