Cornelius Rübner

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Peter Martin Cornelius Rübner , also Rybner , American Rubner (born October 26, 1853 in Copenhagen , † January 21, 1929 in New York City ) was a Danish pianist, composer and music teacher.

Life

Rübner studied from January 1869 to December 1871 at the Royal Conservatory in Copenhagen with Niels Wilhelm Gade and Johan Christian Gebauer (1808-1884).

In 1880 he became Felix Mottl's assistant at the Grand Ducal Badische Hofkapelle Karlsruhe , and from around 1884 to 1886 he also worked as the Grand Ducal Baden court pianist in Baden-Baden . In 1892 he became director of the Philharmonic Society and teacher at the Grand Ducal Conservatory in Karlsruhe .

In the empire he achieved fame, among other things, because he set the poem Our Emperor by the poet Otto Julius Bierbaums to music, which was a popular success. He also wrote numerous pieces of homage to the ruling house of Baden.

Like Felix Mottl and Louis Brassin , Rübner created transcriptions for piano based on Richard Wagner's operas.

In 1905, Columbia University in New York appointed Rübner to succeed Edward MacDowell , where he taught as a professor until 1919.

Works (selection)

  • Three album sheets for the pianoforte . Kahnt, Leipzig, ca.1880.
  • Practical finger exercises , Op. 8th 4th edition, Leipzig, 1908.
  • Trio in G minor for piano, violin and cello , Op. 9. Schott, Mainz 1881
  • Kaiserlied . Rossberg bookstore, Leipzig 1886.
  • Concert in G minor composed for violin with accompaniment of the orchestra or the pianoforte. Willy von Franquet, Greiz 1890.
  • Rosaline , nocturne. Copenhagen circa 1890.
  • Marche triomphale , Op. 17. Dedicated to Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden .
  • Festival march
  • Four songs , Op. 18th
  • Peace, struggle and victory . Symphonic poem for large orchestra, Op. 20. Louis Oertel, Hanover undated
  • Fest-Ouverture (Grande ouverture festivale) for large orchestra, Op. 27. Dedicated to Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden.
  • Nordic Wedding Dance , Op. 28. Dedicated to Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden and Princess Victoria of Baden on their wedding (1881).
  • Homage march for large orchestra , Op. 34. Dedicated to the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Baden.
  • Festive overture with choir . Dedicated to Grand Duke Friedrich and Grand Duchess Luise von Baden on their golden wedding anniversary (1906).
  • Jubilee march . Dedicated to Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden (on the anniversary of the reign).
  • Prince Ador . Dance fairy tale in 3 acts. Music by Cornelius Rübner. Hugo Kuntz, Karlsruhe approx. 1903.
  • A festival cantata for solo voices, chorus and orchestra, Op. 32 . The HW Gray co. sole agts. for Novello & co. ltd., New York ca.1910.

Piano transcriptions based on Wagner

  • The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, concert paraphrase
  • The Valkyrie. Siegmund's love song
  • Götterdämmerung, funeral march at Siegfried's death
  • Tristan and Isolde, concert paraphrase
  • The Valkyrie, Wotan's farewell and magic fire

Fonts

  • Niels Wilhelm Gade. In Remembrance of the Centenary of his Birth . In: The Musical Quarterly 3, 1917, pp. 115-122.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joachim Draheim, Frithjof Haas: Karlsruhe Music History . Info-Verlag, Karlsruhe 2004, ISBN 3-88190-357-7 , p. 42.
  2. ↑ Eckhard John: The Kaiser is a dear man (2004). In: Popular and Traditional Songs. Historical-critical song lexicon of the German Folk Song Archive
  3. ↑ Music from the Baden-Baden Castle Library. Website of the Baden State Library . Retrieved February 16, 2018.

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personal data
SURNAME Rübner, Cornelius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rübner, Peter Martin Cornelius (full name); Rybner, Cornelius; Rubner, Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish pianist, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1929
Place of death New York City