Walter Courvoisier

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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

literature

Web links

personal data
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