Florian Mueller

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Florian Frederick Mueller (born June 15, 1909 in Bay City , Michigan , † March 14, 1983 in Saint Petersburg , Florida ) was an American oboist , composer and music teacher .

Life

Florian Mueller's father was a tailor who had emigrated from Germany, his mother was from Michigan and was a music teacher. Mueller studied at the Chicago Conservatory of Music , where he graduated with a Master of Music in 1928 . Even during his student days he was active as a musician, for example in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra under Eugène Goossens . From 1927 to 1954 Mueller was oboist in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , from 1931 as principal oboist. In 1929 he also played for a year in the orchestra of John Philip Sousa .

In addition to his orchestral work, Mueller made a name for himself as a music teacher. He was on the founding college of Roosevelt University in Chicago, where he also sat on the university senate. In 1954 Mueller received a teaching position for oboe and wind orchestra at the University of Michigan , in 1956 he became an associate professor and in 1961 a full professor . In 1974 Mueller retired. He was considered a pioneer of the "American School" of oboe playing.

Works

  • 1929: Concerto for oboe and orchestra
  • 1942: Five symphonic studies for orchestra
  • 1946: Concert Music for bass tuba and orchestra
  • 1955: God of Our Fathers for choir and wind orchestra
  • 1958: Easy duets for instruments in the treble clef
  • 1960: Five pieces for wind quintet
  • 1976: Dramatic Overture for wind orchestra
  • Concert overture in G for wind orchestra

Publications

  • A Method for the Oboe . University Music Press, Ann Arbor 1961, OCLC 5022229 .

Awards

1960 Mueller was honored for his concert Overture in G with the Sousa / ABA / Ostwald Award of the American Band Masters Association awarded.

literature

  • William H. Rehrig: The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. Composers and Their Music . Ed .: Paul E. Bierley. Volume 1: A – N. Integrity Press, Westerville, Ohio 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7 , pp. 542 .
  • Wolfgang Suppan , Armin Suppan : The brass music lexicon . 5th edition. HeBu-Musikverlag, Kraichtal 2010, ISBN 978-3-9806925-9-5 , p. 544 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Mueller: Concert Music for Tuba. Warwick Music website, accessed January 14, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c Florian F. Mueller - Memoir. University of Michigan website, accessed January 14, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Florian Mueller. University of Maryland website, accessed January 14, 2018 .
  4. ^ University of Michigan Board of Regents: Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1954-1957) . S. 1159 ( umich.edu ).
  5. ↑ Florian F. Mueller. University of Michigan website, accessed January 14, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Florian F. Mueller Collection. The Library of Congress Performing Arts Database, accessed January 14, 2018 .
  7. ^ Principal Musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The Stokowski Legacy, accessed January 14, 2018 .
  8. ↑ ABA Awards. The American Bandmasters Association, accessed January 14, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Mueller, Florian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mueller, Florian Frederick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American oboist, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Bay City , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1983
Place of death Saint Petersburg , Florida