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Oskar Böhme (February 24, 1870 – October 3, 1938[1]) was aGermancomposer andtrumpeter.
Oskar Böhme, a son of Wilhelm Böhme, also a trumpeter, was born in Potschappel, a small town nearDresden,Germany, which is now part ofFreital. For much of his early career, after studying trumpet and composition in theLeipzig Conservatory of Music until graduating in 1888, it is unknown what Böhme's musical activities were, though it is probable he concertized, playing in smaller orchestras around Germany.
From 1894-1896 he played in theBudapest Opera Orchestra and then moved toSt. Petersburg,Russia, in 1897. Böhme played cornet for 24 years in theMariinsky Theatre, turned to teaching at a music school onVasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg for nine further years, and at theCentral Music College onMokhovaya Street, from 1921-1930, and then returned to opera with theLeningrad Drama Theatre until 1934.
All his life in St. Petersburg, he lived onVasilievsky Island, 3rd line, 26[2]
In 1934, however, theGreat Terror began underJoseph Stalin and in 1936 a committee was established to oversee the arts in Soviet Russia. According to Russia's anti-foreign policies, Böhme was exiled toOrenburg on account of his German heritage. On October 3, 1938 he was sentenced to death and executed by shooting the same day.[1]
Böhme composed 46 known works, of which hisTrompetensextett inE-flat minor for brasssextet andTrumpet Concerto (Op. 18) are the best known. He wrote in theRomantic style, primarily works for trumpet andbrass instruments in general. While, as a consequence of his exile, his works were neglected during the Stalinist era, Böhme is increasingly being rediscovered.
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