Hugo Grüters (8 October 1851 in

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– 19 August 1928 in Leukerbad) was a German conductor.

Life and career

Grüters was born on 8 October 1851 in Uerdingen. His father was an organist and choirmaster and the first teacher of his son. In 1867 Grüters began to study at the Cologne Conservatory with

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(piano), Otto von Königslöw (violin), Franz Weber (organ),

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and Ernst Rudorff (counterpoint) and Ferdinand Hiller (composition). In 1884 Grüters started as Royal Director of Music in

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and fourteen years later he became Music Director in Bonn. There he was responsible for the Beethoven Festival, the Handel Festival 1900, and the Schumann Festival. The famous violinist Joseph Joachim was his friend and

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his most famous composition student.Fritz Busch, ''Aus dem Leben eines Musikers'', Fischer Taschenbuchverlag: Frankfurt am Main,p.44-46

Literature

* The British musicologist Tully Potter wrote a short biography of Grüters in his book about Adolf Busch. Tully Potter, ''Adolf Busch. The Life of an honest musician'', Vol.2, Tocatta Press: London 2010, p. 1098-1099.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gruters, Hugo German conductors (music) German male conductors (music) 1851 births 1928 deaths 19th-century German musicians 19th-century German male musicians