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20-433: Carus was founded by choral conductor Günter Graulich and his wife Waltraud with an emphasis on choral repertoire. As of January 2016 the catalogue includes more than 26,000 works. The company produces the standard editions of the complete works of Josef Rheinberger and Max Reger . The company also produces CDs to accompany some of its printed editions. Currently the publishers are working on recordings accompanying

40-511: A Humoreske for small orchestra, which enjoyed a vogue in Germany. Humperdinck's reputation rests chiefly on his opera Hänsel und Gretel , on which he began work in Frankfurt in 1890. He first composed four songs to accompany a puppet show his nieces were giving at home. Then, using a libretto and thematic suggestions by his sister Adelheid Wette , rather loosely based on the version of

60-546: A projected set of 24 sonatas in all the keys), 22 trios, and 36 solo pieces. His organ sonatas were once declared to be undoubtedly the most valuable addition to organ music since the time of Mendelssohn. They are characterized by a happy blending of the modern Romantic spirit with masterly counterpoint and dignified organ style. Rheinberger died in 1901 in Munich, and was buried in the Alter Südfriedhof . His grave

80-473: A severe stroke. Although he recovered, his left hand remained permanently paralyzed. He continued to compose, completing Gaudeamus with the help of his son, Wolfram, in 1918. On 26 September 1921, Humperdinck attended a performance of Carl Maria von Weber 's Der Freischütz in Neustrelitz , which was Wolfram's first effort as a stage director. He suffered a heart attack during the performance and died

100-605: Is known widely for his opera Hansel and Gretel (1893). Humperdinck was born in Siegburg in the Rhine Province in 1854. After receiving piano lessons, he produced his first composition at the age of seven. His first attempts at works for the stage were two singspiele written when he was 13. His parents disapproved of his plans for a career in music and encouraged him to study architecture. But he began taking music classes under Ferdinand Hiller and Isidor Seiss at

120-799: Is thought to have applied for the post of director of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia , but with the outbreak of World War I, it became unthinkable for a German to hold that position. Belgium's Henri Verbrugghen was selected for the job, as Belgium was an ally of the United Kingdom. Also in 1914, Humperdinck signed the Manifesto of the Ninety-Three , declaring support for German military actions during early World War I. On 5 January 1912 Humperdinck suffered

140-769: The Cologne Conservatory in 1872. In 1876, he won a scholarship that enabled him to go to Munich , where he studied with Franz Lachner and later with Josef Rheinberger . In 1879, he won the first Mendelssohn Award given by the Mendelssohn Stiftung (foundation) in Berlin. He went to Italy, where he became acquainted with composer Richard Wagner in Naples. Wagner invited him to join him in Bayreuth , and during 1880 and 1881 Humperdinck assisted in

160-801: The Royal Opera House (London) chose it for their first complete radio opera broadcast. Eight years later, it was the first opera transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera (New York). In 1896, Kaiser Wilhelm II made Humperdinck a Professor and he went to live at Boppard . Four years later, he went to Berlin , where he was appointed head of a Meister-Schule of composition. His students included Basque composer Andrés Isasi , Portuguese composer Luís de Freitas Branco and Kurt Weill . Among Humperdinck's other stage works are While composing those works, Humperdinck held various teaching positions of distinction. He also collaborated in

180-540: The complete editions of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach . Opera rarities include Schubert 's Sakuntala and Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg 's Die Geisterinsel . This German corporation or company article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Josef Rheinberger Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (17 March 1839 – 25 November 1901) was an organist and composer from Liechtenstein, residing in Bavaria for most of his life. As court conductor in Munich, he

200-403: The conductor (and composer) Wilhelm Furtwängler . See: List of music students by teacher: R to S#Josef Rheinberger . When the second (and present) Munich Conservatorium was founded, Rheinberger was appointed Royal Professor of organ and composition, a post he held for the rest of his life. On 31 December 1892, after a long illness, his wife died and two years later poor health led him to give up

220-634: The fairy tale by the Grimm Brothers , he composed a singspiel of 16 songs with piano accompaniment and connecting dialogue. By January 1891, he had begun working on a complete orchestration. The opera premiered in Weimar on 23 December 1893, conducted by Richard Strauss . With its highly original synthesis of Wagnerian techniques and traditional German folk songs, Hansel and Gretel was an instant and overwhelming success. Hansel and Gretel has always been Humperdinck's most popular work. In 1923,

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240-708: The life of a professional musician, relented and allowed him to enter the Munich Conservatorium . Not long after graduating, he became professor of piano and of composition at the same institution. When this first version of the Munich Conservatorium was dissolved, he was appointed répétiteur at the Court Theatre, from which he resigned in 1867. Rheinberger married his former pupil, the poet and socialite Franziska "Fanny" von Hoffnaass in 1867. They had no children. Franziska wrote

260-562: The next day, aged 67, from a second heart attack. The Berlin State Opera performed Hansel and Gretel in his memory a few weeks later. Humperdinck was buried at the Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery near Berlin. For a list of Humperdinck's pupils, see this list . In 1965, British singer Arnold Dorsey named himself after the composer. The main belt asteroid 9913 Humperdinck , discovered in 1977,

280-511: The post of Court Music Director. His religious works include twelve masses (one for double chorus, three for four voices a cappella , three for women's voices and organ, two for men's voices and one with orchestra), a Requiem and a Stabat Mater . His other works include several operas , symphonies , chamber music , and choral works. Today Rheinberger is remembered above all for his elaborate and challenging organ compositions; these include two concertos, 20 sonatas in 20 different keys (of

300-737: The production of Parsifal . He also served as music tutor to Wagner's son, Siegfried . After winning another prize, Humperdinck traveled through Italy, France, and Spain. For two years, he taught at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Conservatory in Barcelona . In 1887, he returned to Cologne. He was appointed professor at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt in 1890 and also teacher of harmony at Julius Stockhausen 's Vocal School. By this time he had composed several works for chorus and

320-603: The son of Johann Peter Rheinberger and his mother Elisabeth Carigiet as one of eleven children, including his brother Peter Rheinberger . When only seven years old, he was already serving as organist at the Vaduz parish church, and his first composition was performed the following year. In 1849, he studied with composer Philipp M. Schmutzer (31 December 1821 – 17 November 1898) in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg . In 1851, his father, who had initially opposed his son's desire to embark on

340-956: The texts for much of her husband's vocal work. The stylistic influences on Rheinberger ranged from contemporaries such as Brahms to composers from earlier times, such as Mendelssohn , Schumann , Schubert and, above all, Bach . He also painted for literature in English and German. In 1877, he was appointed court conductor, responsible for the music in the royal chapel. He was subsequently awarded an honorary doctorate by Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich . A distinguished teacher, he numbered many Americans among his pupils, including Horatio Parker , William Berwald , George Whitefield Chadwick , Bruno Klein , Sidney Homer and Henry Holden Huss . Other students of his included important figures from Europe: Italian composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari , Serbian composer Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac , and German composers Engelbert Humperdinck and Richard Strauss and

360-463: The theater, providing incidental music for a number of Max Reinhardt 's productions in Berlin: for example, Shakespeare 's The Merchant of Venice in 1905. Although recognized as a disciple of Wagner rather than an innovator, Humperdinck was the first composer to use Sprechgesang —a vocal technique halfway between singing and speaking—in his melodrama Königskinder (1897). In 1914, Humperdinck

380-399: Was destroyed during World War II, and his remains as well as those of his wife were moved to his home town of Vaduz in 1950. This list only mentions works that were assigned an opus number by Rheinberger himself. Engelbert Humperdinck (composer) Engelbert Humperdinck ( German: [ˈɛŋl̩bɛʁt ˈhʊmpɐdɪŋk] ; 1 September 1854 – 27 September 1921) was a German composer. He

400-463: Was responsible for the music in the royal chapel. He is known for sacred music, works for organ and vocal works, such as masses, a Christmas cantata and the motet Abendlied ; he also composed two operas and three singspiele , incidental music , secular choral music, two symphonies and other instrumental works, chamber music , and works for organ. Rheinberger was born on 17 March 1839 in Vaduz as

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