Robert Fuchs (1847 – 1927) was an Austrian composer
and music teacher. As Professor of music theory at the
Vienna Conservatory, Fuchs taught many notable
composers, while he was himself a highly regarded
composer in his lifetime. He was born in Frauental,
Austria in 1847. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory
with Felix Otto Dessoff and Joseph Hellmesberger among
others. He eventually secured a teaching position there
and was appointed Professor of music theory in 1875. He
retained the positio...(+)
Robert Fuchs (1847 – 1927) was an Austrian composer
and music teacher. As Professor of music theory at the
Vienna Conservatory, Fuchs taught many notable
composers, while he was himself a highly regarded
composer in his lifetime. He was born in Frauental,
Austria in 1847. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory
with Felix Otto Dessoff and Joseph Hellmesberger among
others. He eventually secured a teaching position there
and was appointed Professor of music theory in 1875. He
retained the position until 1912. He died in Vienna in
1927.
"Unfailingly tuneful and enjoyable, Robert Fuchs's
piano trios are an easily accessible way to get to know
a composer whom Brahms greatly admired," noted the
magazine Gramophone. "In his time Fuchs was very highly
regarded, with one critic famously pointing to
Fuchsisms in Mahler's Second Symphony."
The reason his compositions did not become better known
was largely that he did little to promote them, living
a quiet life in Vienna and refusing to arrange
concerts, even when the opportunities arose. He
certainly had his admirers, among them Brahms, who
almost never praised the works of other composers. But
with regard to Fuchs, Brahms wrote, "Fuchs is a
splendid musician, everything is so fine and so
skillful, so charmingly invented, that one is always
pleased." Famous contemporary conductors, including
Arthur Nikisch, Felix Weingartner and Hans Richter,
championed his works when they had the opportunity with
few exceptions, but it was his chamber music which was
considered his finest work. In his lifetime, his best
known works were his five serenades; their popularity
was so great that Fuchs acquired the nickname
"Serenaden-Fuchs" (roughly, "Serenader Fox").
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fuchs_(composer))
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Although originally composed for Chorus (SATB), I
created this Arrangement of the "Des Kindleins
Wiegenlied" (The Child's Lullaby) for String Quartet (2
Violins, Viola & Cello).
SHEET MUSIC