Pieter Hubert Ries (1 April 1802 – 14 September 1886) was a German violinist and composer.
Life and career
Ries was born in
Bonn
The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...
, the son of
Franz Anton Ries
Franz Anton Xaverius Ries (10 November 1755 – 1 November 1846) was a German violinist. His father, Johann Ries (1723–1784), was court trumpeter to the Elector of Cologne in Bonn.
Ries was born in Bonn, and studied under J.P. Salomon. ...
and younger brother of
Ferdinand Ries
Ferdinand Ries (baptised 28 November 1784 – 13 January 1838) was a German composer. Ries was a friend, pupil and secretary of Ludwig van Beethoven. He composed eight symphonies, a violin concerto, nine piano concertos (the first concert ...
; after studying with his father, Hubert studied in
Kassel with
Louis Spohr
Louis Spohr (, 5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig, was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Spohr composed ten symphonies, t ...
and
Moritz Hauptmann
Moritz Hauptmann (13 October 1792, Dresden – 3 January 1868, Leipzig), was a German music theorist, teacher and composer. His principal theoretical work is the 1853 ''Die Natur der Harmonie und der Metrik'' explores numerous topics, particular ...
. In 1824, he became a member of the
Köningstadt Theater Orchestra, and the next year entered into service at the court chapel. In 1835, he became director of the
Berlin Philharmonic Society.
From 1851 to 1872 he taught at the Royal Orchestra School. His students included
Anna Schuppe Anna Marie Wilhelmine Antonie Leopoldine Benfey Schuppe (September 19, 1829 - May 27, 1903) was an Austrian author and composer who wrote songs, operas, and music for theatre. She published under the names Anna Benfey Schuppe and Anna Benfey.
Schup ...
.
He had three sons, all of whom entered into music:
Louis Ries (born 30 January 1830), a violinist;
Adolf Ries (born 20 December 1837), a pianist; and
Franz Ries
Franz Ries (Berlin, 7 April 1846 – Naumburg, 20 January 1932) was a Romantic German violinist and composer, son of Hubert Ries. He studied at the Paris Conservatory. He also worked in the publishing business.
Career
His talent formed under the ...
(born 7 April 1846), a violinist and composer. He died in Berlin.
Among Hubert's compositions are two
violin concerto
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...
s,
string quartets,
etudes,
duets, and exercise pieces. He also wrote a textbook, ''Violinschule'' (1873).
References
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1802 births
1886 deaths
German Romantic composers
19th-century classical composers
German male classical composers
19th-century German composers
19th-century German male musicians