Gustav Grube (1869-1948)

[Wheesht]

Gustav Grube, born in Rostock on 23 September 1869, was a German composer and writer on music who lived in Vienna from 1894. He died in Maissau, Lower Austria, on 29 January 1948.
After studying the piano with Wilhelm Handwerg in Berlin, he moved to Chicago in 1883 and stayed there for three years, then went to Paris for further studies and returned to Chicago in 1889. In Vienna from September 1894. Active as a concert pianist, choir leader and composer of a substantial body of works:

By 1911, according to the book by Jansa published in that year, he had written:

5 symphonies
1 piano concerto
1 piano quintet
1 piano octet
1 string quartet
1 sonata for violin and piano
2 symphonic poems
etc.

[Alan Howe]

Wonder where his scores are?

[Wheesht]

Both the Austrian National Library and the "Wienerbibliothek" only have some minor works.

He has left very little trace overall. A newspaper article from June 1936 in the Illustrierte Kronen-Zeitung mentions 190 original works in a 51-year composing career.

[Wheesht]

The "Nachlassverzeichnis" (directory of estates) for Austria has a reference to a "Teilnachlass" (part estate) held by the Wienbibliothek. This may not have been (fully) catalogued yet.