- Volkmar Andreae
Volkmar Andreae (
July 5 ,1879 inBern -June 19 ,1962 inZürich ) was a Swiss conductor and composer.Andreae received piano instruction as a child and his first lessons in composition with
Karl Munzinger . From 1897 to 1900, he studied at theCologne Conservatory and was a student ofFritz Brun ,Franz Wüllner , andFriedrich Wilhelm Franke . In 1900 he was a soloist tutor at theMunich Hofoper. In 1902 he took over the leadership of the Mixed Choir of Zürich ("Gemischten Chores Zürich"), where he remained until 1949, also leading the "Stadtsängerverein Winterthur" from 1902 to 1914 and the "Männerchores Zürich" from 1904 to 1914.From 1906 to 1949 he led the
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich (Tonhalle-Orchester) and from 1914 to 1939 the Conservatory of Zürich. Later he worked as freelance composer inVienna and worked internationally as a conductor (especially with the works ofAnton Bruckner ). He composed opera, symphony and chamber music, a Piano, violin, and oboe concert, piano music, as well as choir music and songs.Work
* Piano Trio No.1 in f minor, Op.1
* Piano Trio No.2 in E flat Major, Op.14
* String Quartet No.1 in B flat Major, Op.9
* String Quartet No.2, Op.33
* String Trio in d minor, Op.29
*"Vater unser" for Mezzo soprano, women's choir and organ
*"Das Göttliche" for Tenor, choir and orchestra, 1900
*"Charons Nachen" for soloists, choir, and orchestra, 1901
*"Schutzgeister", Cantata, 1904
*"Ratcliff", Opera, 1914
*"Abenteuer des Casanova", Opera, 1924
*"Li-Tai-Pe", Eight chinese singins for tenor and orchestras, 1931
*"La cité sur la montagne", festival music, 1942External links
* [http://www.editionsilvertrust.com/music-books-a-to-g.htm Volkmar Andreae sound-bites from chamber music works and short bio]
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