Walter Courvoisier
Walter Courvoisier (born February 7, 1875 in Riehen , † December 27, 1931 in Locarno ) was a Swiss composer .
Life
Walter Courvoisier was a son of the surgeon Ludwig Georg Courvoisier , initially studied medicine and after receiving his doctorate, worked as a Dr. med. as a doctor. In 1902 he went to Munich to study music. He was a student of Selmar Bagge and Ludwig Thuille - whose son-in-law he became - and then taught theory at the Academy of Music and later composition.
Compositions
Operas
- Lancelot and Elaine , musical drama in four acts; Libretto: Berta Thiersch, pseudonym "Walter Bergh" (1910–12, WP Munich 1917)
- The crows , comedy in one act; Libretto: Alois Wohlmuth (1919/20, WP Munich 1920)
- Sin sorcery , opera in a prelude and two pictures; Libretto: Joseph von Eichendorff based on Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1929, not performed) online
Vocal works
- The Muse , for baritone and orchestra op. 4; after Heinrich Leuthold (1903)
- Group from Tartarus , ballad for mixed choir and orchestra op. 5; after Friedrich Schiller (1904)
- The Dinurstrom , ballad for mixed choir and orchestra op. 11; after Wilhelm Hertz (1906)
- The battleship Téméraire (1796) , ballad for male choir and orchestra op. 12; after Detlev von Liliencron (1906)
- Resurrection (former title: Totenfeier ), cantata for four solos, mixed choir and orchestra op. 26; based on the words of the Bible , edited by Alfred Bertholet (1915)
- Three choirs a cappella op. 33; after Joseph von Eichendorff (1931)
- Five chants for mixed choir a cappella op.34 (1931)
Songs with piano accompaniment
- Six songs for low voice op. 1 (1903)
- Seven songs op. 2 (1903)
- Eight poems by Anna Ritter op.3 (1903)
- Six songs op.6 (1904)
- Five songs for low voice op.7 (1904)
- Seven poems by Peter Cornelius op.8 (1905)
- Six poems by Theodor Storm op.9 (1905)
- Two poems by Theodor Storm , four poems by Klaus Groth op.13 (1906)
- Five poems by Wilhelm Hertz op.14 (1903/04)
- Three poems by Emanuel Geibel op.15 (1906)
- Five poems by Friedrich Hebbel op.16 (1907/08)
- Five poems by Peter Cornelius op.17 (1908)
- Two sonnets by Michelangelo and an old Italian sonnet op.18 (1906/08)
- Seven poems by Emanuel Geibel op.19 (1906/08)
- Seven old German poems op.23 (1909/10)
- Poems by Hermann Hesse op.24 (1917, after 1929)
- Sacred songs in five volumes, Op. 27 (1917–1919)
- Little songs for nursery rhymes in four volumes, op. 28 (1916–1919)
- Songs based on old German poems op. 29 (1912/14, 1920–1925)
Instrumental works
- Sonatina for piano oop.
- Piano trio oop. (1902)
- Symphonic prologue to Carl Spitteler's Olympic Spring for orchestra op.10 (1905)
- Passacaglia and Fugue in B flat minor for piano op.20 (1908/09)
- Variations and Fugue on an own theme in E flat major for piano op.21 (1909)
- Variations on a dedicated theme in D major for piano op.22 (1909)
- Festival Overture for Orchestra (1920s)
- Six suites for violin solo op.31 (1921/22)
- Slow movement for string quartet oop. (1921/22)
- Two suites for solo cello op.32 (1921)
student
- Dora Pejačević (1885–1923), composer
- Max Butting (1888–1976), composer
- Gerhart von Westerman (1894–1963), composer and artistic director
- Robert Gerhard (1896–1970), composer
- Paul Ben-Haim (1897–1984), composer, conductor
- Albert Moeschinger (1897–1985)
- Walter Simon Huber (1898–1978), music teacher, organist and choir director
- Willy Burkhard (1900–1955), composer
- Hermann Reutter (1900–1985), composer, pianist
- Franz Rupp (1901–1992), pianist and accompanist
- Hans Haug (1900–1967), composer, conductor, pianist
- Heinrich Sutermeister (1910–1995), composer
literature
- Theodor Kroyer : Walter Courvoisier , Munich 1929.
- Erich Valentin: Courvoisier, Walter. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 384 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Works by and about Walter Courvoisier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Christoph Ballmer: Walter Courvoisier. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Walter Courvoisier in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Walter Courvoisier's estate in the Basel University Library
- Walter Courvoisier's estate in the archive database of the Swiss National Library
- Audio samples: Lied der Spinnerin op.19,1 and excerpts from Variations and Fugue op.21
- Sheet music and audio files by Walter Courvoisier in the International Music Score Library Project
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Courvoisier, Walter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1875 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Riehen |
DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1931 |
Place of death | Locarno |