Johann Zürcher (composer)

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Johann Zürcher (born February 27, 1908 ; † 1974 ) was a Swiss musician lawyer .

Life

Zürcher received his doctorate in law from the University of Bern in 1933 and then worked as an advocate . He played the violin , learned harmony and composition at the Bern Conservatory , and composed operettas ( Fun about Countess Anna (libretto collaboration by Werner Rolf Bürki ), Das leathererne Glück or Erbschaft aus Brazil , Ilka (libretto by Hans Kottow )), songs and marches ( Federal Councilor Etter-Marsch ).

His estate is in the Bern Burger Library (mostly sheet music manuscripts ) and in the Bern City and University Library .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b http://katalog.burgerbib.ch/deskriptordetail.aspx?ID=26122
  2. ↑ See Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch , Volume 59, 1951, p. 51.
  3. ^ Johann Zürcher in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
personal data
SURNAME Zürcher, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss lawyer for musicians
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1908
DATE OF DEATH 1974