Albert Dietrich (1829-1908) was a pupil of Robert Schumann, who was also a good friend of Johannes Brahms. In fact, the three artists sat down to compose a collaborative sonata, known as the “FAE” (“frei aber einsam,” “free but lonely”) for their mutual friend, the violinist Joseph Joachim. A virtually forgotten figure, Dietrich was born on this date.
Join me this afternoon to enjoy some of his worthwhile music, alongside contributions of Karl Böhm, Ivor Gurney, Istvan Kertesz, John Shirley-Quirk, and Richard Tucker, whose birthday anniversaries we’ll also celebrate, between 4 and 7 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
PHOTOS (clockwise from left): Albert Dietrich, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann and Joseph Joachim