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Rudolf Moser

(1892—1960)

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Born in Niederuzwil (St. gallen, Switzerland) on 7 January 1892, Rudolf Moser grew up as the only child of a music- and art-loving family of merchants in Basel. From 1912 to 1914 he studied composition with Max Reger at the Leipzig Conservatory, where Hans Sitt (violin) and Julius Klengel (chamber music) were his most important teachers. After the outbreak of the war, the young composer enjoyed the artistic support of Hans Huber, Hermann Suter and Josef Lauber in his native Switzerland. In 1928 he was appointed teacher of composition and theoretical subjects by Felix Weingartner, who was at that time the director of the Basel Conservatory. Moser's most renowned pupils included the violinist Yehudi Menuhin, the conductor Paul Sacher and the composer Walter Müller von Kulm. He dedicated his life to music, believing in supporting historically interesting works and contemporary music through noteworthy premieres as well as supporting young artists. Beside his family and his music, it was above all the Swiss Alps that were very dear to his heart. However, on August 20, 1960 he died; one of his favourite peaks, the Piz Julier, had become his rendezvous with death.

Rudolf Moser's compositional œuvre comprises nearly 400 works divided into 102 work groups. Nearly all musical genres can be found within .

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