Max Büttner (composer)
Max Büttner (born January 29, 1891 in Rodach ; † 1959 ) was a German composer and harpist .
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Max Büttner was born in Rodach. From 1905 to 1907 he played in the Sonneberg City Orchestra, in the 1907/08 season in Uerdingen. In 1909 Max Büttner began to study piano and harp with Max Saal in Berlin, since 1917 counterpoint with Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen in Munich and since 1926 conducting with Hugo Röhr .
He worked mainly as a harpist, from 1910 to 1912 in the Blüthner Orchestra in Berlin, then in the orchestra of the Royal Opera House in Berlin, the court theater orchestra in Dessau and finally became solo harpist of the Bavarian State Orchestra , a position he held from 1916 to 1947. From 1919 Max Büttner was also a professor at the Academy of Music in Munich. Max Büttner died in 1959.
The composer Adolf Büttner-Tartier (1873–1956) was the brother of Max Büttner. And Max Büttner should not be confused with the baritone Max Büttner (1859–1927).
Compositions
Max Büttner composed over 100 works for all genres, including an opera "Allvaters Volk", 5 symphonies, concerts for violin, harp, piano, tuba, trombone and 5 timpani, several ballets, chamber music especially for the harp, songs, choral music and masses . The main archive of Max Büttner's manuscripts is located in the Bavarian State Library . Max Büttner was a member of the Freemason Lodge Lessing zum Flammenden Stern in Munich. This Masonic Lodge is now the owner of the copyrights for Max Büttner's compositions.
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| SURNAME | Büttner, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and harpist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rodach |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1959 |