Wilhelm Krüger (composer)

Wilhelm Krüger (* 1820 ; † 1883 ) was a German composer and Württemberg court pianist.

Life

Wilhelm Krüger, son of the flautist and king. Württemberg chamber musician Gottlieb Krüger , emerged as a pianist and composer of sophisticated salon music . Krüger was appointed court pianist in Württemberg and was later professor at the Stuttgart Conservatory . From 1845 to 1870 he worked in Paris , among other things as a song accompanist. In 1847 he made a guest appearance with his father at a concert in Vienna . He also gave concerts in the Gewandhaus Leipzig .

Krüger, who held an “outstanding artistic position” in Paris as a pianist, composed numerous piano works, including a piano concerto in G major, a piano sonata in C major, and salon pieces , including La gazelle , La harpe eolinne and Chanson you gondolier . A contemporary critic praised Krüger as a “technically very capable virtuoso”, but his playing is in any case “more exact than ingenious”.

Kruger is with entries in January and February 1842 Household Diary of Clara Schumann and the marriage diaries of Clara Schumann and Robert Schumann mentioned. Some music manuscripts and letters from Krüger are in the holdings of the Württemberg State Library . Krüger was a member of the Stuttgart Freemason Lodge Wilhelm to the rising sun .

Works

• The Loreley. German folk tune from Silcher. Fantasie for the pianoforte composed and amicably donated to Professor [Ludwig] Gantter by W. [ilhem] Krüger. Op. 47. Stuttgart Ed. Ebner K. [royal] court music store. [1867].

Web links

• Sheet music and audio files by Wilhelm Krüger (composer) in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Deutscher Bühnen-Almanach , Volume 20, p. 372, 1856
2. ↑ Heinz Becker, Sabine Henze-Döhring: Giacomo Meyerbeer p. 632
3. ^ Wiener Allgemeine Musik-Zeitung, Volume 7-8, p. 523
4. ↑ Zeitschrift für Musik, Volume 18 , 1851, p. 113
5. ^ Karl Friedrich Weitzmann: History of the piano playing and the keyboard literature, p. 138
6. ^ Rheinische-Musik-Zeitung for art lovers and artists , Volume 2, 1852, p. 599
7. ↑ Leipzig diary entries on Stuttgart contacts  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: MUSIKSTADT STUTTGART - TIME FOR DISCOVERIES EPISODE 2: CLARA & ROBERT SCHUMANN , p. 6; (PDF document on the official website of the International Bach Academy Stuttgart ; last accessed on December 26, 2010; 641 kB)