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Max Springer
Max Springer (19 December 1877 – 20 January 1954) was a German organist, composer and music educator . Life Springer grew up in the municipality of Schwendi, Baden-Württemberg. He was initially a pupil of the Beuron Archabbey and came to Prague as organist of the St. Emmaus Monastery, a branch of the Beuron Monastery, where he studied at the German university with, among others, Antonín Dvořák and Josef Klička. As early as 1910, he taught composition at the Wiener Musikakademie, and in 1923 he was appointed full professor and received the title of "Hofrat". In 1926, he became director of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. The municipality of Schwendi made him an honorary citizen in 1933. Among his students were Johann Bauernfeind, Kurt Wöss, Erwin Weiss, Karl Josef Walter, Marko Tajčević, and Anton Nowakowski. Springer died in Vienna at the age of 76.Max Springer: Entry awww.schwaebische-orgelromantik.de/ref> Work * ''Sechs Fughetten über den N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwendi, Baden-Württemberg
Schwendi (; Swabian: ''Schwende'') is a municipality in the district Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located near Laupheim Laupheim (; Swabian: ''Laoba'') is a major district town in southern Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Laupheim was first mentioned in 778 and gained city rights in 1869. One of the main trading routes, from Ulm to Ravensburg and then .... The mayor is Mr. Wolfgang Späth, elected in March 2019. References Biberach (district) Württemberg {{Biberach-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Tajčević
Marko Tajčević ( sr, Марко Тајчевић ; Osijek, 29 January 1900 – Belgrade, 19 July 1984) was a Serbian composer and musician. Biography Born in Osijek, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Croatia), his music education began with violin studies at the "Croatian Music Institution" at the time the First World War broke out in Europe, under the tutelage of Blagoje Bersa. In 1920 he went to Prague for further music studies where he studied composition with Vaclav Stepan. Due his poor financial situation, he was forced to leave Prague after a year. For a short period of time, he spent some time in Vienna where he took lessons with Joseph Marx and Max Springer. He then returned to his country to complete his studies. In Zagreb together with three other composers, Tajčević prepared a concert in the series “Naša pucka lirika” (Our Folklore), which started in 1923. For this concert each of the composers wrote new songs for voice and piano base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1877 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sioux War of 1876 – Battle of Wolf Mountain: Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry in Montana. * January 20 – The Conference of Constantinople ends, with Ottoman Turkey rejecting proposals of internal reform and Balkan provisions. * January 29 – The Satsuma Rebellion, a revolt of disaffected samurai in Japan, breaks out against the new imperial government; it lasts until September, when it is crushed by a professionally led army of draftees. * February 17 – Major General Charles George Gordon of the British Army is appointed Governor-General of the Sudan. * March – ''The Nineteenth Century (periodical), The Nineteenth Century'' magazine is founded in London. * Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Classical Organists
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German Music Educators
German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language **any of the Germanic languages * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (other) * Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breitkopf & Härtel
Breitkopf & Härtel is the world's oldest music publishing house. The firm was founded in 1719 in Leipzig by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf. The catalogue currently contains over 1,000 composers, 8,000 works and 15,000 music editions or books on music. The name "Härtel" was added when Gottfried Christoph Härtel took over the company in 1795. In 1807, Härtel began to manufacture pianos, an endeavour which lasted until 1870. The Breitkopf pianos were highly esteemed in the 19th century by pianists like Franz Liszt and Clara Schumann. In the 19th century the company was for many years the publisher of the ''Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung'', an influential music journal. The company has consistently supported contemporary composers and had close editorial collaboration with Beethoven, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Wagner and Brahms. In the 19th century they also published the first "complete works" editions of various composers, for instance Bach (the Bach-Gesells ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Lohmann
Heinz Lohmann (8 November 1934 in Gevelsberg – 11 March 2001 in Berlin) was a German organist, editor and composer. Lohmann studied in Detmold and Paris. He worked as Kirchenmusikdirektor at the church ''Zum Heilsbronnen'' in Berlin. He gave concerts at home and abroad. His interpretations have been documented by radio and television recordings. He has composed works for choir, organ, chamber music and Lieder. Recordings * Max Reger: Orgelwerke T. 7; Kirche zum Heilsbronnen (1980) * Max Reger: Orgelwerke T. 8; Kirche zum Heilsbronnen (1980) * Max Reger: Orgelwerke T. 11; Jesuitenkirche zu Mannheim (1973 / 1979) * Max Reger: Orgelwerke T. 12; Jesuitenkirche zu Mannheim (1973 / 1978) * Max Reger: Orgelwerke T. 13; Marktkirche zu Wiesbaden (1974 / 1978) * Kostbarkeiten barocker Meister; (EMI-Electrola 1979 / 1980) * Johann Sebastian Bach 1; Steinkirchen (1979) * Johann Sebastian Bach 2; Altenbruch (1980) * Johann Sebastian Bach 3; Martinikirche zu Minden (1983) * Johann Sebastia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon
The ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon''''Oesterreichisch'' with ''Oe'' is the spelling of the print and online output. is a five-volume music encyclopedia founded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Commission for Music Research. It was officially launched on 19 May 2002 with a concert in the main broadcasting hall of Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) in Vienna.Feichtinger, Johannes and Uhl, Heidemarie (2016)''Habsburg neu denken: Vielfalt und Ambivalenz in Zentraleuropa'' p. 11. Böhlau Verlag. s.n. (19 May 2002)"Österreichisches Musiklexikon als Buch und im Web" ''Wiener Zeitung''. Retrieved 22 March 2019 . Contents The ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon'' consists of five volumes with almost 2800 pages and 7474 keywords on all current and historical topics of Austrian music and musical life. In addition to biographies of composers, librettists, conductors, instrumentalists, singers, dancers, choreographers, theatre directors, instrument makers, music publishers, musicologists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Nowakowski
Anton Nowakowski (10 February 1897 – 3 January 1969) was a German organist, conductor and composer. Biography Born in Langenau near Danzig, Nowakowski was a pupil of Alexander von Zemlinsky and Fidelio F. Finke in Prague (composition), Max Springer in Vienna (counterpoint) as well as in organ by Karl Straube in Leipzig and Fritz Heitmann in Berlin. From 1921 to 1927, he worked as an organist at the Emmaus Monastery (Prague) and as a conductor of the German University in Prague. From 1927 to 1934 he worked at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. Since 1936 he was Kapellmeister in Berlin and Danzig, then from 1941 to 1945 professor at the German University of Music in Prague. From 1948 Nowakowski was a professor of organ playing and director of the Department of Catholic Church Music at the University of Music in Stuttgart and guested as a conductor with famous orchestras throughout Europe. He was a sought-after organ interpreter of the works of Johann Sebastian Bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Josef Walter
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Beuron Archabbey
Beuron Archabbey (in German Erzabtei Beuron, otherwise Erzabtei St. Martin; in Latin ''Archiabbatia Sancti Martini Beuronensis''; Swabian: ''Erzabtei Beira'') is a major house of the Benedictine Order located at Beuron in the upper Danube valley in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. History It was founded by the brothers Maurus and Placidus Wolter. In 1862, with the assistance and support of Princess Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, they were able to purchase the former Augustinian monastery in Beuron, vacant since 1802. The foundation was coordinated with the Archbishop of Freiburg. While the settlement in Beuron was still being prepared, Maurus Wolter spent three months at the French Benedictine Abbey of Solesmes in the autumn of 1862. Abbot Prosper Guéranger's approach to Gregorian Chant made a deep impression on Wolter. St. Martin's Abbey opened in 1863 as a daughter-house of the Abbey of St. Paul Outside the Walls, with Maurus Wolter as prior. In 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
