Christoph Rueger

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Christoph Rueger (born October 3, 1942 in Rabenau near Dresden ; † March 27, 2020 ) was a German book and radio author and musicologist .

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The pastor's son, born in Rabenau near Dresden, joined the Leipzig St. Thomas Choir as a singer at the age of ten . In the decade of his membership in the choir, he was shaped by the Thomaskantors Günther Ramin and Kurt Thomas . In 1962 he began studying musicology and sinology at the University of Leipzig . His scientific work initially focused on people from Russian music history, such as Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow and Alexander Nikolajewitsch Skrjabin . At the same time he studied piano and organ at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig and graduated as a concert pianist. From 1970 he worked as a lecturer in music history at the State Ballet School in Leipzig. At the same time, he took over the musical direction of studio theaters and the political cabaret " academixer ", which was founded in 1966 as a student cabaret at the University of Leipzig .

With his dissertation "Stylistic continuity and ethical constancy in the work of Alexander Scriabin with special consideration of his piano work" he received his doctorate in 1971 at the University of Leipzig under Walther Siegmund-Schultze .

In the following years, Rueger wrote books, including a portrait of Igor Stravinsky enriched with caricatures . In his biographies and monographs on composers, Rueger always works out the people in the artist.

In 1981 he was expatriated from the GDR to West Berlin. He got a job as a lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts , at that time still under the name of the University of the Arts. He was later appointed professor of music theory and composition there. He held this professorship until his retirement in 2003.

In the music scene he was soon regarded as a “chief entertainer” and “a powerhouse in major and minor”. Until 1993 Rueger moderated live on the Berlin radio station SFB 3 "Classic for Breakfast" and on WDR 3 the "Classic Forum". He wrote chanson programs and gave concert readings for his books in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. For twelve years he was also a popular contributor to the cultural program on the luxury cruise ship MS EUROPA. There he accompanied the diseuse and cabaret artist Doris Bierett, speaking and singing at the piano .

Rueger defines “classic” as quality and not as a style epoch. For him, classical music is “weatherproof, time-stable sound material” that composers have drawn from their lives with all its facets.

He published the column “good listening” on new CDs in the Berliner Illustrirten . Many of his books have been reprinted over and over again and translated into several languages.

His book Musikalische Hausapotheke was published in nine languages. On January 13, 1992, Der Spiegel ran the headline: “Mozart instead of chamomile tea: Berlin professor recommends classical melodies against pain in the soul”. The popularity of his publications has a special reason: "The tone that Rueger takes is (luckily) far from being 'academically incomprehensible'."

In addition to his enthusiasm for classical music, the versatile man was not only a knowledgeable jazz fan, but also a devoted jazz musician at the piano.

Rueger lived in Kleinmachnow in Brandenburg .

Works

  • 1979 Concert Music Vocal Music A-Z . Ed .: Christof Rüger. VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig, DNB 800413482 .
  • 1982 Musical instrument and decoration - treasures of European art history . Edition Leipzig, Leipzig. (also in English, French, Spanish)
  • 1982 Youth Opera Animal Farm , based on Orwell, 2 LP.
  • 1984 The horses of Brandenburg. A Berlin revue in the misto style . Youth Opera (on behalf of the Reinickendorf district on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of Berlin; libretto and music), 2 LP.
  • 1985 Soli Deo Gloria: Johann Sebastian Bach (biography), Erika Klopp Verlag, Berlin.
  • 1986 Magic in Black and White - Franz Liszt . Erika Klopp Verlag, Berlin.
  • 1988 Igor Stravinsky . VEB German publishing house for music, Leipzig.
  • 1991 The musical medicine cabinet . Ariston, Geneva / Munich (in 9 languages, 10 CD), 9th edition 1995.
  • 1995 The musical first-aid kit . Ariston, Geneva / Munich, 2nd edition (5 CD).
  • 1996 About cat organs and escapees. A cabinet of musical rarities . Langen Müller, Munich.
  • 1996 Rueger's musical animal life: Peter and the wolf from Prokofiev + Carnival of the animals from Saint-Saens, new text . Langen Müller, Munich.
  • 1997 Franz Liszt. Life's contradiction . Langen Müller, Munich.
  • 1998 Harenberg piano music guide . Preface Martha Argerich. Editor and main author Christoph Rueger. Harenberg, Dortmund.
  • 1999 Chopin, the piano and other lovers . Parthas, Berlin.
  • 2000 Johann Sebastian Bach: As in heaven, so on earth. The art of living in the spirit of music . Anniversary edition. Heyne Verlag, Munich.
  • 2003 The sounding master gallery. 77 highly personal composer portraits: from Palestrina to Bernstein . Kindler, Berlin.
  • 2009 Frédéric Chopin. His music - his life . Parthas, Berlin (extended revision from 1999)
  • 2011 Franz Liszt. His music - his life . Parthas, Berlin (new version).
  • 2012 Polyphony as a model for democracy . In: Sabine Näher (Ed.): Singing for the honor of God. (12) Thomaner remember . Evangelical Publishing House, Leipzig.
  • 2012 Franz Liszt (abridged and illustrated in color). In: People who moved the world (alongside Bismarck and Lise Meitner). Reader's Digest, Stuttgart / Zurich / Vienna.
  • 2012 Johann Sebastian Bach (abridged).

Radio broadcasts

  • 1981–1993 Moderation “Classic for Breakfast” at the radio station SFB 3
  • 1983–1998 Moderation "Klassik Forum", radio WDR 3
  • 2000 "Bach among us". 20-part radio series on MDR 3
  • 2003–2006 freelancer at MDR 3
  • 2012 hr4 listening hour: "Our expert in the studio"

Concert presenter

  • 1994–2010 Participation in "Brandenburg Summer Concerts" as a moderator and with concert readings

literature

  • Christoph Rueger: Frédéric Chopin: His music - his life . 2009 (blurb)
  • Christoph Rueger: Chopin, the piano and other lovers . 1999 (blurb)
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , September 5, 2001, p. 66

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice Christoph Rueger , FAZ from April 4, 2020
  2. ↑ Mozart instead of chamomile tea . In: Der Spiegel . No. 3 , 1992 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Book review on the Internet. In: InkulturaOnline. Retrieved February 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Rueger, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music author and entertainer
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Rabenau (Saxony)
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 2020