Max Ludwig (musician)
Max Ludwig (born October 25, 1882 in Glauchau , † 1945 in Leipzig ) was a German conductor , organist , choir director , composer and university professor .
Life
family
Max Ludwig was the son of master weaver Johann Heinrich Ludwig (1845-1909) and his wife Marie, née Baumann (1846-1909).
In 1921 he married Marie Haedicke. The marriage had the children Joachim (1923–1944), Maria (* 1926) and Christa (1926–1928).
Career
After attending the teachers' college in Waldenburg , he studied at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1908 to 1910 . He was a student of Ferruccio Busoni , Max Reger and Robert Teichmüller .
After completing his studies, he first took over the management of the teachers' choir in Halle (Saale) , then he conducted the New Leipzig Male Choir and mixed choirs inside and outside Leipzig. He became famous as the conductor of the Riedel Association , as the director of the Leipzig Schubert Association and co-conductor of the Leipzig Philharmonic Concerts. In the winter season 1930/1931 he conducted in the Albert Hall next to Alfred Szendrei , the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra .
Max Ludwig worked full-time as a cantor and organist at the St. Peter's Church in Leipzig and as a professor of music theory and composition at the Leipzig Conservatory. Antiochus Evangelatos , Erich Sehlbach and Hans-Martin Majewski were among his students .
Max Ludwig composed several choir and organ works.
His grave is in the Südfriedhof in Leipzig.
Honors
- 1932: Appointment as Professor of Music
Works
- Now the day is divorced according to a poem by Heinrich Brandt (for SATB choir)
- Who only lets God rule (chorale prelude)
literature
- Erich H. Müller (Ed.): German Musicians Lexicon. Limpert, Dresden 1929, p. 538.
- Johannes Hohlfeld : On the 50th birthday of Professor Max Ludwig, conductor of the Leipzig Schubert Association and teacher at the Leipzig State Conservatory, on October 25, 1932. J. Bohn & Sohn, Leipzig 1932, DNB 580962350
Web links
- Literature by and about Max Ludwig in the catalog of the German National Library
- Max Ludwig on the website of the Carus publishing house
Individual evidence
- ↑ Music and Society. Volume 15, 1965, p. 177.
- ↑ Now the day is divorced on the Carus-Verlag website
- ↑ Who only lets God rule on the website of the Carus Verlag
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ludwig, Max |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German conductor, organist, choir director, composer and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1882 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Glauchau |
DATE OF DEATH | 1945 |
Place of death | Leipzig |