Christian Friedrich Ruppe (1753-1826)
- La grande bataille de Waterloo, Op.23 (1815)
Performers: Dаniеl Prοppеr (piano)
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Dutch composer and theorist of German birth, brother of Friedrich Christian Ruppe. His father, a carpenter, built instruments and was the organist at Wildprechtroda. In 1773 Ruppe enrolled at the University of Leiden. By 1784 he was active as a merchant, and in his publications opp.4 and 5 he described himself as an ‘Amateur de musique’. After a period in Germany, in 1787 Ruppe again enrolled at the university, this time as a music student. He became organist of the Lutheran congregation in Leiden in 1788. Ruppe’s own edition of his Sonatas op.8 includes a privilege of 29 July 1790 entitling him to publish his compositions for 15 years; it lists many works that are now lost, including keyboard concertos, French and Italian arias, and quartets. On 18 October 1790 he was appointed kapelmeester of the University of Leiden. He founded a religious choral society, Tot Meerder Oefening, in Leiden in 1800. Although he began to teach courses on music in 1802 and wrote a book on the theory of ‘modern’ music (1809-10), it was not until 14 May 1816 that King Willem I appointed him lecturer in music, with the stipulation that he continue his activities as music director of the university. Ruppe was well known in the Netherlands during his lifetime for his theoretical treatise and voluminous compositions. Much of his surviving work is chamber music, written in a clear Viennese Classical style that is simple but expressive; the later compositions show a more Romantic attitude. He also wrote keyboard sonatinas (perhaps written for private students), cantatas performed in churches in Leiden and The Hague, children’s songs, keyboard character studies inspired by current political events and odes for the university, all reflecting his various activities. His brother Friedrich Christian Ruppe (1771-1834) was a violinist and composer and his compositions, which were not well known outside Meiningen, include Leiden und Tod Jesu and Der verlorene Sohn (oratorios), Der Sieg der Tugend (unfinished opera), Friedenscantate (1814), a keyboard concerto with choir and various chamber works, of which a trio for piano, clarinet and bassoon (Offenbach, c.1821) and a sonata for piano, violin and cello ad lib (Kassel, n.d.) were published.
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