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Willy Burkhard
12+ albums
Classicalcontemporary classicalswitzerlandcomposer
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Willy Burkhard was an extremely influential composer of the 20th century. Burkhard was born on April 17, 1900 in canton of Berne, Switzerland, which is the second largest canton in all of Switzerland. He attended and graduated from a teachers’ training college called the Muristalden and went on to study with E. Graf in Berne. His studies led him even further in his travels including Leipzig to study piano with Robert Teichmüller and composition with Sigfrid Karg-Elert. After Leipzig he moved on to Munich to study with Walter Courvoisier and later to Paris to work with Max d’Ollone. It wasn’t until1924 that he began teaching composition, theory and the piano in Berne. He was appointed to the conservatory there in 1928. He conducted several choirs and small orchestras there. In 1933 due to health reasons, he was compelled to live for several years in Montana and Davos for his own good. He settled in Zürich in 1942 and taught composition and music theory at the conservatory there. In 1950 he received a prize from the Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein or the Swiss Association of Musicians. Although Burkhard’s main interest was to compose for the voice, he is most commonly known mainly to have renovated church music. After his illness, the kindness and compassion that he received from his friends and loved ones led him to become deeply humbled and turn to religion. He wrote a large number of cantatas based on spiritual and biblical texts. Some of the reasons that he was partial
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Suite for Solo Flute, Op. 98: I. Tranquillo
222Violin Sonata, Op. 78: I. Introduction: Moderato, poco sostenuto - Allegro
153Violin Sonata, Op. 78: III. Intermezzo: Adagio - Allegro
154Violin Sonata, Op. 78: II. Lento - Allegro
145Violin Sonata, Op. 78: IV. Finale: Allegretto grazioso
146Suite for Solo Flute, Op. 98: II. Dialog
147Suite for Solo Flute, Op. 98: III. Lied
138Suite for Solo Flute, Op. 98: IV. Allegro agitato
129Konzert für Viola und Orchester, Op. 93: II. Lento, sempre poco rubato
1110Serenade für Flöte, Klarinette, Fagott, Horn, Harfe, Violine, Viola und Kontrabass, Op. 77: II. Carillon
8albums
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Willy Burkhard: Viola-Konzert, Op. 93, Sonate für Solo-Viola, Op. 59, Kleine Serenade, Op. 15 & Serenade, Op. 77
Lyrische Aspekte unseres Jahrhunderts
Burkhard: Die sintflut / Christi leidensverkundigung / Choral-Triptychon / Ezzolied
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Music for Solo Flute
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Das Gesicht Jesajas / Das Jahr
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Werke für Flöte Solo
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Music For Flute & Guitar
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Eternité
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Duo 2XM
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Willy Burkhard: Messe, Op. 85
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Recital of Swiss Composers for Violin & Harpsichord
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