Introduction

Biography

Röntgen was the son of En­gel­bert Rönt­gen (first vio­lin­ist in the Ge­wand­haus or­ches­tra in Leip­zig) and Paul­ine Kleng­el.

A not­ed per­form­er, com­pos­er, and mu­si­co­lo­gist, he was a friend of Franz Liszt, Jo­han­nes Brahms and Ed­vard Grieg.

He con­duct­ed the So­ci­ety for the Ad­vance­ment of Mu­sic­al Art (1866–98), taught in Am­ster­dam (1877–1925), helped found the Am­ster­dam Con­ser­va­to­ry in 1884 (di­rect­or, 1914–24), and con­duct­ed the Am­ster­dam Toon­kunst­koor (1886–98).

He is known for his sym­pho­nies, con­cer­tos, quin­tets, and so­na­tas.