Josef Gabriel Rheinberger

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During the second half of the 19th century Rheinberger, who was born in 1839 in Vaduz (Liechtenstein), was a major figure of European stature. In demand as a teacher of composition and esteemed as a composer, this professor at the Munich Conservatoire and Bavarian Court Kapellmeister made his mark on a whole generation of musicians. The fact that many of his compositions were no longer performed after his death in 1901, despite their high musical qualities, was largely a result of external circumstances. The change of aesthetic orientation which began about the turn of the century led to a radical move away from the conservative-classical ideals to which Rheinberger – like Brahms – had felt himself committed. It was also a fact that Rheinberger never publicized his own works vigorously. However, Rheinberger was still remembered as a composer of organ music and sacred vocal works. Although he had rejected the backward-looking precepts of the Cecilian movement, with the result that his works, especially his masses, were not included in the lists of music from which Catholic church choirs were supposed to draw their repertoire, his church music was nevertheless able to gain acceptance at church services in southern Germany and Switzerland. Rheinberger’s reputation as a teacher of composition also lived on in the work of his pupils Engelbert Humperdinck, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Horatio Parker and Wilhelm Furtwängler. Much of Rheinberger’s music awaits rediscovery: The accomplish

top songs

albums

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Reveries - Romantic Music for Horn and Piano

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Rheinberger: Motets, Masses and Hymns

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Brahms: Sonatas for clarinet and piano

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Cantus Missae (Kammerchor Stuttgart feat. conductor: Frieder Bernius)

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Der Stern von Bethlehem

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Sacred Choral Works (Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale feat. conductor: Charles Bruffy)

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Die Kammermusik

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Stabat Mater

Kammermusik

Rheinberger - Sacred Choral Works

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Rheinberger: Musica Sacra

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Missa Brevis in G

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