Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn was a German conductor, composer, teacher, and journalist. He was born in Königsberg, where he studied piano, singing, and composition. Later, he studied in Berlin with Ludwig Berger, Bernhard Klein, and Carl Friedrich Zelter. His first opera, Rolands Knappen, was produced in 1826, and was a success. Around this time, he became co-editor of the Berliner allgemeine Musikzeitung.
Writings
• Spontini in Deutschland (Leipzig, 1830) • Aus meinem Leben (Berlin, 1870–77) • Das provisorische Statut der Königlichen Akademie der Künste in Berlin (Berlin, 1875) ==Compositions==
Compositions
• Rolands Knappen (1826) • Der Zauberer und das Ungetüm (1827) • Die Bettlerin (1828) • Abu Kara (c. 1831) • Der Schöffe von Paris (1838) • Das Banner von England (1841) • Die Nibelungen (1854) • Ein Tag in Russland (1856) • Gewitter bei Sonnenschein (1865) • Der Botenläufer von Pirna (1865) == References ==