Ave Maria Op. 52/6
cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Composer: music: Max Bruch (1838-1920), 1889
text: Heinrich Bluthaupt
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Ave Maria Op.52/6 (soprano) from Das Feuerkreuz, Op. 52 |
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Ave Maria Op.61 for cello + piano/ orchestra (BL)(UCLID) |
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Ave Maria, movement #6 cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra, in Op.
52Das Feuerkreuz,
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Ave Maria (Segal)
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A
biographical dictionary of musicians (ed.
Theodore Baker)
G. Schirmer, 1905 - Biography & Autobiography - 695 pages |
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Bruch Max dramatic choral and instrumental composer and
pianist born at Cologne Jan 6 1S3S His mother nee Almen rader a singer was
his first instructor 1 le afterwards studied with Breidenstein at Bonn In
1S53 llc gained the four year scholarship of the Mozart Foundation at
Frankfort and became a pupil of Ferdinand Hiller Reinecke and Breuning At
fourteen years of age he brought out a symphony at Cologne and in 1S58 in
the same city produced his first dramatic work Goethe's Singspiel Scherz
List und Roche op 1 In 1 861 he visited Berlin Leipzig Vienna Dresden Munich
and Mannheim where he remained until 1S64 producing an opera Loreley
composed to the libretto Geibel had written for Mendelssohn Here he also
composed his choral work for men's voices Frithjof which on a tour in 1864
65 was given with genuine artistic and popular success at Aix Leipzig and
Vienna At Koblenz 1S65 67 he wrote his first violin concerto G minor a
favorite with all violinists In Berlin where he resided 1871 73 he produced
in 1872 with but scanty success his opera Iftrmione based on Shakespeare's
Winter's Tale From 1S73 78 with the exception of two artistic journeys to
England he remained at Bonn devoting himself to composition and producing
the choral works Arniinius and Lied von tier ilocke and the second violin
concerto in I minor In 1883 Bruch visited the United States and brought out
his A rminius at Boston Bruch's chief claim to distinction lies in his
development of the epic cantata a branch of composition to which
comparatively little attention had been paid Among his works in this line
for soli mixed chorus and orchestra are Odysseus Arniinius Lied von der
Glocke Achilleus and for male chorus Frithjof Salamis Normannenzug and Leoni
diis op 66 Beautiful sound effects and clear melodious invention are
prominent characteristics of his style Among his smaller works A ol NidrH a
Hebrew melody for violoncello has become popular He has also written the
cantata Das Feuerkrcuz op 52 1888 the oratorio Moses 1895 a third violin
concerto in D minor op 61 and three symphonies Bruch practised as a music
teacher at Cologne 185S 61 was musical director at Koblenz 1065 67 and court
Kapelim at Sondershausen 1867 70 In 1S78 he succeeded Stockhausen as
conductor of the Stern Choral Union Berlin in 1880 Benedict as conductor of
the Philharmonic Society Liverpool and in 1883 Bernard Scholz in the
direction of the Orchestral Society at Breslau He remained in Breslau until
1S90 and in 1892 he succeeded von Herzogenberg as director in the branch of
composition at the Royal Hochschule in Berlin In 1SS1 B married the singer
Fraulein Tuc zek of Berlin |
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