Julius Rietz

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August Wilhelm Julius Rietz

August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (December 28, 1812, Berlin – September 12, 1877 ^[1], Dresden) was a German composer, conductor and cellist. He was a teacher among whose students were Woldemar Bargiel ^[2] , Salomon Jadassohn and Arthur Sullivan ^[3].

He also edited many works by Felix Mendelssohn for publication.

The Louisville Orchestra First Edition series contained, besides many works mostly by modern composers (usually American), Rietz' Concert Overture, opus 7 (coupled with the second symphony of Max Bruch), and recorded around 1970 ^[4]. This may have been the same concert overture commissioned by the Lower Rhine Festival to commemorate an anniversary ^[5].

[edit] References

Fuller-Maitland, John A.; Grove, George (1883). A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880). London: Macmillan, pp.132-133. OCLC 19025639.

[edit] External links

^ Dwight, John Sullivan (October 27, 1877). "Dr. Julius Rietz.". Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature 37 (15): 113. (Excerpt from October 1877 London Musical Times obituary, with birth and death dates and some biography)
^ Sleeve-notes for Recording of Bargiel and Mendelssohn Octets. Hyperion Records (1989). Retrieved on 2007-11-02.
^ Arthur Sullivan in Memoriam. Musical Times (December 1900). Retrieved on 2007-11-02.
^ "Louisville Orchestra LS 703", 1970 series, number 3: with Jorge Mester conducting the orchestra. Note Library Catalog Permalink for a reference to this long-playing record. Cornell University. Retrieved on 2007-11-02.
^ Dwight, John Sullivan (August 6, 1864). "The Forty-First Musical Festival of the Lower Rhine". Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature 24 (10): 282–3.