Rudolf Hübner (bookseller)

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Buchhändlerschildchen Hübner & Matz (on the header of a book)

Rudolf Hübner (* 1837 in Pillau , Samland ; † 1904 in Königsberg i. Pr. ) Was a German bookseller.

With literary and artistic talent, Hübner opened the Hübner & Matz bookstore in Königsberg in 1867 with Heinrich Matz , which was connected to an art and music shop . With his brother-in-law Robert Ellendt , Hübner founded the Königsberg Artists' Concerts in 1871. After seeing the world premiere of Georges Bizet's “Carmen” in Paris in 1875 , he recommended it to the director of the Königsberg City Theater , the baritone Max Staegemann, despite the failure . He arranged for the Imperial German premiere of the opera on October 26, 1879. It was a complete success, which initiated its worldwide triumph.

After Hübner's death, the Jüterbock music store succeeded the Hübner & Matz company .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1
personal data
SURNAME Huebner, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bookseller
DATE OF BIRTH 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Pillau
DATE OF DEATH 1904
Place of death Koenigsberg i. Pr.