Max Springer (19 December 1877 – 20 January 1954) was a German organist, composer and music educator .

Life

Springer grew up in the municipality of

Schwendi, Baden-Württemberg Schwendi (; Swabian: ''Schwende'') is a municipality in the district Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located near Laupheim Laupheim (; Swabian: ''Laoba'') is a major district town in southern Germany in the state of Baden-Württemb ...

. He was initially a pupil of the

Beuron Archabbey Beuron Archabbey (in German Erzabtei Beuron, otherwise Erzabtei St. Martin; in Latin ''Archiabbatia Sancti Martini Beuronensis''; Swabian: ''Erzabtei Beira'') is a major house of the Benedictine Order located at Beuron in the upper Danube vall ...

and came to Prague as organist of the St.

Emmaus Monastery The Emmaus Monastery ( cs, Emauzy or ''Emauzský klášter''), called Na Slovanech in the Middle Ages, is an abbey established in 1347 in Prague. It was the only Benedictine monastery of the Kingdom of Bohemia and all Slavic Europe. In the 1360 ...

, a branch of the Beuron Monastery, where he studied at the German university with, among others,

Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist exampl ...

and

Josef Klička Josef Klička (15 December 1855, Klatovy, Kingdom of Bohemia – 28 March 1937, Klatovy) was a Czech organist, violinist, composer, conductor and pedagogue. He produced several large organ compositions in the style of late romanticism; these hav ...

. As early as 1910, he taught composition at the

Wiener Musikakademie The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

, 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 University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

. The municipality of Schwendi made him an honorary citizen in 1933. Among his students were

Johann Bauernfeind Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name '' Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning " Yahweh is Grac ...

Kurt Wöss Kurt Wöss also Kurt Woess (2 May 1914, in Linz, Austria – 4 December 1987, in Dresden, Germany) was an Austrian conductor and musicologist. Wöss was principal conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra from 1951 to 1954. From 1956 to 1959 h ...

, Erwin Weiss, Karl Josef Walter, Marko Tajčević, and

Anton Nowakowski Anton Nowakowski (10 February 1897 – 3 January 1969) was a German organist, conductor and composer. Biography Born in Langenau near Danzig, Nowakowski was a pupil of Alexander von Zemlinsky and Fidelio F. Finke in Prague ( composition), M ...

. Springer died in Vienna at the age of 76.Max Springer: Entry a
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Work

* ''Sechs Fughetten über den Namen BACH'' op. 14. Coppenrath-Verlag, Regensburg, 1908 * ''8 Postludien über die gebräuchlichsten Ite missa est.'' op. 20 * ''4 Präludien und eine Fantasie über das Oster-Halleluja'' op. 21 * ''Missa "Lauda Sion"'' op. 22 * ''Te deum'', op. 28, für gemischten Chor und Orgelbegleitung, Bonifatius-Druckerei, Prag, 1914 * ''Messe zu Ehren der seligen Crescentia Höss'' op. 31 * ''Kleine Präludien für Orgel'' op. 35 * ''Konzert für Violine und Orgel'' op. 40

, 1975/ 1980)'' * ''Bruno Weigl: Handbuch der Orgelliteratur (F. E. G. Leuckart, Leipzig, 1931)'' * ''Max Hammer: Schwendi. Heimatbuch einer Gemeinde in Oberschwaben (Anton H. Konrad Verlag, Weißenhorn 1969)'' * ''Genialer Orgelvirtuose und begnadeter Komponist. Zeitungsartikel der Schwäbischen Zeitung vom 31. Januar 2004'' * ''Komponistenbeschreibung in „Größere und kleinere Orgelwerke“ op. 54C Johannes Diebold (Pustet, Regensburg, 1910)'' * ''Klaus Beckmann: Repertorium Orgelmusik'' (Schott, Mainz, 2001)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Springer, Max German music educators German classical organists 20th-century German composers 1877 births 1954 deaths People from Württemberg

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