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First name: Arnold
Last name: Krug
Dates: 1849-1904
Category: Quartet
Nationality: German
Opus name: Opus 16 in c (1879)
Publisher: Forberg
Peculiarities: cobbett
Information: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arnold Krug was born in Hamburg on October 16, 1849 and died there on August 14, 1904. He was a German composer and music teacher. Gustav Jenner was among his many students. He began his music studies with piano lessons from his father Diederich Krug, who was himself a pianist and composer. Later, he was sent to the Leipzig Conservatory where he studied with Carl Reinecke and then went on to Berlin, where continued with Friedrich Kiel and Eduard Franck. After completing his studies, he taught in Berlin at the Stern conservatory for several years before returning to Hamburg where he remained for the rest of his life, working primarily as a music teacher and choral director. While he wrote works in several different genres, including symphonies, orchestral overtures, operas, piano works, and chamber music, it is his choral works which received the most attention. However, today he is primarily remembered for his String Sextet in D Major, Op. 68. This string sextet was known as the “Prize Sextet” because Krug won the Stelzner Prize for chamber music with this composition. The Prize Sextet was originally for 2 Violins, Viola, Violotta, Cello and Cellone, but the publisher of the work (Fritz Kistner) wisely hedged his bets and produced an edition for the standard combination of 2 Violins, 2 Violas and 2 Cellos in addition to the so-called Stelzner version.