Hugo Rüdel

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Bronze bust of Hugo Rüdel in the Institute for Church Music at the Berlin University of the Arts

Hugo Rüdel (born February 7, 1868 in Havelberg ; † November 27, 1934 in Berlin ) was a German choir director and conductor .

Live and act

Rüdel's father Johann Friedrich August Rüdel (1816–1887) ran a brick factory and was the town bandmaster of Havelberg. Hugo was the youngest of five children; his mother was Pauline Amalia Albertine, b. Billet wood (1831-1891). He was baptized on May 10, 1868 in the Havelberg town church St. Laurentius . From 1875 he attended the city school.

Hugo Rüdel at a rehearsal by the State and Cathedral Choir in Berlin Cathedral , 1932

After training as a horn player at the Berlin University of Music with Fritz Lehmann, he first worked as a French horn player at Kroll's Opera . He was also a piano student with Karl Heinrich Barth . After a short period as solo horn player in Cologne's Gürzenich Orchestra , he became an accessist and chamber music player with the Royal Chapel in Berlin. From 1899 to 1910 he was a teacher (from 1908 professor) for French horn at the Berlin Music Academy. Also in 1899 Rüdel became conductor of the Berlin Court Opera - later the State Opera Choir, in 1910 he was appointed first choir conductor there; he held this office until his retirement in 1933. From 1906 to 1934 he was the choirmaster of the Bayreuth Festival . From 1909 to 1933 he took over the leadership of the Berlin Cathedral Choir as a conductor , with whom he undertook numerous trips abroad. Furthermore, in 1916 he became the first choir master of the Berlin teachers' choir. In 1920 he was appointed head of the opera choir school again at the music college. In 1922 he conducted the choir at the premiere of the film Hanneles Himmelfahrt . 1927–1928 he was also responsible for the radio choir of the Funk-Hour Berlin . After all, on March 21, 1933, he was involved with the State and Cathedral Choir in the organization of the Potsdam Day , during which the newly elected Chancellor Adolf Hitler placed himself in a Prussian national-conservative tradition with public appeal.

He was married to Luise Geissler (* September 24, 1871, † June 6, 1956). They found their final resting place in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

In 1903 and 1913, together with Richard Strauss, he edited works for horn by Franz Strauss .

Honors

Before his death in 1933, a bronze bust was made, which was originally placed in the Berlin Cathedral .

Street sign for Hugo-Rüdel-Strasse in Bayreuth.

In Bayreuth , not far from the Festspielhaus, a street was named after Hugo Rüdel.

Quote

As the director of the Royal Cathedral Choir, the aforementioned has worked tirelessly for years to raise the performance of the choir to an artistic level that has not yet been reached. These achievements have received the warmest recognition far beyond the borders of Germany ...

From the application to award Rüdel the cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern , March 22, 1918

Sound and image documents

With the State and Cathedral Choir and the Berlin Teachers' Choir, Rüdel recorded numerous records for all major labels in the twenties; In 1927 recordings were made in Bayreuth. He can be seen at a choir rehearsal in a film from the Bayreuth Festival in 1934.

literature

Web links

Commons : Hugo Rüdel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Hahn: Staats- und Domchor Berlin: a reading and picture book . Badenweiler: Oase-Verlag 2004, p. 105
personal data
SURNAME Rudel, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German choirmaster
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Havelberg
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1934
Place of death Berlin