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[Christiaan Frederik; Christiaan Fredrik] (b Salzungen, Saxe-Meiningen, Aug 22, 1753; d Leiden, May 25, 1826). Dutch composer and theorist of German birth, brother of Friedrich Christian Ruppe. His father, a carpenter, built instruments and was the organist at Wildprechtroda. In 1773 Ruppe enrolled at the University of Leiden. By 1784 he was active as a merchant, and in his publications opp.4 and 5 he described himself as an ‘Amateur de musique’. After a period in Germany, in 1787 Ruppe again enrolled at the university, this time as a music student. He became organist of the Lutheran congregation in Leiden in 1788. Ruppe’s own edition of his Sonatas op.8 includes a privilege of 29 July 1790 entitling him to publish his compositions for 15 years; it lists many works that are now lost, including keyboard concertos, French and Italian arias, and quartets. On 18 October 1790 he was appointed kapelmeester of the University of Leiden. He founded a religious choral society, Tot Meerder Oefening, in Leiden in ...