Julius Ruthardt (December 13, 1841 – October 13, 1909) was a German violinist and

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. Ruthardt was born in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

Friedrich Ruthardt Friedrich Ruthardt (; 9 December 1802 – 23 May 1862) was a German oboist and composer. He was born in Stuttgart as the son of an oboist in the chapel of the king of Württemberg. He became cantor of the main church of this city. He played ...

, who was an oboist and composer. The younger Ruthardt became a violinist in the Stuttgart court orchestra at a young age in 1855. Later, he worked in a number of cities as

Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

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from 1871 to 1882, Leipzig from 1882, Berlin from 1884,

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from 1893, and Berlin again from 1898. He retired to Konstanz in 1900, where he died in 1909. Among his compositions, the

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for Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's ''Halte-Hulda'' is notable.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruthardt, Julius German classical violinists German male classical violinists German composers 1841 births 1909 deaths Musicians from Stuttgart 19th-century German musicians 19th-century German male musicians