August Brunetti-Pisano

August Brunetti-Pisano (October 24, 1870 St. Gilgen - September 1, 1943 Salzburg) was an Austrian composer.

He was Georg Trakl's piano teacher. He was for a long time the president of the "Kunstgesellschaft Pan" ("Society of Arts Pan") in Salzburg. In 1926 the "Brunetti-Gesellschaft" ("Brunetti Society") was founded in Vienna.

As a Late Romantic he struggled all his life for recognition, but with little success. Since 2005 he has been rediscovered, especially in Salzburg.

Works

*"Präludium" for the drama "Die versunkene Glocke" by Gerhart Hauptmann (1897)
*"Venezianische Symphonie" (1904, won an award)
*"Peter Schlemihl" (opera based on the fairy tale "Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte" by Adelbert von Chamisso, was presented on stage in 1908 at Ludwigsburg)
*"Das klagende Lied" (1908, opera based on the fairy tale "Der singende Knochen" from the Brothers Grimm's collection; not to be confused with the cantata "Das klagende Lied" by Gustav Mahler which is another adaptation based on the same fairy tale)
*"Liebesopfer" (opera)
*"Djenaneh" (opera)
*"Österreichischer Bundesmarsch" ("Austrian Federal March")
*"Intermezzo" for violin and organ (1926)
*"Dem Vaterland" for male choir (1927, dedicated to the Austrian National Library)
*"Romanze" for violin and piano (1928, Brunetti-Gesellschaft, Salzburg/Vienna) [ [http://www.antikvariat.net/get/search.cgi?open=FOG26423 Antikvariat.net - Shopping bag - Antiquarian Books in Scandinavia ] at www.antikvariat.net]
*"Dithyrambe" for choir (1928, text by Klopstock)
*"Symphony in D Major"

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