Rudolf Buck

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Rudolf Buck (born May 18, 1866 in Burgsteinfurt , Westphalia , † May 12, 1952 in Tübingen ) was a German composer .

Life

Born in Burgsteinfurt, Rudolf Buck received his training at the Sondershausen Music School , in Cologne and at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. Buck was subsequently employed as a music teacher and as a critic of the “ Berliner Neuesten Nachrichten ” and the “Allgemeine Musikzeitung”. In 1906 Buck followed a call as Kapellmeister with the city administration of the international branch in Shanghai . Rudolf Buck, who was appointed professor in 1910, brought pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven , Joseph Haydn , Richard Wagner , Peter Tschaikowsky and Edward Elgar to the Shanghai stages for the first time. In 1919 he was expelled from China .

Buck settled in Tübingen in 1921 and became his own publisher there in 1925. Buck died in Tübingen in 1952 a few days before he was 86 years old. Rudolf Buck's compositional work consists primarily of incidental music , including Gevatter Tod , premiered in 1900, as well as choral pieces. In 1926 his guide to men's choir literature was published by Wilhelm Limpert Verlag.

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SURNAME Buck, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Burgsteinfurt , Westphalia
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1952
Place of death Tübingen