Philipp Bartholomé Rüfer
Philipp Bartholomé Rüfer (born June 7, 1844 in Liège in Belgium , † September 17, 1919 in Berlin ) was a German composer .
Life
Rüfer, the son of a German organist , studied a. a. Composition with Étienne Soubre at the Liège Conservatory and Moritz Hauptmann at the Leipzig Conservatory . From 1871 he worked in Berlin , where he first taught piano and score playing at the conservatory of Julius Stern and then at the later Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory - there he taught as a professor from 1881. He was considered an influential teacher, and his students included Charles Tomlinson Griffes , Georgi Catoire , Heinz Tiessen , Otto Besch , Fritz Schedler and Hans Schindler .
In addition to a symphony , a violin concerto, overtures , several chamber music works, piano pieces and songs, he wrote a. a. the two operas Merlin (1887) based on a drama by Karl Immermann and Ingo (1896) based on a novel by Gustav Freytag . Rüfer had a strong influence on Richard Wagner's musical drama .
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Philipp Bartholomé Rüfer in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Christoph Schlüren: Philippe Bartholomé Rüfer on: Repertoire-Explorer , August 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rüfer, Philipp Bartholomé |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liege |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 17, 1919 |
| Place of death | Berlin |