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Max Butting
Max Butting (6 October 1888 – 13 July 1976) was a German composer. Life Max Butting was the son of an ironmonger and of a piano teacher. He received his first musical instruction from his mother and
Max Butting (6 October 1888 – 13 July 1976) was a German composer. Life Max Butting was the son of an ironmonger and of a piano teacher. He received his first musical instruction from his mother and later from the organist Arnold Dreyer. After attending secondary school (Realgymnasium), he studied at the Akademie der Tonkunst (Academy of Composition) in Munich from 1908 to 1914. There, he received instruction in composition from Friedrich Klose, conducting from Felix Mottl and Paul Prill, as well as singing from Karl Erler. He also attended lectures in psychology, philosophy and musicology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Butting learned composition by private instruction from Walter Courvoisier, for the most part, whom Klose had recommended to him after a disagreement. Butting was medically unfit for service in World War I. On the urging of his father, he worked as an assistant in his father’s business when he returned to Berlin in 1919, where he remained until 1923. However, he was allowed sufficient free time for composing. He quickly got in contact with other young artists and became friendly with Walter Ruttmann and Philipp Jarnach, among others. In 1921, Butting
- Era
- 20th Century
- Lived
- 1888–1976
- From
- Germany, German Democratic Republic (now Germany)
- Born in
- Berlin · died Berlin
- Known as
- composer, literary editor, university teacher, musician
- Genres
- symphony