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First name: Joseph
Last name: Lauber
Dates: 1864-1952
Category: Quartet
Nationality: Swiss
Opus name: Opus 8 in Bes (1899)
Publisher: Fritzsch
Peculiarities:
Information: Swiss composer Joseph Lauber was born in Ruswil (near Lucerne). Shortly after his birth his family moved to the canton of Neuchâtel. There his father gave the young Joseph the oppurtunity to perform as a pianist in his light orchestra. The support of a patron made it possible for him to study music at the Zurich Conservatory. Organ studies led him to Joseph Rheinberger in Munich, piano and composition studies to Louis Diémer and Jules Massenet in Paris. Following a number of years as organist in the canton of Neuchâtel he taught at the Zurich Conservatory (1899-1901) and then settled in Geneva where he remained until his death in 1952. His activities as the first 'Kapellmeister' at the Grand Theater in Geneva and as a teacher at the Geneva Conservatory marked these years. One of his gratest services to musical life in Switzerland was the co-founding of the Swiss Musicians' Association (Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein) in 1899, which premiered a number of his compositions.