Émile Rupp

Émile Rupp (born July 24, 1872 in Ottoschwanden , † July 30, 1948 in Strasbourg ) was a French organist of German origin.

Life

Émile (Johann Friedrich Emil) Rupp was born in Ottoschwanden in 1872 as the only child of the Protestant pastor Johann Rupp, who was of Upper Alsatian origin, and his wife Emilie, who came from a French family.

In 1891 Rupp became a student at the Strasbourg Conservatory, in 1894 he studied composition with Josef Gabriel Rheinberger in Munich , where he was awarded the 1st prize for composition and counterpoint. In 1896 he studied organ with Charles-Marie Widor in Paris . In 1897 he began his service as organist at the Protestant garrison church of St. Paul in Strasbourg, which he held until 1939, and was awarded the title of Imperial Music Director . In addition, he worked from 1914 to 1939 as titular organist at the Strasbourg consistorial synagogue .

In 1940 Rupp, who was a French citizen from 1918, had to emigrate to southern France, where he worked as organist at the Grand Temple in Nîmes until 1943 . In 1945 he was able to return to Strasbourg, where he died in 1948. Alongside Albert Schweitzer , he is considered a representative of the Alsatian organ school .

Fonts

The history of the development of organ building. Einsiedeln 1929; Reprint Georg Olms 1981.
Abbé Vogler as a person, musician and organ building theorist. Ludwigsburg 1922.

literature

Hermann Fischer: Rupp, Johann Friedrich Emil. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 277 f. ( Digitized version ).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Roman Summereder: Aufbruch der Klänge. Materials, pictures, documents on organ reform and organ culture in the 20th century. Edition Helbling, Innsbruck 1995, ISBN 3-900590-55-9 , p. 32.

personal data
SURNAME	Rupp, Émile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French organist and organologist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 24, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ottoschwanden
DATE OF DEATH	July 30, 1948
Place of death	Strasbourg

[Summereder-1] Roman Summereder: Aufbruch der Klänge. Materials, pictures, documents on organ reform and organ culture in the 20th century. Edition Helbling, Innsbruck 1995, ISBN 3-900590-55-9 , p. 32.