Description

KARL JOHANNES MAX STRUB (MAINZ, SEPTEMBER 28, 1900 – BAD ENHAUSEN, MARCH 23, 1966)

 

 

 

 

He studied at the Cologne Conservatory under Bram Eldering. After completing his education, he was invited by Fritz Busch to the position of concertmaster at the Stuttgart Opera, and later worked in Dresden. From 1924 to 1928, he taught at the Weimar School of Music, and subsequently, at the invitation of Otto Klemperer, moved to Berlin. From 1934 to 1945, he taught at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik. After the end of World War II, he became one of the founders of the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold; among his students was Lukas David.

Strub was particularly renowned as an ensemble musician. Around the turn of the 1920s and 1930s, a string quartet consisting of Strub, Josef Krips, Rudolf Nöll, and Hans Schrader enjoyed considerable popularity. After 1934, when the composition of the German musical elite changed significantly due to the flight or arrest of Jewish musicians, a new quartet was formed, featuring Strub, Jost Raba, Walter Trampler, and Ludwig Hölscher, as well as a piano trio consisting of Strub, Hölscher, and Elly Ney. From 1938, Strub also participated in another popular trio with Adrian Eschbacher and Gaspar Cassadó. Finally, in the 1950s, a trio of professors from the new conservatory—Strub, Hans Münch-Holland, and Hans Richter-Haaser—performed successfully in Detmold.

Among the premieres performed by Strub were Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano by Paul Hindemith (1920, with Eduard Zuckmayer), the Duet for Violin and Cello with Small Orchestra by Hans Pfitzner (1937, with Ludwig Hölscher, conducted by the composer), his String Quartet in C Minor (1942), Burletta for violin and orchestra by Paul Juon (1940), and a number of other works.

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Andante a. d. Kammer-Trio in C-Moll (Händel) with Eigel Kruttge (cembalo) and P. Luther (Flöte) Electrola 60-2405 E-OD 1709-2

Menuett aus dem Jugendkonzert in D-Dur für Cembalo und Streicher  (K.V. 107) (Mozart) with  B. Mazurat (Violin) and H. Schrader (cello) Electrola 60-2404 E-OD 1708-2

Piano Trio In D Major Op. 70 No. 1 Geister-Trio (Beethoven) I Allegro Vivace E Con Brio – Elly Ney, Max Strub and Ludwig Hoelscher

Piano Trio In D Major Op. 70 No. 1 Geister-Trio (Beethoven) Ii Allegro Assai Ed Espressivo – Elly Ney, Max Strub and Ludwig Hoelscher

Piano Trio In D Major Op. 70 No. 1 Geister-Trio (Beethoven) Iii Presto – Elly Ney, Max Strub and Ludwig Hoelscher

Electrola D.B. 4587 2RA 2678, Electrola D.B. 4587 2RA 2679, Electrola D.B. 4588 2RA 2680, Electrola D.B. 4588 2RA 2681, Electrola D.B. 4589 2RA 2682, Electrola D.B. 4589 2RA 2683, Electrola D.B. 4590 2RA 2684, Electrola D.B. 4590 2RA 2031

Presto from symphony in D Major (P. E. Bach) HMV 60-2384 0D 1705-2

Presto from violin concerto in A Major (Benda) soloist Max Strub HMV 60-2385 0D 1707-2

Strub-Quartett Streichquartett d-moll KV 421 (Mozart) 1. Satz Anfang with Hermann Hubl, Hermann Hirschfelder and Hans Münch-Holland Electrola DB 5603 RA 4748-1

Strub-Quartett Streichquartett d-moll KV 421 (Mozart) 1. Satz Ende 2. Satz Anfang with Hermann Hubl, Hermann Hirschfelder and Hans Münch-HoElectrola DB 5603 RA 4749-1

Strub-Quartett Streichquartett d-moll KV 421 (Mozart) 2. Satz Ende with Hermann Hubl, Hermann Hirschfelder and Hans Münch-Holland Electrola DB 5604 RA 4750-1

Strub-Quartett Streichquartett d-moll KV 421 (Mozart) 3. Satz Electrola with Hermann Hubl, Hermann Hirschfelder and Hans Münch-Holland DB 5604 RA 4751-1

Strub-Quartett Streichquartett d-moll KV 421 (Mozart) 4. Satz Anfang with Hermann Hubl, Hermann Hirschfelder and Hans Münch-Holland Electrola DB 5605 RA 4752-1

Strub-Quartett Streichquartett d-moll KV 421 (Mozart) 4. Satz Ende with Hermann Hubl, Hermann Hirschfelder and Hans Münch-Holland Electrola DB 5605 RA 4753-1

Strub-Quartett Streichquartett Es-Dur op. 109 (Max Reger) (1) Larghetto (1.Teil) with Jose Raba, Walter Trampler and Ludwig Hoelscher Electrola EH 971 2 RA 1274-I

Strub-Quartett Streichquartett Es-Dur op. 109 (Max Reger) (2) Larghetto (2.Teil) with Jose Raba, Walter Trampler and Ludwig Hoelscher Electrola EH 971 2 RA 1275-II

Strub-Quartett Streichquartett Es-Dur op. 109 (Max Reger) (3) Allegro con grazia e con spirito (1.Teil) with Jose Raba, Walter Trampler and Ludwig Hoelscher Electrola EH 972 2 RA 1276-II

Strub-Quartett Streichquartett Es-Dur op. 109 (Max Reger) (4) Allegro con grazia e con spirito (2.Teil) with Jose Raba, Walter Trampler and Ludwig Hoelscher Electrola EH 972 2 RA 1277-II