Editing Robert Fuchs (composer) (section)

==Notability==

"Unfailingly tuneful and enjoyable, Robert Fuchs's piano trios are an easily accessible way to get to know a composer whom [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]] greatly admired," noted the magazine Gramophone. "In his time Fuchs was very highly regarded, with one critic famously pointing to Fuchsisms in [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler]]'s Second Symphony."{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

The reason his compositions did not become better known was largely that he did little to promote them, living a quiet life in Vienna and refusing to arrange concerts, even when the opportunities arose. He certainly had his admirers, among them Brahms, who almost never praised the works of other composers. But with regard to Fuchs, Brahms wrote, ''"Fuchs is a splendid musician, everything is so fine and so skillful, so charmingly invented, that one is always pleased."''<ref name=Grove>Pascall, Robert (2007–2012. [http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/10342 " Fuchs, Robert"]. ''Grove Music Online''. ''Oxford Music Online''. Retrieved 11 April 2012.{{subscription required}}</ref> Famous contemporary conductors, including [[Arthur Nikisch]], [[Felix Weingartner]] and [[Hans Richter (conductor)|Hans Richter]], championed his works when they had the opportunity with few exceptions, but it was his chamber music which was considered his finest work.

In his lifetime, his best known works were his five serenades; their popularity was so great that Fuchs acquired the nickname "Serenaden-Fuchs" (roughly, "Serenader Fox"). The serenades have been recorded by the Cologne Chamber Orchestra under Christian Ludwig for [[Naxos Records|Naxos]].<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/reviews/reviewslist.asp?catalogueid=8.572222&languageid=EN  Fuchs, R: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2 – Naxos Album Reviews"], Naxos Classical Music, www.naxos.com. Retrieved 11 April 2012.</ref><ref>Hurwitz David (2012). [http://www.classicstoday.com/review/fuchs-splendid-serenades-completed/ "Fuchs' splendid serenades, completed"]. ''Classics Today'', www.classicstoday.com. Retrieved 11 April 2012.</ref>