Louis [Luis] Rée, born in Edinburgh 15 Oct. 1861, died in Vienna, 75 years ago tomorrow, 28 February 1939.
Studied at St Andrews University, then at the Music Conservatoire in Geneva 1879-1880. Further studies at Stuttgart Polytechnic and Music Conservatoire (where he studied piano with Lebert and Pruckner and theory with Faißt, Seifritz and Doppler). In 1885 he studied piano with Leschetitkzy and composition with Robert Fuchs in Vienna. In 1889 he married the singer and pianist Susanne Pilz (1862-1937). With her he undertook numerous concert tours mostly playing on two pianos. Apart from arrangements for two pianos, they also played his own compositions. In 1914 he became a teacher for piano and composition at the "Neuen Wiener Konservatorium"while his wife taught piano and singing. They have an honorary grave at the "Zentralfriedhof" in Vienna.
Works for Orchestra:
Piano Concerto
Concerto for two Pianos in B flat major
Concert Piece for Cello and Orchestra in one movement. (A minor)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra A Major
Plus some Lieder and works for piano solo and for two pianos.
I have no idea if any of his orchestral scores survive.
Here are details of two orchestra concerts in Vienna featuring music by Rée. This seems to indicate that he had quite a good reputation at the time, but the only contemporary reviews I have been able to find are not exactly laudatory.
5 February 1911
Theater an der Wien
Oskar Nedbal conductor
Louis Rée piano
Susanne Rée piano
Wiener Tonkünstler-Orchester:
Franz Liszt "Les Préludes", symphonic poem Nr. 3 S 97
Louis Rée Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra B-Dur
Oskar Nedbal "Valse triste" from the Ballett "Pohádka o Honzovi"
Oskar Nedbal "Grande Polonaise" from the Ballett "Pohádka o Honzovi"
23 November 1912
Musikverein Wien, Großer Saal
Oskar Nedbal conductor
Nora Duesberg violin
Wiener Tonkünstler-Orchester:
Brahms Violin Concerto
Louis Rée Concerto for Violin and Orchestra A major
Beethoven Romance for Violin and Orchestra Nr. 2 op. 50
Saint-Saëns "Havanaise" for Violin and Orchestra op. 83
Leone Sinigaglia "Rapsodia piemontese" for Violin and Orchestra op. 26
Studied at St Andrews University, then at the Music Conservatoire in Geneva 1879-1880. Further studies at Stuttgart Polytechnic and Music Conservatoire (where he studied piano with Lebert and Pruckner and theory with Faißt, Seifritz and Doppler). In 1885 he studied piano with Leschetitkzy and composition with Robert Fuchs in Vienna. In 1889 he married the singer and pianist Susanne Pilz (1862-1937). With her he undertook numerous concert tours mostly playing on two pianos. Apart from arrangements for two pianos, they also played his own compositions. In 1914 he became a teacher for piano and composition at the "Neuen Wiener Konservatorium"while his wife taught piano and singing. They have an honorary grave at the "Zentralfriedhof" in Vienna.
Works for Orchestra:
Piano Concerto
Concerto for two Pianos in B flat major
Concert Piece for Cello and Orchestra in one movement. (A minor)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra A Major
Plus some Lieder and works for piano solo and for two pianos.
I have no idea if any of his orchestral scores survive.
Here are details of two orchestra concerts in Vienna featuring music by Rée. This seems to indicate that he had quite a good reputation at the time, but the only contemporary reviews I have been able to find are not exactly laudatory.
5 February 1911
Theater an der Wien
Oskar Nedbal conductor
Louis Rée piano
Susanne Rée piano
Wiener Tonkünstler-Orchester:
Franz Liszt "Les Préludes", symphonic poem Nr. 3 S 97
Louis Rée Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra B-Dur
Oskar Nedbal "Valse triste" from the Ballett "Pohádka o Honzovi"
Oskar Nedbal "Grande Polonaise" from the Ballett "Pohádka o Honzovi"
23 November 1912
Musikverein Wien, Großer Saal
Oskar Nedbal conductor
Nora Duesberg violin
Wiener Tonkünstler-Orchester:
Brahms Violin Concerto
Louis Rée Concerto for Violin and Orchestra A major
Beethoven Romance for Violin and Orchestra Nr. 2 op. 50
Saint-Saëns "Havanaise" for Violin and Orchestra op. 83
Leone Sinigaglia "Rapsodia piemontese" for Violin and Orchestra op. 26