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German composer (1872-1944)
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- German Reich
- politician, composer, conductor, university teacher
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2022-06-09 17:51:00
Li-Tai-Pe, Theater Bonn, 4 June 2022
[…] in love and politics, as well as ‘for itself’ and vis-à-vis the public, is lightly yet interestingly examined during the course of a three-act opera that is well proportioned, lasts under two hours, and in no sense overstays its welcome. Rudolf Lothar’s skilful libretto plays no small role in that; opera-goers may known him from Eugen d’Albert’s Tiefland, but there is clearly more to his œuvre, from novels and plays to a libretto (for Paul Graener) on the subject of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. What of Franckenstein? It seems—and here I must note Juliane Brandes’s helpful programme essay—that a crucial figure in placing his musical language is his teacher, Ludwig Thuille, now likewise little known as a composer though he retained currency in German postwar conservatories through his decidedly non-Schoenbergian Harmonielehre. Historically, though, Thuille, whose other pupils included Hermann Abendroth, Walter Braunfels, Rudi Stephan, Ernest Bloch, and Paul von Klenau, […]
Kenneth Woods- A View From the Podium
2012-06-25 14:54:11
CD Review- Robert R. Reilly on Gal and Schumann Third Symphonies
[…] with the Schumann …. This is music for those who thought the world had ended, and who can now discover that it didn’t.” [emphasis added] Reilly’s column (you can read his review of our earlier Gál Violin Concerto disc here ) is on of the more diverse and interesting in its breadth—this month, in addition to Gál, he covers music by Braunfels, Rontgen, Fritz Brun, Felix Weingartner (yes, the conductor), Havergal Brian, Enescu, Wolf-Ferrari, Paul Graener and Paul Juon. Yes, that’s all in one month’s column, and not a mention of celebrity crossover discs in sight.
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