Otto E. Crusius

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Otto E. Crusius (full name Otto Eduard Crusius , born April 1, 1892 in Tübingen , † December 19, 1965 in Munich ) was a German composer and teacher.

Life

Otto Crusius was the eldest son of the classical philologist and university professor Otto Crusius (1857–1918) and his wife Franziska, geb. von Bihl (1858–1939). He grew up with his older sister Elisabeth (1886–1970) and his younger brother Friedrich Crusius (1897–1941) in Tübingen, Heidelberg (1898–1903) and Munich (from 1903), where his father was professor of Greek philology. Crusius' musical talent was nurtured early on in the family. His father dealt with the history of music, especially the ancient world, and composed a few songs himself. Otto Eduard Crusius attended elementary school in Heidelberg and the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich . After graduation (1912), he began studying music with Georg Stoeber (1879–1926). When the First World War broke out in 1914, Crusius volunteered; after his return from the field (1918) his father died.

From 1919 Crusius continued his music studies with Gustav Geierhaas . From 1920 to 1922 he studied at the Academy of Music in Munich with Walter Courvoisier and Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen , in whose master class he was accepted. From 1922 Crusius taught music theory as a private teacher. In 1939 he married the soprano Hildegard von Staudt (1908–?); the marriage remained childless. From 1940 to 1955 Crusius was employed as a mathematics teacher at a girls' high school in Munich.

Crusius composed and wrote a variety of songs, chorales and sonatas. His greatest work is the symphony Cantico di Frate Sole (" Canticle of the Sun of St. Francis " for male choir, organ and string orchestra, 1965).

Crusius is a descendant of Balthasar Crusius .

literature

  • Kürschner's German musicians calendar . 2nd edition, Berlin 1954
  • Willibald Gurlitt (editor): Riemann-Musik-Lexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. Volume 1 (1959). Person part: supplementary volume (1972)
  • The music in the past and present . Person part . Volume 4 (2000)

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personal data
SURNAME Crusius, Otto E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crusius, Otto Eduard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1965
Place of death Munich