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Walter Bricht (1960s)

Walter Bricht (born September 9, 1904 ; died March 20, 1970 ) was an Austrian-American pianist , composer and music teacher.

Live and act

Walter Bricht (center) with sister Franziska and parents Agnes and father Balduin Bricht, around 1906
Walter Bricht (around 1920)

Bricht was the son of Balduin Bricht, who worked as a music critic for the Oesterreichische Volkszeitung in Vienna, and the concert singer and pianist Agnes Pylleman-Bricht. He received his first piano lessons from his mother at the age of four and began composing piano pieces and songs at the age of twelve. He completed his studies at the Vienna Music Academy with Franz Schmidt , which he finished in 1928 with degrees in composition , conducting and piano.

Then Bricht taught from 1931 to 1938 at the Vienna People's Conservatory and from 1934 to 1938 singing , piano and composition at the Horak Schools in Vienna. Most of his compositions date from this period. During the National Socialist era , Bricht had to leave Austria in 1938 because of his grandparents of Jewish origin. Although had Adolf Hitler a "him Aryan honorary status " offered on the condition that he, the Nazi Party would support.

Instead, Bricht emigrated to the USA , settled in New York City and worked as a teacher, church organist and piano accompanist. In 1939 he entered the faculty of Mason College of Music in Charleston, West Virginia, and became director of the music department the following year.

In 1944 Bricht returned to New York, where he taught until 1963, and also taught in Washington for members of the US Army choir .

In 1963 Bricht became a professor at the Indiana University School of Music . At first he taught piano as well as master classes for keyboard instruments, but from 1967 exclusively singing and song literature. During his time at Indiana University he wrote the Sonata for flute and piano (1964), the Chaconne for string quartet (1967), and the Trio for flute, cello and piano (1968). In 1967, a concert dedicated to his compositions was held at the Indiana University School of Music and was widely acclaimed.

In the mid-1960s, Bricht was diagnosed with emphysema , which led to his death in 1970; until recently he had taught at Indiana University.

Private

Bricht was married to the violin professor Donna Kuhn, whom he had met while working in Charleston. The daughters Dana Eve and Wendy Diane came from the marriage.

Compositions

Bricht's music is characteristic of late German Romanticism and includes numerous choral works, songs, sonatas, chamber music and symphonic works.

Compositions with opus numbers

  • Op. 1: Suite in G major for piano (date unknown)
  • Op. 2: Variations in D major on a separate theme for two pianos (1925)
  • Op. 3: Piano Sonata I in G minor (1925–1926)
  • Op. 4: Piano Concerto I in F major (date unknown)
  • Op. 5: Seven songs for voice and piano (1926–1928)
  • Op. 6: Two songs for voice and piano (1922)
  • Op. 7: Piano Sonata II in E minor (1926)
  • Op. 8a: Small Variations in A minor for piano (date unknown)
  • Op. 8b: Small Variations in C minor for piano (date unknown)
  • Op. 9: Ten nocturnal songs for voice and piano (1926–1932)
  • Op. 10: Piano Sonata III in A minor ("Die Grosse") (1927)
  • Op. 11: Fifteen Little Songs for Voice and Piano (1926–1933)
  • Op. 12: Piano Sonata IV in F sharp minor (1928)
  • Op. 13: Small piano pieces (1926–1927)
  • Op. 14: String Quartet I in B minor (1928)
  • Op. 15: Two mazurkas for piano (1928)
  • Op. 16: Piano Sonata V in D minor (1929)
  • Op. 17: Piano Concerto II in A minor (1929)
  • Op. 18a: Blown leaves, for piano (1926–1927)
  • Op. 18b: Blown leaves: Eight little pieces for orchestra (to be performed in context) (1932)
  • Op. 19: Two elementary phantasts for five-part / six-part male choir and large orchestra (1930)
  • Op. 20: Piano Sonata VI in A minor ("Kleine") (1930)
  • Op. 21: Three songs for voice and piano (date unknown)
  • Op. 22: Variations in F sharp minor on a theme by Franz Schmidt for organ (1931)
  • Op. 23: Little dance pieces for piano (1926–1927)
  • Op. 24: Four songs for voice and piano (August 29, 1930)
  • Op. 25: Symphonic Suite in A minor for large orchestra (1931)
  • Op. 26: Two songs for voice and piano (1932)
  • Op. 27: Variations and Fugue in C sharp minor on a separate theme for organ (1932)
  • Op. 28: Five songs for voice and piano (1932)
  • Op. 29: Suite in G minor for voice and piano (1932)
  • Op. 30: Four piano pieces for the left hand alone (1933)
  • Op. 31: Three songs for voice and piano (1932)
  • Op. 32: String quintet in D minor (1933)
  • Op. 33: Symphony in A minor for large orchestra (1934)
  • Op. 34: Sonata in A minor for violoncello and piano (1936)
  • Op. 35: Five songs for voice and piano (1935)
  • Op. 36: String Quartet II in A minor (1935)
  • Op. 37: The great Hallelujah for male choir, organ, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, bass tuba, timpani and cymbals (1937)
  • Op. 38: Possibly the missing Sonata for piano (around 1938)
  • Op. 39: Piano Sonata VII in E major (August 4, 1940)
  • Op. 40: Variations in F Major on an Old German Children's Song for Pianoforte (left hand alone), Flute (or Violin), and Violoncello (1942)

Compositions without opus numbers

  • Without Op. 1: Two songs for voice and piano (1919)
  • Without Op. 2: Two songs for voice and piano (1921)
  • Without Op. 3: Eleven songs for voice and piano (1922)
  • Without Op. 4: Three songs for voice and piano (date unknown)
  • Without Op. 5: Two songs for voice and piano (1923/24)
  • Without Op. 6: Prelude, Intermezzo, and Finale in C sharp major for organ (1925)
  • Without Op. 7: Two songs for voice and piano (1926)
  • Without Op. 8: Fragments for piano (1926–1927?)
  • Without Op. 9: Arrangement, 3rd movement, string quartet I in B minor, for piano (1928)
  • Without Op. 10: Duet-Variations on "A little man stands in the forest" for chants and piano (1931)
  • Without Op. 11: Duet for vocals and piano (1931)
  • Without Op. 12: Duet fragments for chants and piano (1931)
  • Without Op. 13: Herbst, for mixed choir a cappella (1932)
  • Without Op. 14: Die Seekers for 6-part male choir a cappella (1932)
  • Without Op. 15: Fantasy in C major on themes from Gounod's "Faust" for piano (left hand alone) (1936)
  • Without Op. 16: Fantasy in A major on themes from Strauss' "Fledermaus" for piano (left hand alone) (1937)
  • Without Op. 17: Five songs for soprano accompanied by a string quartet (1937)
  • Without Op. 18: Four songs for voice and piano (1940)
  • Without Op. 19: Four Songs for Voice and Piano (December 25, 1940)
  • Without Op. 20: Chorale Prelude on the Hymn "For the Beauty of the Earth" for Organ (date unknown)
  • Without Op. 21: Fragments for Organ (date unknown)
  • Without Op. 22: Quintet in A Minor for Piano and Strings (1952)
  • Without Op. 23: Sonata for Flute and Piano (1964)
  • Without Op. 24: Chaconne for String Quartet (1967)
  • Without Op. 25: Trio for Flute (alternating with Alto Flute and Piccolo), Violoncello, and Piano (1968)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Musicalics.com: Walter Bricht. January 29, 2007, accessed June 12, 2020 .
  2. ^ A b c d IU Cook Music Library: Past School of Music Faculty - Walter Bricht. September 1, 2006, accessed June 12, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Break, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-American composer of classical music
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1904
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1970