Herman Bellstedt
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Herman Bellstedt
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1858|2|12}}
| birth_place = Free and Hanseatic City of Bremen
| death_date = {{dda|1926|6|8|1858|2|12}}{{cite web|last=Schwartz|first=Richard I.|url=https://www.angelfire.com/music2/thecornetcompendium/well-known_soloists_1.html|title=Herman Bellstedt|publisher=Angelfire|access-date=25 August 2012}}
| death_place = San Francisco, United States
| instrument = Cornet
| genre = Romantic, Band music, cornet solos
| occupation = Cornetist, Conductor, Composer
| years_active = 1873–1926
}}
Herman Bellstedt (February 12, 1858, Bremen – June 8, 1926, San Francisco) was a well-known American cornet soloist.
Early life
He was born in the Free and Hanseatic City of Bremen. He immigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio at age nine. He studied the cornet with his father, who was also a cornetist,{{cite web|url=http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Toth_uncg_0154D_10012.pdf |title=Herman Bellstedt biography |publisher=University of North Carolina at Greensboro |accessdate=26 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193854/http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Toth_uncg_0154D_10012.pdf |archivedate=4 March 2016 }} and Mylius Weigand. As a young boy, he performed with local bands.
Career
After giving his first performance on May 10, 1873 at the Atlantic Garden at age 15, he quickly began performing across the country in various bands and orchestra and was nicknamed the "Boy Wonder".Jacobson, Sam L. "Eminent Cornet Virtuosi, Past and Present." Music: An Illustrated Magazine of Art,
Science, and Technic of Music. Volume XV, No. 1. Nov. 1898. p. 62. In 1874, he began his career with the Cincinnati Reed Band until 1879.{{cite web|url=http://www.library.illinois.edu/sousa/finding/pdfoutput/showaid434.pdf|title=Herman Bellstedt Music Manuscripts|publisher=library.illinois.edu|accessdate=25 August 2012|archive-date=20 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120034124/http://www.library.illinois.edu/sousa/finding/pdfoutput/showaid434.pdf|url-status=dead}} In 1879, he started performing with the Red Hussar Band on Manhattan Beach and returned to the Cincinnati Reed Band in 1883. From 1904 to 1906, he performed with the John Philip Sousa Band, sharing solos with Herbert L. Clarke and Walter B. Rogers.{{cite news|last=Bauer |first=Nate |url=http://www.rrstar.com/news/x1369593430/Review-Soloist-mixes-history-with-smooth-sounds |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201154822/http://www.rrstar.com/news/x1369593430/Review-Soloist-mixes-history-with-smooth-sounds |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 February 2013 |title=Review: Soloist mixes history with smooth sounds |date=18 January 2009 |publisher=Rockford Register Star |accessdate=25 August 2012 }} He also performed with the Frederick N. Innes Band from 1906 to 1909. He also performed with Gilmore's Band, orchestras conducted by Theodore Thomas, Frank Van der Stucken, and Henry Schradieck.
He co-founded the Bellstedt-Ballenger Band in Denver in 1892 with Louis Ballenberger and served as its conductor until 1912.
Bellstedt served as Professor of Wind Instruments at the Cincinnati Conservatory.
In addition to performing, Bellstedt composed for band, orchestra, piano, violin, and cornet. His cornet solos remain popular with today's trumpeters and include Napoli{{cite news|last=Spies |first=Jessica |url=http://www.gateschilipost.com/features/x244487750/Churchville-Chili-High-School-musicians-selected-for-All-State |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123212336/http://www.gateschilipost.com/features/x244487750/Churchville-Chili-High-School-musicians-selected-for-All-State |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 January 2013 |title=Churchville-Chili High School musicians selected for All-State |date=7 October 2010 |publisher=gateschilipost.com |accessdate=25 August 2012 }} (Variations on a Neapolitan Song), Fantasia No.1, La Coquette, Capriccio Brilliante, La Mandolinata, and Variations on the Carnival of Venice.
On June 8, 1926, Bellstedt died in San Francisco.
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External links
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Category:Immigrants to the United States
Category:Musicians from Cincinnati
Category:People from the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
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