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Julius Reubke
Person · male · Kingdom of Prussia · Hausneindorf · born 1834 · died 1858 · recording since 1998
German musician (1834-1858)
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Also known as ユリウス・ロイプケ
Timeline
13 events▣ Album 10◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1830s
1850s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Orgelsonate in c-moll
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
· Album
Album: Liszt: Prelude & Fugue on B‐A‐C‐H / Reubke: Sonata “The 94th Psalm”
Album
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography710 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1378710574
Biography
Friedrich Julius Reubke (23 March 1834 – 3 June 1858) was a German composer, pianist and organist associated with the school of Romanticism. A pupil of Franz Liszt, his small oeuvre includes the Sonata on the 94th Psalm in C minor, renowned as one of the finest organ works in the romantic repertoire.
Biography
Born in Hausneindorf on 23 March 1834, a small village in the region of the Harz mountains, he was the eldest son of organ and piano builder Adolf Reubke (1805–1875). Of Julius's five siblings, two brothers, Emil (1836–1884) and Karl (1840–1860), worked with their father; Emil became a partner in 1860 and owned the company from 1872. His brother Otto (1842–1913) was also a pianist, organist and composer; he prepared the Sonata on the 94th Psalm for its first publication in August 1871. Otto settled in Halle, where he was a professor at the University of Halle and became its director in 1892. Reubke also had two sisters, Meta and Alma.
Reubke's first musical instruction was in Quedlinburg with Hermann Bönicke (1821–1879). He moved to Berlin in April or October 1851, where he continued his musical education at the conservatory there, which had been founded in November 1850 by Theodor Kullak. He studied piano with Kullak, composition with Adolf Bernhard Marx, and additionally, with Julius Stern. In Berlin, he encountered the Neudeutsche Schule with conductor Hans von Bülow and organist Alexander Winterberger, both associated with Franz Liszt.
When Liszt visited Berlin in December 1855, he arranged, on the recommendation of Bülow, to teach Reubke piano and composition from February 1856, in Weimar, and allowed him to live at the Altenburg house he kept. It was in this environment that Reubke composed his two major works, the Piano Sonata in B-flat minor, which he composed from December 1856 to March 1857, and the Sonata on the 94th Psalm in C minor, for organ, which he finished a month later; he also considered writing an opera. The organ sonata was dedicated to Professor Carl Riedel; its premiere was by Reubke on the Ladegast organ (1853–1855) of Merseburg Cathedral on 17 June 1857. Since its composition, it has been considered one of the pinnacles of the Romantic repertoire.
His health was already in decline at the time of his great compositions: Playing us his sonata, seated in his characteristically bowed form at the piano, sunk in his creation, Reubke forgot everything about him; and we then looked at his pale appearance, at the unnatural shine of his gleaming eyes, heard his heavy breath, and were aware of how wordless fatigue overwhelmed him after such hours of excitement. We suspected then that he would not be with us long.
He moved to Dresden in December 1857. By this time, he was suffering from worsening tuberculosis and did not have the energy to play or compose. He moved to the health resort in Pillnitz in May 1858, where he died at the Zum Goldenen Löwen inn a few days later, at the age of just 24. He was buried near the church of Maria am Wasser in Pillnitz-Hosterwitz on 7 June.
Reubke was one of Franz Liszt's favourite pupils; after his death, Liszt wrote in a letter of sympathy to Reubke's father: "Truly no one could feel more deeply the loss which art has suffered in your Julius, than the one who has followed with admiring sympathy his noble, constant, and successful strivings in these latter years, and who will ever bear his friendship faithfully in mind". Liszt's legacy was successfully perpetuated and instilled in his pupil, whose piano and organ sonatas were influenced by his Piano Sonata in B minor and Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", respectively.
Organ
Trio in E-flat major (1848–1849)
Sonata on the 94th Psalm in C minor (1857)
Adagio in E minor (1857); revised manualiter transcription of an extract of the Sonata on the 94th Psalm; album leaf for Princess Marie von Sayn-Wittgenstein (rediscovered in 2004)
Piano
Mazurka in E major (1856)
Scherzo in D minor, op. 3 (1856)
Sonata in B-flat minor (1857)
Organ
Chorale-variation on O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden for organ
General references
Michael Gailit: Julius Reubke (1834–1858), notes to Kevin Bowyer's recording of The 94th Psalm, Nimbus Records, NI 5361 (1993)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 20 | 81.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 10 | 82.3th |
| Studio albums | 10 | 91.1th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 13 | 89.7th |
| Recording span (years) | -140 | 4.3th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (10 release groups · 10 studio albums)
Albums · 10
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:12:28
1Toccata und Fugue D-moll, BWV 5659:302Mit dem Velo durch Basel5:323Toccata und Fugue D-moll, BWV 53814:404Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 7272:465Choralbearbeitungen, op. posth. 122: No. 10. Herzlich tut mich verlangen3:566Herzlich tut mich verlangen, aus op. 222:207Herzlich tut mich verlangen, aus op. 341:378Trauer um Jitzhak Rabin5:369Orgelsonate C-moll26:311999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:12:25
111 Choralvorspiele, op. 122: Mein Jesu, der du mich5:36211 Choralvorspiele, op. 122: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele2:52311 Choralvorspiele, op. 122: Herzliebster Jesu3:08411 Choralvorspiele, op. 122: O wie selig seid ihr doch , ihr Frommen2:11511 Choralvorspiele, op. 122: O Gott, du frommer Gott6:31611 Choralvorspiele, op. 122: O Welt, ich muß dich lassen2:41711 Choralvorspiele, op. 122: Herzlich tut mich erfreuen3:37811 Choralvorspiele, op. 122: Es ist ein Ros2:50911 Choralvorspiele, op. 122: Herzlich tut mich verlagen (4/4-Takt)2:161011 Choralvorspiele, op. 122: Herzlich tut mich verlangen (p/molto legato, 6/4-Takt)4:581111 Choralvorspiele, op. 122: O Welt, ich muß dich lassen (4/4-Takt)3:2312Sonate in c-Moll „Der 94. Psalm”: Grave15:2713Sonate in c-Moll „Der 94. Psalm”: Adagio8:4814Sonate in c-Moll „Der 94. Psalm”: Allegro8:072001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:05:17
1Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H: Prelude4:192Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H: Fugue8:533Sonata on the 94th Psalm: Grave - Larghetto - Allegro con fuoco - Grave10:524Sonata on the 94th Psalm: Adagio - Lento5:565Sonata on the 94th Psalm: Allegro - Più mosso - Allegro assai6:176Fantasia and Fugue on the Choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam": Moderato - Animando poco a poco (a capriccio) - Allegro - Tempo giusto - Vivace9:037Fantasia and Fugue on the Choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam": Recitativo ritenuto - Adagio - Un poco più di moto8:298Fantasia and Fugue on the Choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam": Adagio - Allegro deciso2:069Fantasia and Fugue on the Choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam": Fuga. Allegretto con moto - Allegro con brio - Vivace molto - Più mosso - Adagio9:222006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:06:17
1Fantasie und Fuge über den Choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam" S 259: I. Fantasie19:182Fantasie und Fuge über den Choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam" S 259: II. Fuge9:363Orpheus12:054Sonate C-moll "Der 94. Psalm": I. Grave - Larghetto - Alegro con fuoco11:595Sonate C-moll "Der 94. Psalm": II. Adagio6:396Sonate C-moll "Der 94. Psalm": III. Allegro6:40Liszt: Prelude & Fugue on B‐A‐C‐H / Reubke: Sonata “The 94th Psalm”
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:13:02
1Prelude and Fugue on BACH12:492Symphonic Poem “Orpheus”11:143Sonata “The 94th Psalm”25:454Ave Maria8:035Symphonic Poem “Prometheus”15:112012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:02:36
1Variationen über ein Motiv (Basso ostinato) aus der Kantate „Weinen, Klage, Sorgen, Zagen“ und dem „Crucifixus” der h-Moll Messe von J. S. Bach20:352„Adagio für die Orgel“ im Album der prinzessin Marie von Sayn-Wittgenstein6:043Sonate c-Moll "Der 94. Psalm": Grave. Larghetto - Allegro con fuoco15:464Sonate c-Moll "Der 94. Psalm": Adagio9:185Sonate c-Moll "Der 94. Psalm": Allegro7:336Trio Es-Dur3:202015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:09:16
1Fantasy and Fugue on "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: I. Moderato - Allegro - Vivace9:502Fantasy and Fugue on "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: II. Adagio8:343Fantasy and Fugue on "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: III. Allegro deciso - Fuga (Allegretto con moto)11:194Organ Sonata no. 6 in D minor, op. 65 no. 6: I. Choral. Andante sostenuto - Allegro molto8:535Organ Sonata no. 6 in D minor, op. 65 no. 6: II. Fuga2:456Organ Sonata no. 6 in D minor, op. 65 no. 6: III. Finale. Andante2:477Organ Sonata in C minor on the 94th Psalm: I. Grave - Larghetto - Allegro con fuoco - Grave11:458Organ Sonata in C minor on the 94th Psalm: II. Adagio - Lento6:109Organ Sonata in C minor on the 94th Psalm: III. Fugue. Allegro7:132015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 59:04
1Piano Sonata in B-flat minor: Allegro maestoso12:592Piano Sonata in B-flat minor: Andante sostenuto7:003Piano Sonata in B-flat minor: Allegro assai8:134Sonata on the 94th Psalm: Grave – Larghetto – Allegro con fuoco10:375Sonata on the 94th Psalm: Adagio8:096Sonata on the 94th Psalm: Fugue: Allegro6:397Adagio from Sonata on the 94th Psalm5:272017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:13:20
1Piano Sonata in B-flat minor: I. Allegro maestoso13:432Piano Sonata in B-flat minor: II. Andante sostenuto7:493Piano Sonata in B-flat minor: III. Allegro assai9:114Mazurka in E major4:115Scherzo in D minor6:186Organ Sonata on the 94th Psalm in C minor: I. Grave. Larghetto. Allegro con fuoco. Grave11:087Organ Sonata on the 94th Psalm in C minor: II. Adagio. Lento7:058Organ Sonata on the 94th Psalm in C minor: III. Fugue6:469Trio in E-flat major2:3310Adagio in E minor4:362022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:17:40
1Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 1. Lebhaft1:282Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 2. Innig1:403Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 3. Mit Humor1:254Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 4. Ungeduldig0:465Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 5. Einfach1:306Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 6. Sehr rasch1:437Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 7. Nicht schnell4:388Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 8. Frisch1:039Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 9. Lebhaft1:0310Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 10. Balladenmäßig. Sehr rasch1:5111Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 11. Einfach1:3212Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 12. Mit Humor0:3913Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 13. Wild und lustig2:4714Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 14. Zart und singend2:2815Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 15. Frisch1:5016Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 16. Mit gutem Humor1:1417Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 17. Wie aus der Ferne3:2818Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6: No. 18. Nicht schnell1:5219Auch ich ein Davidsbündler13:4520Piano Sonata in B-flat minor: I. Allegro maestoso14:3521Piano Sonata in B-flat minor: II. Andante sostenuto7:3422Piano Sonata in B-flat minor: III. Allegro assai8:49
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Julius Reubke head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 20 | 81.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 10 | 82.3th |
| Studio albums | 10 | 91.1th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 13 | 89.7th |
| Recording span (years) | -140 | 4.3th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Reubkebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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