Rheinberger: Works For Organ, Vol. 4

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Release Date: 10 January 2001

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Composer/Series: RHEINBERGER

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Joseph GabrielRHEINBERGER(1839-1901)Organ Works, Volume 4Wolfgang RübsamOrgan of Fulda CathedralSonata No.10 in B minor, Op.146 [1] Praeludium and Fugue: Molto moderato – Poco più mosso, maestoso[2] Theme and Variations: AndanteIntermezzo: Andantino[3] Fantasia and Finale: Quasi adagio – Allegro non troppoFive Trios for Organ, Op.189, Nos.1-5[4] I. Andantino amabile[5] II. Moderato[6] III. Allegretto[7] IV. Quasi adagio[8] V. ModeratoSonata No.11 in D minor, Op.148[9] Agitato: Allegro[10]Cantilene: Adagio[11]Intermezzo: Moderato[12]Fugue: Con motoJoseph Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901): Organ Works, Volume 4While for many his name may now have little resonance, Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger remains familiar enough to organists, to whose repertoire he made such an extensive contribution, in particular his twenty sonatas for the instrument. Among his contemporaries he was held in considerable esteem as a teacher, preserving classical standards in a changing world, and some of his Catholic liturgical music may still occasionally be heard.Rheinberger was born in Vaduz, the capital of the principality of Liechtenstein, in 1839, the son of the Treasurer to the Prince. He had his first organ lessons at the age of five and two years later was able to serve as organist at Vaduz, making his first attempts at composition. From 1848 he was able to have more formal instruction in the nearby town of Feldkirch from the choirmaster Philipp Schmutzer, who had been trained in Prague, and gain some familiarity with the music of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. It was on the advice of the composer Matthäus Nagiller that his father was persuaded to allow him in 1851 to study at the Munich Conservatory. His teachers there included, for theory of music, Julius Joseph Maier, a pupil of Moritz Hauptmann, himself a pupil of Spohr and founder of the Bach Gesellschaft. His organ teacher was the virtuoso Johann Georg Herzog, who had joined the staff of the Conservatory in 1850, and he studied the piano with Julius Emil Leonhard. He was also to take private lessons from Franz Lachner, who, as a young man, had been a member of Schubert’s circle in Vienna. During his three years of formal study he already showed very considerable ability both as an organist and as a master of counterpoint and fugue. In the 1850s he continued to write a varied series of compositions, including three operas and three symphonies, but these were withheld from publication. His first published composition was a set of piano pieces, issued in 1859, the year in which he was appointed to the staff of the Munich Conservatory as a piano teacher and subsequently as a teacher of theory. In the following years he was appointed organist at the Church of St Michael, conducted the Oratorio Society, served briefly as repetiteur at the Court Opera, and from 1867 held the position of professor of organ and composition at the Conservatory, retaining this until his death in 1901. Among other d
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