Raphael von Koeber (1848–1923) was a German-Russian philosopher, pianist, and composer born in Nizhny Novgorod. He taught philosophy and the history of music at the Tokyo Imperial University and had a significant influence on the development of Japanese humanities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Nizhny Novgorod origins
Raphael von Koeber was born in 1848 in Nizhny Novgorod. His Nizhny Novgorod roots are the philosopher's only direct connection to the city: the rest of his life and career unfolded outside Russia.
Musical work
Besides his philosophical work, Koeber composed music. In 1887, in Saint Petersburg, the publishing house of M. Bernard published his romance "On the Wild North a Lone Pine Stands" for voice with piano accompaniment (range c¹–f²), set to a poem by Lermontov.[1]
Sources
- search.rsl.ru — Koeber, Raphael von (1848–1923).