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came to power in 1933, Paul Büttner was relieved of all his offices. He was ostracized, and the performance of his works prohibited, because of his political activity in previous years and because of his Jewish wife. He died in poverty on 15 October 1943 in
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After Paul Büttner became head of various workers' choirs, he worked from 1896 to 1907 as a choir conductor at the
Dresden Conservatory. From 1905 he was given the post of federal conductor of the Dresden Workers' Association. In 1909, he married the journalist Eva Malzmann.
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Volkserzieher. Ein Beitrag zur Dresdner Musikgeschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts und zur Geschichte der Bildungs- und Erziehungsarbeit unter der Arbeiterschaft
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régime, his music was too anachronistic to be adopted by its artistic élites. Consequently, there are few commercial recordings of Büttner's work. The Fourth
Symphony and the
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Paul Büttner's estate was looked after by his wife Eva until her death in 1969. Afterwards it was administered by Büttner's daughter, who in 1982 transferred it to the
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received a recording by the
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Trio sonata for violin, viola and violoncello (canons with inversions in double counterpoint of the duodecime)
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in the Sächsischen Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden.
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Concert piece for violin and orchestra in G major (1937; Score)
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