Adolf Franklin Rebner (also Adolph Rebner) (21 November 1876 in Vienna – 19 June 1967 in

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) was an Austrian

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ist and

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. Rebner was a student of

Jakob Grün Jakob Moritz Grün ( hu, Grün Jakab; 13 March 1837 – 1 October 1916) was an Austrian violinist of Hungarian origin. After positions as principal violinist in the court orchestras of Weimar and Hannover, he was, from 1868 to 1897, concertmaste ...

at the Vienna Conservatory, graduating there with first prize in 1891. Having continued his studies in

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with

Martin Pierre Marsick Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick (9 March 1847, in Jupille-sur-Meuse – 21 October 1924, in Paris), was a Belgian violin player, composer and teacher. His violin was made by Antonio Stradivari in 1705 and has since become known as the Ex Marsick St ...

he settled in

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in 1896 where he was concertmaster at the Frankfurt Opera. He succeeded

Hugo Heermann Hugo Heermann (3 March 1844, in Heilbronn – 6 November 1935, in Meran, Italy) was a German violinist. He studied the violin with Lambert Joseph Meerts at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels, and later with Joseph Joachim. From 1864 he ...

as professor of violin at the

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and became famous as leader of his string quartet, which toured Germany, France, Spain and England. In 1934 he was forced to leave Germany (he was released from the Hoch Conservatory in 1933 because he was Jewish) and moved to Vienna. His son Edward Wolfgang Rebner (born 1910 in Frankfurt, died 1993, Munich) was an accomplished pianist and accompanist, who settled in the US in 1939.

Ensembles

* Museums-Quartett (also known as Heermann Quartett and Frankfurter Quartett):

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, Fritz Bassermann and Adolf Rebner. * Frankfurter Trio: Adolf Rebner,

James Kwast James Kwast (23 November 185231 October 1927) was a Dutch-German pianist and renowned teacher of many other notable pianists. He was also a minor composer and editor. Biography Jacob James Kwast was born in Nijkerk, Netherlands, in 1852. After ...

and (from 1902 with

Carl Friedberg Carl Rudolf Hermann Friedberg (September 18, 1872 in Bingen am Rhein, Bingen, German Empire, Germany – September 9, 1955 in Meran, Italy) was a German pianist and teacher of Jewish origin. Biography He was son of Eduard Friedberg (?–1937) a ...

). * Rebner-Quartett: Adolf Rebner, Johannes Hegar, Walther Davisson and Ludwig Natterer (from 1916 with

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ''Ne ...

as second violinist, later violist).

References

* Peter Cahn, ''Das Hoch'sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main (1878-1978)'', Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1979. * Hindemith, Paul. Selected Letters of Paul Hindemith. Yale University Press, 1995. * ''Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians'', (Nicolas Slonimsky, Ed.) New York: G. Schirmer, 1958 {{DEFAULTSORT:Rebner, Adolf 1876 births 1967 deaths Austrian classical violinists Male classical violinists Austrian classical violists