Gustav Strube
Gustav Strube (born March 3, 1867 in Ballenstedt , † February 2, 1953 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was an American composer and conductor of German origin.
Life
Strube studied with Adolph Brodsky at the Leipzig Conservatory . From 1891 to 1913 he was principal violinist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor of the music festival in Worester / Colorado . He was then a violin teacher at the Baltimore Conservatory, which he also directed from 1916 to 1946, and from 1916 to 1930 director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra .
He composed two operas , two symphonies , two symphonic poems ( Sehnsucht und Harzgebirge ), three overtures , an orchestral rhapsody, two violin concertos , two string quartets , a wind quintet and a piano trio.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gustav Strube in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Strube, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ballenstedt |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1953 |
| Place of death | Baltimore |