Max Springer
Max Springer was a German organist, composer and music educator.
Life
Springer grew up in the municipality of Schwendi, Baden-Württemberg. He was initially a pupil of the Beuron Archabbey and came to Prague as organist of the St. Emmaus Monastery, a branch of the Beuron Monastery, where he studied at the German university with, among others, Antonín Dvořák and Josef Klička. As early as 1910, he taught composition at the Wiener Musikakademie, 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 municipality of Schwendi made him an honorary citizen in 1933. Among his students were Johann Bauernfeind, Kurt Wöss, Erwin Weiss, Karl Josef Walter, Marko Tajčević, and Anton Nowakowski. Springer died in Vienna at the age of 76.
Work
Sechs Fughetten über den Namen BACH op. 14. Coppenrath-Verlag, Regensburg, 19088 Postludien über die gebräuchlichsten Ite missa est. op. 204 Präludien und eine Fantasie über das Oster-Halleluja op. 21Missa "Lauda Sion" op. 22Te deum, op. 28, für gemischten Chor und Orgelbegleitung, Bonifatius-Druckerei, Prag, 1914Messe zu Ehren der seligen Crescentia Höss op. 31Kleine Präludien für Orgel op. 35Konzert für Violine und Orgel op. 40