Wilhelm Rudnick
Wilhelm Rudnick (born December 30, 1850 in Damerkow , Bütow district , † August 7, 1927 ) was a German church musician and composer .
Wilhelm Rudnick comes from a Pomeranian farming family. From 1868 to 1871 he attended the teachers' college in Bütow . From 1873 he was trained at the Academic Institute for Church Music in Berlin and at the New Academy of Music from Theodor Kullak . In 1879 Rudnick first got the position of the first organist at the Bartholomäus Church in Berlin and in the same year he became organist at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Landsberg an der Warthe . At the same time he gave music lessons at grammar school, ran a music school and was the conductor of the singing academy and a men's choir. In 1891 he went to the Peter and Paul Church in Liegnitz as organist , was appointed Royal Music Director four years later and retired in 1919. He was a member of the Liegnitz Freemason Lodge Pythagoras to the three heights .
His son Otto (1887–1973) was also a church musician.
Web links
- Works by and about Wilhelm Rudnick in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Wilhelm Rudnick in the International Music Score Library Project
- biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rudnick, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German church musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Damerkow , Bütow district |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1927 |