Hugo Grüters

Hugo Grüters (born October 8, 1851 in Uerdingen ; † August 19, 1928 in Leukerbad ) was a German conductor , violinist and composer .

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Hugo Grüters was born the son of an organist and choir director. He received his first music lessons from his father and his older brother. At the age of 16 he began studying at the Cologne Conservatory, where he a. a. Ferdinand Hiller taught. At the age of 19 he became musical director in the Dutch city of Zierikzee . But after three years he returned to Germany, where he became music director in Hamm in 1873 . After marrying Frieda Gerson, the couple moved to Zweibrücken. In 1884, Grüters became Royal Music Director in Duisburg. He held this position for fourteen years before becoming music director in Bonn in 1898 . There he was responsible for the Beethoven Festival, but also organized the Handel Festival in 1900 and the Schumann Festival in Bonn in 1906. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Beethoven House in Bonn .

Fritz and Adolf Busch were among his most important students . Adolf Busch attended the Conservatory in Cologne at the same time as Grüter's son Otto, and in 1913 he married Grüter's daughter Frida.

Grüters died in 1928, he is buried in the Poppelsdorf cemetery .

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• Tully Potter: Adolf Busch. The Life of an honest musician , Vol. 2, Tocatta Press: London 2010, pp. 1098-1099.

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2. ↑ Graves of honor in the Poppelsdorf cemetery