Fritz Brun
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Fritz Brun was a Swiss
conductor
and composer of classical music
.
Brun was born in Lucerne
. He was a student of Franz Wüllner
at the conservatory at Köln
, and studied piano and theory there until 1902. The following year he became a piano teacher at the music school in Bern. From 1909 until 1943, he led the symphony concerts of the Bernischen Musikgesellschaft, and was conductor of the choral society and lieder group there. From 1926 to 1940, additionally, he was the vice-president of the Swiss music society Tonkünstlerverein. In June 1941 Brun retired, except for occasional returns to conducting.
In 1912 Brun married Hanna Rosenmund, and three children were born to their marriage. He died in Grosshöchstetten
.
His compositions include ten symphonies, three of them recorded most recently on the Guild Music CD label, others on LP and elsewhere:
Also there is a piano concerto in A (1946), a cello concerto, four string quartets (1898, 1921, 1943, 1949) and three piano and string sonatas - two for piano with violin, one with cello (1920, 1951, 1952).
Switzerland
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conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
and composer of classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
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Brun was born in Lucerne
Lucerne
Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...
. He was a student of Franz Wüllner
Franz Wüllner
Franz Wüllner was a German composer and conductor. He led the premieres of Richard Wagner's operas Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, but was much criticized by Wagner himself, who greatly preferred the more celebrated conductors Hans von Bülow and Hermann Levi.Wüllner was born in Münster and studied...
at the conservatory at Köln
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, and studied piano and theory there until 1902. The following year he became a piano teacher at the music school in Bern. From 1909 until 1943, he led the symphony concerts of the Bernischen Musikgesellschaft, and was conductor of the choral society and lieder group there. From 1926 to 1940, additionally, he was the vice-president of the Swiss music society Tonkünstlerverein. In June 1941 Brun retired, except for occasional returns to conducting.
In 1912 Brun married Hanna Rosenmund, and three children were born to their marriage. He died in Grosshöchstetten
Grosshöchstetten
Grosshöchstetten is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.-History:Grosshöchstetten is first mentioned in 1146 as Svollenköch. Until 1896 it was known as Höchstetten.-Geography:...
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His compositions include ten symphonies, three of them recorded most recently on the Guild Music CD label, others on LP and elsewhere:
- No. 1 in B minor (1908)
- No. 2 in B-flat (1911)
- No. 3 in D minor (1920)
- No. 4 in E (1926)
- No. 5 in E-flat (1929) (ChaconneChaconneA chaconne ; is a type of musical composition popular in the baroque era when it was much used as a vehicle for variation on a repeated short harmonic progression, often involving a fairly short repetitive bass-line which offered a compositional outline for variation, decoration, figuration and...
/Gehetzt, phantastisch/Langsam (slow)/Rasch und wütend) - No. 6 in C (1933)
- No. 7 in D (1937)
- No. 8 in A (1938)
- No. 9 in F (symphony/suite; five movements) (1949-50)
- No. 10 in B-flat (1953, premiered 1955)
Also there is a piano concerto in A (1946), a cello concerto, four string quartets (1898, 1921, 1943, 1949) and three piano and string sonatas - two for piano with violin, one with cello (1920, 1951, 1952).