Emil Ruh

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Emil Ruh (born April 28, 1884 in Adliswil , Canton of Zurich ; † March 25, 1946 there ) was a Swiss composer , conductor and music publisher . He also composed under the pseudonym A. Bucher .

First he completed an apprenticeship as a music composer in Zurich . He then studied at the local conservatory with Volkmar Andreae , Lothar Kempter and Ernst Isler . As a conductor and composer, he primarily devoted himself to amateur brass music . In 1908 he founded his own publishing house , in which works by well-known Swiss brass music composers have been published.

Works

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1908–1929 Ceremonial sounds A collection of selected compositions for use in early music, serenades, festive occasions, church services ...
  • 1913–1931 March album Collection of 12 selected beautiful marches each
  • 1915 Swiss stage march
  • 1918 March in beautiful Ticino
  • 1919 return to home parade march
  • 1923 memory of Adliswil march
  • 1925 Greetings to Hünigen Marsch Castle
  • 1928 Sursum corda festival march with the crusader song "Schönster Herr Jesu"
  • 1932 Fest- und Turm-Musik Heft 1 - Collection of selected church compositions from old and new times
  • 1935 Fest- und Turm-Musik Heft 2 - Collection of selected church compositions from old and new times
  • 1935 O beautiful world of God! Festival march
  • 1937 Heimat- und Volkslieder album
  • 1938 Album of Christian Songs for Trombone Choirs, issue 1
  • 1938 Hadlaub Overture
  • 1938 In the flight of time - Le temps volant march
  • 1939 Field service songs for Swiss military music and music associations to accompany the chants or for individual lectures
  • 1940 Light troops - Troupes légères march
  • 1940 Paraphrase about the Rütli song
  • 1941 Heimat - Patrie Romanze
  • 1942 Jugendland - Terre de la jeunesse A festive character piece
  • 1942 Schweizerheimweh - Mal du pays paraphrase on J.-R. Weber's song of the same name
  • 1943 album of Christian songs for trombone choirs or brass music associations, issue 2
  • 1944 Festival and Tower Music Volume 3 - Ecclesiastical compositions by old masters
  • 1946 Festive entry - Entrée solennelle festival and parade march
  • 1946 Fest- und Turmmusik Volume 4, No. 26–32 - Collection of church compositions
  • 1946 Paraphrase on "Ode to God" Appenzeller Landsgemeindelied "All life flows out of you"
  • Dusk idyll
  • Evening singing paraphrase
  • Evening bells paraphrase on the song of the same name by Agathon Billeter
  • The Shepherd's Evening Prayer
  • Bells for wind orchestra with tenor horn solo
  • Towards Zion
  • Psalm 126
  • Son des cloches song with tenor horn solo
  • Pilgrim's dream Caprice

Vocal music and choral music

  • 1916 Glory to God on high! Motet for mixed choir - based on an old hymn
  • 1916 Easter psalm motet for mixed choir
  • 1918 Festival motet on Psalm 118, 24–29 for mixed choir and solo quartet
  • 1923 Resurrection Motet for mixed choir
  • 1926 Singet, Rühmet, Praise Geistliche Lieder for a single voice with accompaniment of the piano, organ or harmonium
  • 1927 Motet from Psalm 34 for mixed choir and double choir
  • 1929 Christian Liederschatz Collection of the most popular songs and chants, which were published in the "Christian Liederborn"
  • 1933 hymns of praise and sacred songs for mixed choir
  • 1935 Wait on God! Motet for mixed choir a. Solo voices.
  • 1936 Bethlehem A simple Christmas show for children. For one, two and three-part children's choir, declamation, 2 violins and organ
  • 1936 Nevertheless, I always stay with you! Motet for mixed choir
  • 1936 Gotteskinder Popular, easily executable cantata based on words from the Holy Scriptures and a poem by Karl Johann Philipp Spitta, for mixed choir and solo voices with accompaniment by organ, piano or harmonium or with orchestra
  • 1936 Sacred solo chants from the popular cantata "Gotteskinder"
  • 1938 Two sacred songs for mixed choir
  • 1946 Poinsettias 7 new Christmas carols for mixed choirs a cappella
  • The 98th Psalm for mixed choir and organ

literature

  • Theophil Hug-Ruh: 75 years Emil Ruh Musikverlag 1908–1983.
  • Emil Ruh - composer, conductor and music publisher, April 28, 1884-25. March 1946 for the hundredth birthday. SLB magazine.
personal data
SURNAME Quiet, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss composer, conductor and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Adliswil
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1946
Place of death Adliswil