Max Springer
Max Springer (December 1877 – 20 January 1954) 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 of the St. Emmaus Monastery, a branch of the Beuron Monastery, where he studied at the German university 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.Alexander Rausch: Max Springer. In ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon''. Online-Ausgabe, ienna 2002 ff., ; Druckausgabe: Vol. 5, Verlag der Österreichis ...
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