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Walter Braunfels
Sign in to saveGerman composer, pianist, and music educator (1882–1954)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1882
- Died
- 1954
- Works
- 18
Top works
- Don Gil von den grünen Hosen
- Die Vögel
- Introitus und Graduale zur Kleinen Messe vom Allerheiligsten Namen Jesu, für gemischten Chor, Solo-Quartett, Knabenchor, Orgel und grosses Orchester
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1882-12-19
- Active to
- 1954-03-19
composer
Discography
- Die Vögel1997
- String Quartets 1 & 21998
- Phantastische Erscheinungen, op. 25 / Serenade, op. 202005
- Te Deum2007
- Braunfels: Streichquintett / Strauss: Metamorphosen2012
- Volume 2: Symphonic Variations on a French Children’s Song / Sinfonia Brevis / Suite from Der Gläserne Berg2015
- Don Juan Op. 34 / Symphonic Variations On An Old French Nursery Song Op. 152016
- Grosse Messe, op. 372016
- Lieder - Songs2016
- Orchesterlieder Vol. 12016
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- Listeners
- 830
- Total plays
- 8,962
Tags
composerClassicalgermaninstrumentalcontemporary classical
Walter Braunfels (German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ ˈbʁaʊnfɛls]; 19 December 1882 – 19 March 1954) was a German composer, pianist, and music educator. Walter Braunfels was born in Frankfurt am Main. His first music teacher was his mother, the great-niece of the composer Louis Spohr (Levi 2001). He continued his piano studies in Frankfurt at the Hoch Conservatory with James Kwast. Braunfels studied law and economics at the university in Munich until after a performance of Richard Wagner's Tristan und
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Frankfurt
- Place of death
- Cologne
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Hoch Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Iwan Knorr
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- piano
- Conflict
- World War I
- Official website
- www.walter-braunfels.de/wb-html
- Image
- Braunfels-Walter-03(1920).jpg
- Work location
- Cologne
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- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- date of birth
- 1882-12-19
- Commons category
- Walter Braunfels
- date of death
- 1954-03-19
- archives at
- Historical Archive of the City of Cologne
- name in native language
- Walter Braunfels
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