Fritz Lubrich (26 January 1888 – 15 April 1971) was a German organist and composer. Lubrich was born in Neustädtel. His father (1862-1952) was a cantor and

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. Lubrich jr. attended the teacher's seminar in

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from 1905 to 1908 and was appointed in 1907 at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, a student of Reger and

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. At the end of his studies he received the Arthur Nikisch Prize for composition. From 1911 to 1919 Lubrich was a music teacher at the Protestant Teachers' Seminar in

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, and in 1917 he received the Austrian title of professor. In 1919 Lubrich became chief organist at the . In 1923 he also received the German and Polish professorial titles. In the 1920s, Lubrich became organist at the

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. After the Second World War he went to Hamburg and continued his work as an organist and pedagogue. Among Lubricht students were ,

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and

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. Lubricht died in

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at age 83.

Work

* ''Kyrie eleison'' (Charakterstück in D), Op. 9 (1909) * ''Drei Stücke'', Op. 13 (1911) * ''Drei Stimmungsbilder'' Op. 24 (1912) * ''Fünf Choral-Improvisationen'', (1912) * ''Drei romantische Tonstücke'' (after three pictures by

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), Op. 37 (1913), dedicated to Charles-Marie Widor * ''Totenklage'', Op. 46 (1914) * ''Sphärenmusik in der Weihenacht'', Op. 50 (1914).Lubrich_Jr.
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lubrich, Fritz 1888 births 1971 deaths 20th-century classical composers German male classical composers German classical composers German classical organists Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany People from Nowa Sól County 20th-century German male musicians