MAC No. 4: O komm, o komm, Emmanuel

Wolfgang Rübsam (* 1946) is a German-American organist, pianist, composer and pedagogue.
Rübsam studied in Frankfurt with Helmut Walcha, in France with Marie-Claire Alain, and in Dallas with Robert T. Anderson.
In 1974, he was appointed professor of sacred music and organ at Northwestern University. He also served as University Organist at Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago from 1981 until 1997. Since 1997, he has been professor of organ at the Hochschule für Musik Saar in Saarbrücken, Germany. From 1998 until 2003, he was also artist in residence and university organist at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Rübsam is working as composer for the publishing houses Augsburg Fortress in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Schott Music in Mainz. Furthermore, he is an US licenced Barber and runs his own Barbershop in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Published by Schott in „Wolfgang Rübsam, In dulci iubilo, 10 Chorale Preludes for Advent and Christmas“.