Ludwig Gruber (composer)

Honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery

Ludwig Gruber (born July 13, 1874 in Ottakring ; † July 21, 1964 there ) was an Austrian composer , singer , writer , conductor and theater director .

Life

At a young age, Ludwig Gruber learned to play the piano from his uncle. He later attended a conservatory where he studied organ, piano and harmony. His teachers included personalities such as Robert Fuchs , Ferdinand Löwe and Franz Schalk .

After various positions as Kapellmeister , including in the Czech spa town of Karlsbad , Ludwig Gruber co-founded a stage that performed his pieces.

As a soldier in the First World War , Gruber composed the Austrian Landsturmlied in 1914 . He was taken prisoner by Russia and did not return home until 1920.

His work includes operas and operettas, choral and church compositions, but also male choirs, singspiele and folk songs. Above all, Ludwig Gruber (to whom a total of over 1000 songs are attributed) is known for his Viennese songs , including Mei Muatterl was a Viennese, that's why I love Vienna so much! and it will be a wine (and we will be nimma) .

Awards, honors, prizes

• before 1944: Honorary Citizen of the city of Baden near Vienna , where on May 24, 1925 Gruber's opera Ash Wednesday ( libretto : Alfred Steinberg-Frank , from 1888 to 1953) at the City Theater premiered was
• 1950: Ring of Honor of the City of Vienna
• Professional title professor
• 1954: Memorial plaque on the house where he was born, Neulerchenfelder Strasse 73 at the corner of Lindauergasse 17, Vienna- Ottakring
• Honorary grave at the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 32 C, number 28)
• 1979: Designation of the traffic area Ludwig-Gruber-Weg , Vienna- Döbling
• Memorial plaque on Hameaustraße 32, Vienna-Döbling, where Gruber lived from 1925 to 1929
• Memorial stone on Ludwig-Gruber-Platzerl on Keylwerthgasse, Vienna-Währing, along city hiking trail 3

literature

• Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz: Gruber, Ludwig. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vienna 1964: Reports from July 1964. (…) July 21, 1964: Ludwig Gruber died ( Memento of the original from November 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: wien.gv.at , accessed on January 21, 2015. 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Local. (...) Ludwig Gruber in the Baden spa orchestra. In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 30/1929 (last year), April 13, 1929, p. 4, bottom right (online at ANNO ). .
3. ↑ Ludwig Gruber (music, text): Op (us) 1000. Mei Muatterl was a Viennese, that's why I love Vienna so much! Blaha, Vienna 1908, OBV .
4. ↑ Ludwig Gruber: Op (us) 394. It will be a wine . (Music printing). Bosworth, p. ls a., OBV .
5. ↑ Theater and Art. In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 43/1925 (XLVI. Volume), May 30, 1925, p. 5, top center. (Online at ANNO ). .
6. ↑ Baden city news. Ludwig Gruber. For the 70th birthday. In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 55/944 (LXV. Year), July 12, 1944, p. 2, top left (online at ANNO ). .
7. ↑ ^{a b} Hedwig Abraham (Red.): Prof. Ludwig Anton Gruber . In: viennatouristguide.at , accessed on January 21, 2015.
8. ↑ Hedwig Abraham (Red.): Prof. Ludwig Anton Gruber . In: viennatouristguide.at , accessed on January 21, 2015.
9. ↑ Ludwig Gruber ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: neustift-am-walde.org , accessed on January 21, 2015. 
10. ^ Vienna cultural property. Retrieved October 14, 2017 .