Max Springer

Max Springer (December 1877 – 20 January 1954)[better source needed] was a German organist, composer and music educator.

Life

Springer grew up in the municipality of Schwendi, Baden-Württemberg. He was initially a pupil of the Beuron Archabbey and came to Prague as organist at St. Emmaus Monastery, a branch of the Beuron Monastery, where he studied at the German University in Prague with, among others, Antonín Dvořák and Josef Klička. As early as 1910, he taught composition at the Wiener Musikakademie, and in 1923 he was appointed full professor and received the title of "Hofrat". In 1926, he became director of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. The municipality of Schwendi made him an honorary citizen in 1933. Among his students were Johann Bauernfeind, Kurt Wöss, Erwin Weiss, Karl Josef Walter, Marko Tajčević, and Anton Nowakowski. Springer died in Vienna at the age of 76.[better source needed]

Work

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References

  1. 1 2 Max Springer: Entry at www.schwaebische-orgelromantik.de
  2. 1 2 Alexander Rausch: Max Springer. In Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon. Online-Ausgabe, ienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5; Druckausgabe: Vol. 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8.