Amsterdam Oud-Zuid , North Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe

Gustav Adolph Heinze

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2025

1. Gustav Adolph Heinze Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Gustav Adolph Heinze 1820-1904

Dirigent in Amsterdam van de Duitse Opera, de liedertafel Euterpe en de Vincentius- concerten. Van 1862 tot 1885 directeur van de Muziekschool van Toonkunst. Componeerde cantates en oratoria.

(English translation:)
Conductor in Amsterdam of the German Opera, the liedertafel Euterpe and the Vincentius concerts. From 1862 to 1885 director of the Music School of Toonkunst. Composed cantatas and oratorios.

Erected by Geef Straten Een Gezicht.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. In addition, it is included in the Give Streets a Face / Geef Straten Een Gezicht series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1862.

Location. 52° 21.174′ N, 4° 52.639′ E. Marker is in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland). It is in Amsterdam Oud-Zuid. It is at the intersection of Heinzestraat and Jacob Obrechtstraat, on the left when traveling east on Heinzestraat. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Heinzestraat 2, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland 1071 SK, Netherlands. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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it is in Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Benelux Low Countries,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire

and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Batholomeus Ruloffs (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Joannes Josephus Viotta (about 210 meters away); Verzetsmonument Apollolaan / Resistance Monument Apollolaan (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Johannes Verhulst (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Jacob Obrecht (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Giovanni Palestrina (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Etty Hillesum (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); a different marker also named Etty Hillesum (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Amsterdam.

Also see . . .
1. Gustav Adolf Heinze (Wikipedia, in German). Excerpt (in translation):

Gustav Adolf Heinze was the son of Friedrich August Ferdinand Heinze, a clarinetist with the Gewandhaus Orchestra, and Emma Löwe; the Australian conductor Bernard Heinze
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2025

2. Gustav Adolph Heinze Marker - wide view
was a distant great-nephew. He began his musical career in 1836 as a clarinetist with the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and with the Euterpe Music Society. From 1840 he studied piano and composition. From 1844 to 1849 he was second Kapellmeister at the Breslau City Theatre. In 1843 he married the singer Henriette Peuckert (1809–1892), who wrote the libretti for his operas Loreley (1846) and The Ruins of Tharandt (1847), which he performed in Breslau. In 1850 they both moved to Amsterdam, where he briefly held a position as Kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper under Ferdinand Röder. He then taught music and directed the Euterpe choir. He composed the oratorio The Resurrection in 1863 and Sancta Caecilia in 1870, as well as three masses, cantatas, three concert overtures, and a wide variety of choral music. In 1875, he co-founded the Royal Dutch Society of Musicians.

(Submitted on March 27, 2025.)

2. Gustav Adolf Heinze - Concerto per Clarinetto e Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra (YouTube, 3:33). (Submitted on March 27, 2025.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 27, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 105 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 27, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.