Adolph Julius Eggers


Adolph Julius Eggers was a Danish organist, guitarist and composer.

Life and career

Eggers was an organ pupil of Peter Schram, Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, P. Rasmussen and A. Rüdinger.
In 1880 he became organ substitute in Trinity Church. In 1905 he was cantor at Sankt Matthæus Church in Copenhagen, where he succeeded Johan Bartholdy, and in 1910 at Holmens Church, where he succeeded Viggo Bielefeldt. In 1904 he received the Ancker Scholarship and traveled to Germany, Switzerland and Italy on a study trip.
During his lifetime, he performed some larger compositions for choir or orchestra, but he is remembered today above all for a large number of publications for one and two guitars. These are arrangements of other composers' music or accompaniment to songs.

Works

List of musical works from Eggers: