Karl Gottfried Brunotte

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Karl Gottfried Brunotte

Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born June 2, 1958 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German composer and music philosopher. He is particularly known for numerous contributions to church music.

Life

After finishing school in Bad Homburg, Brunotte studied music sociology, music psychology, ancient languages ​​and aesthetics. He also took subjects such as: piano, organ, harpsichord, violin, viola, recorder, singing, conducting and composition. Working with electronic music, he met Heinz Werner Zimmermann , Lothar Hoffmann-Erbrecht , Hans Peter Haller , Gottfried Michael Koenig and Karlheinz Stockhausen , with whom he worked closely, for example during the Darmstadt summer courses for new music. From 1974 to 1977 he held the office of cantor at the Christ Church in Bad Homburg. A little later, from 1982 to 1985, Brunotte taught as a lecturer at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and from 1980 to 1986 was a lecturer at the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt and a member of the Darmstadt Institute for Music and Musical Education. His work comprises around 300 pieces, which he composed for a wide variety of ensembles.

composition

Karl Gottfried Brunotte speaks of himself as a consistent avant-garde. He composes his music for specialists in new music and also in small works, such as his Tangenten for piano, (1975), he writes technically and musically difficult passages. In his works with extended notation, there are further demands on the interpreters, which make accurate rehearsal necessary. With his music, Brunotte succeeds in captivating performers and audiences alike. For the work "Intemporale, for clarinet, piano, and metronome" Brunotte received the 2nd prize in the Dessau composition competition in 2005, which was awarded by the Friends of the Music Association of the Philipp Melanchthon Church and the Lothringer Verlag für Bühne und Musik.

Compositions (selection)

  • Apocrypta, for organ (1999)
  • Dimensiones orbitalis IV, for harp (2006)
  • Dunkelziffer, for maximum-range voice, percussion, and electronic sounds (1997)
  • Erdenlicht, in memoriam Marc Chagall, for flute, bassoon, and piano (with assistant)
  • Hypotosis ... selene ..., for a clarinetist, a pianist / percussionist, and electronic sounds (1997)
  • In aeternum II, for organ
  • Intemporale, for clarinet, piano, and metronome
  • Lehi's dream
  • Mater dolorosa, for violin and piano
  • Obituary for Werner Heissenberg, electronic and concrete music
  • Tangents, for piano (1975)
  • Ultravox I & III

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personal data
SURNAME Brunotte, Karl Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and music philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main