Carl Debrois van Bruyck

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Carl Debrois van Bruyck (born March 14, 1828 in Brno , Moravia ; † August 2, 1902 in Waidhofen an der Ybbs , Lower Austria ) was an Austrian pianist, composer and music writer.

Life

Debrois van Bruyck was the son of an accountant who moved to Vienna with his parents in 1830. There he studied law but abandoned his studies again to composition with Johann Rufinatscha study. Soon afterwards he began a fruitful activity as a music critic for various newspapers and magazines. From 1856 to 1863 he was the successor to Eduard Hanslick , music critic for the Wiener Zeitung . His friends included the writers Friedrich Hebbel , Robert Hamerling , Paul Heyse and Count Emerich von Stadion , who supported him with an annual pension of 300 guilders for life. In 1874 he retired to Waidhofen, where he devoted himself entirely to his work.

He later became known primarily as a particular admirer of the composer Robert Schumann . Among other things, he set poems by his friend Friedrich Hebbel to music . Debrois van Bruyck submitted his autobiography. His written remains are in the music and manuscript collection of the Vienna Library in the City Hall .

Works

  • The development of piano music from Bach to Schumann , in: Paul Graf von Waldersee, Collection of Musical Lectures , Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel 1879, pp. 81–120
  • Technical and aesthetic analyzes of the well-tempered piano , along with a general introduction concerning Sebastian Bach and so-called contrapuntal art. Breitkopf & Härtel, 3rd edition, Leipzig 1925.

literature

  • Anonymous, Karl Debrois van Bruyck , in: Tages-Post , Linz, vol. 38, no. 182 of August 8, 1902, p. 3 (obituary) ( digitized version )
  • Uwe Harten , Carl Debrois van Bruyck (1828–1902). Life and work as a music writer. In addition to family chronicle, list of compositions and writings. Diss. Vienna 1974
  • Renate Federhofer-Königs , A Schumann admirer from Vienna: Carl Debrois van Bruyck (1828–1902) , in: Schumann Studies 5 (1996), pp. 221–320

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personal data
SURNAME Debrois van Bruyck, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian pianist, composer and music writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno , Moravia
DATE OF DEATH 2nd August 1902
Place of death Waidhofen an der Ybbs , Lower Austria