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Felix Draeseke
12+ albums
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Felix August Bernhard Draeseke (October 7, 1835 – February 26, 1913) was a composer of the "New German School" admiring Liszt and Richard Wagner. He wrote compositions in most forms including eight operas and stage works, four symphonies, and much vocal and chamber music. Felix Draeseke was born in the Franconian ducal town of Coburg, Germany. He was attracted to music early in life and wrote his first composition at age 8. He encountered no opposition from his family when, in his mid-teens, he declared his intention of becoming a professional musician. A few years at the Leipzig conservatory did not seem to benefit his development, but after one of the early performances of Wagner's Lohengrin he was won to the camp of the New German School centered around Franz Liszt at Weimar, where he stayed from 1856 (arriving just after Joachim Raff's departure) to 1861. In 1862 Draeseke left Germany and made his way to Switzerland, teaching in the Suisse Romande in the area around Lausanne. Upon his return to Germany in 1876, Draeseke chose Dresden as his place of residence. Though he continued having success in composition, it was only in 1884 that he received an official appointment to the Dresden conservatory and, with it, some financial security. In 1894, two years after his promotion to a professorship at the Royal Saxon Conservatory, at the age of 58, he married his former pupil Frida Neuhaus. In 1912 he completed his final orchestral work, the Fourth Symphony. On February 26, 19
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Petite Histoire, Op. 9: No. 1, Rêve de bonheur
1862String Quintet in F Major, Op. 77: I. Langsam und düster
1523Clarinet Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 38: I. Allegro moderato
734String Quintet in F Major, Op. 77: III. Langsam und getragen
405Clarinet Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 38: II. Adagio ma non troppo
396Piano Quintet in B-Flat Major, Op. 48: I. Allegro con brio ma non troppo vivace
357Adagio in A Minor, Op. 31
338Petite Histoire, Op. 9: No. 3, Incertitude
319String Quintet in F Major, Op. 77: II. Scherzo: Sehr schnell und prickelnd
3010Symphonia Tragica, Op. 40: I. Andante - Allegro risoluto
28albums
Draeseke: Chamber Works
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Draeseke: Rêve de bonheur
Draeseke: Clarinet Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 38
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Draeseke: Lieder
Draeseke: Symphony No. 2 - Serenade in D major
Draeseke: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 - Gudrun Overture
Draeseke: Symphony No. 3, "Tragica" - Funeral March
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Draeseke: String Quartets, Vol. 2
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Draeseke: Piano Concerto & Symphony No. 1
Draeseke: Symphonia Tragica
Draeseke: String Quartets, Vol. 1
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Piano Concerto No. 1 (Claudius Tanski, George Hanson, Wuppertaler Sinfoniker)