The Sonata on the 94th Psalm is a large-scale organ work based on specific verses from Psalm 94, which Reubke considered so important that they were printed in the premiere program.
Compositional Technique
The Piano Sonata in B flat minor is a large single-movement work with three distinct sections, linked by recurring motifs that are brilliantly manipulated and transformed.
Composition History
Reubke's Piano Sonata in B flat minor was completed in 1857 and dedicated to his revered master, Franz Liszt, drawing inspiration from Liszt's own B minor Sonata.
Composer Biography
Julius Reubke studied piano with Theodor Kullak, a pupil of Carl Czerny, and composition with Adolf Bernhard Marx, an innovative teacher who admired Liszt.
Composition History
Reubke's Sonata on the 94th Psalm was composed for organ and completed in 1857, prompted by an invitation to give an organ recital at Merseburg Cathedral.
Composer Biography
Julius Reubke came from a musical family; his father, Adolf Reubke, was a successful organ builder, creating large instruments for churches in Magdeburg in the 1850s.
Composer Biography
Julius Reubke was mortally ill when he composed his two sonatas, and he died on June 3, 1858, at the age of 24.
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