Name Fritz Brun | Role Conductor | |
Died November 29, 1959, Grosshochstetten, Switzerland Education Hochschule fur Musik und Tanz Koln Similar People Volkmar Andreae, Othmar Schoeck, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Honegger, Frank Martin | ||
Fritz Brun - Symphony No.2 in B-flat major (1911)
Fritz Brun (18 August 1878 – 29 November 1959) was a Swiss conductor and composer of classical music.
Brun was born in Lucerne. He was a student of Franz Wullner at the conservatory at Cologne, and studied piano and theory there until 1902. The following year he became a piano teacher at the music school in Bern. From 1909 until 1943, he led the symphony concerts of the Bernischen Musikgesellschaft, and was conductor of the choral society and lieder group there. From 1926 to 1940, additionally, he was the vice-president of the Swiss music society Tonkunstlerverein. In June 1941 Brun retired, except for occasional returns to conducting. He dedicated his first violin sonata to violinist Adele Bloesch-Stocker.
In 1912 Brun married Hanna Rosenmund, and three children were born to their marriage. He died in Grosshochstetten.
His compositions include ten symphonies, of which a complete series is in progress (as of 2012) on the Guild Music CD label, others on LP and elsewhere:
Also there is a piano concerto in A (1946), a cello concerto in D minor (1947), a Symphonic Prolog for Orchestra (1942), four string quartets (E♭ major, 1898; G major, 1921; F major, 1943; D major, 1949), a piano quintet (1902), and three piano and string sonatas - two for piano with violin (D minor, 1906 and D major, 1951), one with cello (1920, 1951, 1952), and other works for various ensembles.