Robert Fuchs

Robert Fuchs (15 February 1847 – 19 February 1927) was an Austrian composer and music teacher.

As Professor of music theory at the Vienna Conservatory, Fuchs taught many notable composers, while he was himself a highly regarded composer in his lifetime.

Biography

He was born in Frauental an der Laßnitz in Styria in 1847 as the youngest of thirteen children. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory with Felix Otto Dessoff and Joseph Hellmesberger among others. He eventually secured a teaching position there and was appointed Professor of music theory in 1875. He retained the position until 1912. He died in Vienna at the age of eighty.

He was the youngest brother of Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, who was also a composer and an opera conductor.

Robert Fuchs taught many notable composers, See: List of music students by teacher: C to F#Robert Fuchs.

Notability

"Unfailingly tuneful and enjoyable, Robert Fuchs’s piano trios are an easily accessible way to get to know a composer whom Brahms greatly admired," noted the magazine Gramophone. "In his time Fuchs was very highly regarded, with one critic famously pointing to Fuchsisms in Mahler’s Second Symphony."

Robert Fuchs (footballer)

Robert Fuchs (born 15 February 1975) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for DESK Kaatsheuvel. Fuchs is a midfielder who was born in Eindhoven and made his debut in professional football, being part of the PSV Eindhoven squad in the 1993-94 season. He also played for De Graafschap before joining RKC Waalwijk.

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Robert Fuchs (general)

Dipl.-Ing. Robert Fuchs (11 May 1895 – 15 January 1977) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe during World War II who commanded 1. Flakkorps. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

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