Hugo Grüters (8 October 1851 in

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– 19 August 1928 in

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) was a German conductor.

Life and career

Grüters was born on 8 October 1851 in Uerdingen,

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. His father was an organist and choirmaster and the first teacher of his son. In 1867 Grüters began to study at the

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with

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

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and

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(counterpoint) and

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(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

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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) Prussian musicians 1851 births 1928 deaths 19th-century German musicians 19th-century German male musicians