Ludwig Bussler (26 November 1838 – 18 January 1900) was a German
musical instructor,
critic
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and
conductor. He was born in
Berlin
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. His father, Robert Bussler, was a painter, author and
privy counsellor
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. He was a pupil of A.E. Grell,
Siegfried Dehn
Siegfried Wilhelm (von) Dehn (24 or 25 February 1799 – 12 April 1858) was a German music theorist, editor, teacher and librarian.
Born in Altona, Dehn was the son of a banker and learned to play the cello as a boy. Intent on becoming a diplo ...
(theory), and
W.E. Wieprecht (instrumentation). He died in Berlin.
[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, edited by Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan, 2001, Volume Four, p.678.]
Career
* He was for a time a
musical director
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at Memel,
East Prussia
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(now known as
Klaipėda
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, part of
Lithuania
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).
* 1865 - 1874: taught theory at the Ganz School of Music (later the Schwantzer Conservatory).
* 1874 - 1877: nominated professor at the Mohr Conservatory. In
* 1877-1879: resumed his post at the Schwantzer Conservatory.
* From 1879, he taught theory at the Stern Conservatory, receiving the title of royal professor in 1898.
* In 1883 he was appointed
music critic
''The Oxford Companion to Music'' defines music criticism as "the intellectual activity of formulating judgments on the value and degree of excellence of individual works of music, or whole groups or genres". In this sense, it is a branch of mus ...
of the Berlin ''
National Zeitung
The ''National-Zeitung'' (NZ, ''National Newspaper'') was a weekly, extreme right newspaper, published by Gerhard Frey, who also founded the far right Deutsche Volksunion (German People's Union) as an association in 1971, turning it into a politi ...
''. He also wrote for other Berlin journals.
* He was also a
conductor at various Berlin theatres.
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Publications
* ''Musikalische Elementarlehre''. Berlin: 1867; 16th ed., 1926; Eng. trans., 1890;
* ''Praktische Harmonielehre in Aufgaben.'' Berlin: 1875; Eng. trans., 1896.
* ''Der Strenge Satz.'' Berlin: 1877;
* ''Harmonische Übungen am Klavier.'' Berlin: 1878; Eng. trans., 1890;
* ''Kontrapunkt und Fuge im freien Tonsatz.'' Berlin: 1878;
* ''Musikalische Formenlehre.'' Berlin: 1878; Eng. trans., 1883.;
* ''Praktische musikalische Kompositionslehre.'' 2 pts., Berlin: 1878-79);
* ''Elementarmelodik.'' Berlin: 1879.
* ''Geschichte der Musik.'' Berlin: 1882;
* ''Partiturstudium (Modulationslehre).'' Berlin: 1882.
* ''Lexikon der musikalischen Harmonien.'' Berlin: 1889.[
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References
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1838 births
1900 deaths
German music educators
German music critics
German conductors (music)
German male conductors (music)
German writers about music
19th-century German journalists
German male journalists
German journalists
Pupils of Siegfried Dehn
19th-century conductors (music)
19th-century German musicians
19th-century German male writers