Bruch Max

Max Bruch was a German composer and conductor of the Romantic period.  Bruch began composing at the age of nine.  He was friends with Brahms and conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society and taught composition at the Berlin Hochschule for Music. 

Although he lived toward the end of the Romantic era, his composition style was concervative.  More like Brahms than more progressive composers like Wagner or Liszt.