(Maks Brookh) 1838–1920 German composer Bruch studied first with his mother, a soprano, and then with Ferdinand Hiller (1811–85) in Cologne. He held conducting posts across Germany, as well as with the Liverpool Philharmonic Society (1880–83), and a professorship at the Berlin Academy from 1891. Late in his career he received honorary doctorates from the universities of Cambridge and ...
love song with a German folk poem into an exquisite slow waltz, its tenderness directed equally towards mother and child. Introduction | Late Romantic | Classical Personalities | Max Bruch | Late Romantic | Classical ...
1872–1958 English composer Vaughan Williams studied with Parry, Stanford and, in Berlin, with Bruch, but was slow to find his unique personal voice. This was released by his study of English folksong (which he began collecting in 1903) and of Tudor church music, and by a further period of study with Ravel in 1908. He realized ...
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