Walter Braunfels ( him. Walter Braunfels ; December 19, 1882 , Frankfurt am Main - March 19, 1954 , Cologne ) - German composer, pianist and music teacher.
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| Date of Birth | December 19, 1882 |
| Place of Birth | Frankfurt am Main |
| Date of death | March 19, 1954 (71 year) |
| Place of death | Koln |
| A country | German Empire, Weimar Republic, Third Reich, Germany |
| Professions | composer , pianist , music teacher |
| Instruments | piano |
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| walterbraunfels.de | |
Biography
He began to learn to play the piano with his mother, who came to his grand-niece Ludwig Spohr . Then he studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt under James Quast . In the future, Braunfels was going to study law and economics and entered the University of Munich , but his acquaintance with Tristan and Isolde by Wagner led him to decide to practice music professionally. In 1902 , he went to Vienna , where he studied piano with Theodore Leshetitsky , and then returned to Munich to study composition with Felix Motl and Ludwig Tyuye .
Braunfels gave concerts as a pianist until the late 1940s. The peak of his compositional popularity came in the 1920s – 30s, when a number of his operas appeared, starting with the opera “The Birds” ( German Die Vögel ; 1920 , according to the same comedy by Aristophanes ). In 1925 , he and Hermann Abendroth reformed the Cologne High School of Music and until 1933 headed it - but with the establishment of the Nazi regime, he was forced to resign as a half Jew and did not appear in the public sphere until the end of World War II , although he continued to compose, living in Switzerland. In 1947 , Braunfels again became the head of the Cologne High School of Music. Among his famous students is Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling .
Braunfels owns nine operas, starting with the early “Golden Pot” ( ger . Der goldene Topf ), “Princess Brambilla” ( ger . Prinzessin Brambilla ; 1909 , after Hoffmann ) and “Uhlenspiegel” ( him. Ulenspiegel ; 1913 , after Charles de Coster ). He also created the Witches Sabbath for piano and orchestra, Scottish Fantasy for viola and orchestra, Te Deum for soprano, tenor, choir, orchestra and organ, music for Macbeth, other orchestral and choral works.
Links
- Walter Braunfels [12.19.1882—19.03.1954 ] . People and Books: electronic library. The appeal date is April 24, 2014.
- Braunfels V. // A - Hong. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia: Soviet Composer, 1973. - (Encyclopedias. Dictionaries. Directories: Musical Encyclopedia : [in 6 tons.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. V. Keldysh ; 1973-1982, t. 1).