Ludwig Sauer

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Ludwig Sauer (born December 20, 1861 in Kronberg im Taunus , † March 25, 1940 in Kronberg im Taunus) was a German organist and composer.

Life

Ludwig Sauer was born in Kronberg (in the Streitkirche ), attended the teachers' seminar in Montabaur and the Kgl. Academic Institute for Church Music in Berlin . From 1893 he worked as a music teacher at the Viktoria boarding school in Dornholzhausen in the Taunus. He led several choirs (including in Falkenstein, Oberursel, Königstein, Kronberg and Schönberg) and was an advisor to Empress Friedrich for their house music events at Schloss Friedrichshof .

Services

As an organist in Schönberg, a village that today belongs to Kronberg im Taunus , Ludwig Sauer planned the construction of a new organ at his St. Alban church at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and asked numerous composers for a free contribution to finance it . He combined the 36 works he created into an organ album , which he published in 1900 by Breitkopf & Härtel. Among the works created in this way, Max Reger's well-known Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor from 1899 should be mentioned, the first edition of which made the collection organ history. The album contains both free and chorale-related pieces, because of the shortness of the contributions the band was and is often used in church services and lessons.

Works

  • Organ album in favor of the new organ in Schönberg im Taunus. Published by L. Sauer , 1900
    • Hermann Bendix , Postludium in G major
    • Callaerts, Concert Piece in E minor op.33
    • Diebold, Fughetta in F minor
    • Dienel, 3 chorale preludes in C major, D major, D major
    • Fink, Postlude in C major
    • Forchhammer, chorale prelude (Doric)
    • Gelhaar, Prelude in G major
    • Gleitz, fugue in C major
    • Alexander Wilhelm Gottschalg , Fugue for Instructive Purposes in C major
    • Grüters, chorale prelude to a funeral service in C major
    • Alexandre Guilmant , Offertory in E flat major
    • Hartmann, At Communion and Prelude in F major
    • Herzog, Postludium in G minor and Trio in D major
    • Lange, Andante in B flat major
    • Matthison-Hansen, chorale paraphrase in A minor
    • Palme, Prelude in G major
    • Heinrich Pfitzner (the older brother of Hans Pfitzner ), 3 chorale preludes in A minor, C major, G minor
    • Piel, Trio in G minor
    • Rebling, chorale prelude in C minor
    • Max Reger , Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor
    • Josef Gabriel Rheinberger , Canzonetta in G minor
    • Riemenschneider, Meditation in A major and For the wedding
    • Rückert, Fugue in D major and Trio in G minor
    • Ludwig Sauer, Andante for 2 manuals in B flat major and Festival aftermath in G major
    • Stehle, Cello Duo in E flat major, Choral Meditation in D major and Redeemed in A minor
    • Steinhäuser, Choral Prelude in G minor and Festival Prelude in D major
    • Anton Urspruch , The Maria Lullaby in A major
    • Wachsmann, Fugue in F minor
    • Wermann, death lament in F minor
    • Charles-Marie Widor , Symphony Movement in B minor
    • Zehrfeld, Fugue in D minor

Compositions

  • Festival aftermath in G major
  • Andante for 2 manuals in B flat major

literature

  • Schoenberger organ album (L. Sauer). Reprint of the 1900 edition. Breitkopf & Härtel, EB 8703

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personal data
SURNAME Sauer, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Kronberg im Taunus
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1940
Place of death Kronberg im Taunus