Wolfgang Rübsam

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Wolfgang Rübsam (born October 16, 1946, in Gießen, Germany) is a German-American organist, pianist and pedagogue.

After his musical training with Erich Ackermann in Fulda, Germany, Rübsam studied in Frankfurt am Main with Helmut Walcha. Additional studies in organ followed with Marie-Claire Alain in France and with Robert T. Anderson at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He won the first prize at the International Organ Competition in Fort Wayne, Indiana and the Grand Prix de Chartres for interpretation in 1973.[1]

In 1974, he was appointed as professor of sacred music and organ at Northwestern University. In addition, he also served as University Organist at Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago from 1981 until 1997. Since 1997, he has been professor of organ at the Hochschule für Musik Saar in Saarbrücken, Germany.[2] From 1998 until 2003, he was also artist in residence and university organist at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Wolfgang Rübsam has published more than 130 recordings, including two recordings of the complete organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach, the complete organ works of Dietrich Buxtehude, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, César Franck, Louis Vierne, and Jehan Alain, as well as recordings of Franz Liszt, Johann Pachelbel, and Max Reger. Currently, he is completing a recording of the 20 organ sonatas of Joseph Rheinberger. In addition, he has recorded a major part of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach on modern Bösendorfer pianos. He is in great demand as concert organist and jury member for international competitions.

In addition to his musical career, Wolfgang Rubsam is working as a licensed barber with barber shops in Saarbrücken, Germany, and Valparaiso, Indiana.[3]

[edit] Discography

  • Jehan Alain: Complete organ works.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded in 1976 on the Rieger organ at the Abteikirche Marienstatt. Bietingheim, Germany: Bayer Records, 1996. BR 100 198/99. 2 CDs.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete organ works & The Art of Fugue.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded in 1977 on the Metzler & Söhne organ at St. Nikolaus Church, Frauenfeld, Switzerland (works on discs 1-12), and on the Hockhois/Marcussen organ in the nave of the Freiburg Münster (works on discs 13-16). Netherlands: Philips, 1993. 16 CDs.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Piano works.
    • English Suites, French Suites, Italian Concerto, Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, Inventions and Sinfonias, Partitas, Toccatas, Little Piano Book of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, 5 little Preludes.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, piano. Naxos International, 9 CDs.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ works.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Naxos International, 18 CDs.
  • Dietrich Buxtehude: The complete works for organ.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. St. Martin's Cathedral, Colmar, Metzler organ of the Catholic Church, Zurzach, Switzerland, Metzler organ of the Catholic Citizen Church, Frauenfeld, Switzerland, and the Metzler organ of the Jesuit's Church, Luzern. Germany: Bellaphon Records, 1982-1984. 9 CDs.
  • Dietrich Buxtehude: Organ Works Vol. 3.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded March 2002 on the Brombaugh organ at Central Lutheran Church, Eugene, Oregon. Naxos International, 2004. 1 CD.
  • François Couperin: Messe solemnelle à l'usage des paroisses.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Callinet organ in St. Martins-Kirche in Masevaux, France. Germany: Bellaphon Records, 1983. 1 LP.
  • César Franck: Complete organ works.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded September 1982 at the Cathédrale St. Croix, Orléans, France. Bietigheim, Germany: Bayer Records, 1990. BR 100 091-93. 3 CDs.
  • Jean Adam Guilain: Suites for organ.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Rieger Organ of the Abteikirche, Marienstatt. Neckargemünd, Germany: Da Camera, 1974. DaCa 93 263. 1 LP.
  • Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Complete organ works.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded on the Silbermann organ in Saint Pierre-le-Jeune, Strassburg, and the Metzler organ in the Jesuitenkirche, Lucerne, during the summer of 1982. Düsseldorf, Germany: Schwann Musica Mundi, 1983. 3 LPs.
  • Olivier Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded February 1983 at the Cathédrale St. Croix in Orléans, France. Heilbronn: Bayer Records, 1988. BR 100 004. 1 CD.
  • Johann Pachelbel: Organ works Vol. 1.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded Septembr 1998 at the Former Monastery Church of St. Peter and Paul, Weissenau, Germany. Naxos International, 2000. 1 CD.
  • Max Reger: Organ works.
    • Two Chorale Fantasias op. 40; Chorale Fantasia on "Wachet auf" op. 52 No. 2.
      • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Rieger Organ of the Abteikirche, Marienstatt. Neckargemünd, Germany: Da Camera, 1976. 1 LP.
  • Max Reger: Organ works.
    • Monologe op. 63 (excerpts), 52 easy preludes to common evangelical chorales op. 67 (excerpts).
      • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Rieger Organ of the Abteikirche, Marienstatt. Neckargemünd, Germany: Da Camera, 1978. 1 LP.
  • Max Reger zum 125. Geburtstag.
    • Variations and Fugue on a theme by Mozart op. 132a for two pianos; Fantasia and fugue on BACH op. 46; Chorale Fantasia on "Halleluja! Gott zu loben" op. 52 No. 3.
      • Wolfgang Rübsam (op. 52) and Andreas Rothkopf (op. 46), pianos and organ. Recorded September 1998 at Fulda Cathedral (op. 46 & 52) and the Hochschule für Musik Saar in Saarbrücken, Germany (op. 132a). Mainz: Wergo, 1998.
  • Joseph Rheinberger: Organ works Vol. 1-5.
    • Organ Sonatas Nos. 1-13, miscellaneous works.
      • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Sauer/Rieger organ at Fulda Cathedral, Germany. Naxos International. 5 CDs.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: Selected Organ Works.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. D.C. Gloger organ in St. Nikolai Church, Cadenberge, Germany. Neckargemünd, Germany: Da Camera, 1974. 1 LP.
  • Louis Vierne: Pièces de Fantaisie.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded September 1983 at St. François-de-Sales in Lyon, France. Bietigheim, Germany: Bayer Records, 1989. 2 CDs.
  • Louis Vierne: Organ works.
    • Symphony in a minor p. 59, Pièces en style libre op. 31 (Nos. 13-17), Marche triomphale op. 47.
      • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded 1992 at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago. Valparaiso, IN: RMC Classics, 1994. 1 CD.
  • Louis Vierne: Complete organ works Vol. 1&2.
    • Symphonies Nos. 1-3, Pièces en style libre op. 31 (Nos. 1-6), Triptyque op. 58.
      • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded 1992-1993 at St. François-de-Sales, Lyon, and St. Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts, Paris, France. Saarbrücken, Germany: IFO Records, 1999. 2 CDs.
  • Johann Gottfried Walther: 15 Barockkonzerte für Orgel nach verschiedenen Meistern der deutschen und italienischen Schule.
    • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded 1982 at the Cathedral of St. Martin in Colmar, France. Cologne, Germany: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 1982. 3 LPs.
  • Charles-Marie Widor: Symphony No. 5 op. 42.
    • & Andante sostenuto from Symphonie Gothique op. 70.
      • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded 1983 at the Cathedral of St. Croix in Orléans, France. Germany: Signum, 1983. 1 LP.
  • The C.B. Fisk Organ, Opus 101, at Southern Methodist University.
    • Works of Grigny (Pange lingua), Tournemire (Paraphrase-Carillon), Zwillich (Praeludium), Buxtehude (Praeludium BuxWV 151), Bach (Triosonate BWV 530), and Reger ("Wachet auf" op. 52 No. 2).
      • Robert T. Anderson (Grigny, Tournemire, Zwillich) und Wolfgang Rübsam (Buxtehude, Bach, Reger), organ. Recorded June 1994 (Anderson) und July 1994 (Rübsam) on the C.B. Fisk-Orgel at Caruth Auditorium at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Valparaiso, IN: RMC Classics, 1994. 1 CD.
  • Orchestral Dreams.
    • Works of Percy Whitlock (Sonata in c minor) and Louis Vierne (Adagio from Symphony VI op. 59; Marche triomphale op. 46).
      • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded 1992 (Vierne) and 1997 (Whitlock) at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago. Saarbrücken, Germany: IFO Records, 2003. 1 CD.
  • The romantic organ.
    • Works of Edward Elgar (Sonata op. 28), Max Reger (Straf mich nicht op. 40 No. 2), Charles-Marie Widor (Toccata from Symphony No. 5), and Franz Liszt (Ad nos).
      • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded November 1988 at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago. Bietigheim: Bayer Records, 1988. BR 100 049. 1 CD.
  • Soli Deo Gloria: The Reddel Memorial Organ.
    • Works of Marchand, Bach, Scheidemann, Buxtehude, Widor und Dupré.
      • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded 1996 at the Chapel of the Resurrection, Valparaiso University, Indiana. Valparaiso, IN: VUCA Media, 1999. 1 CD.
  • Wolfgang Rübsam live in concert.
    • Works of Louis Vierne, Max Reger ("Wachet auf" op. 52 No. 2), Julius Reubke (94th Psalm), and Jehan Alain (Trois Danses).
      • Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded February 2003 on the Stahlhut/Jann organ at St. Martin in Dudelange, Luxembourg. Saarbrücken, Germany: IFO Records, 2003. 1 CD.

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