Rebay: Complete Music for Clarinet, Flute & Guitar

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Alessandra Alfonsi
Carlo Enrico Sandrini
Marcello Fantoni
Eleonora Mosca
Esteso Trio
Ferdinand Rebay

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Composer Biography

Ferdinand Rebay, an Austrian composer, pianist, conductor, and piano teacher, had Italian roots, with his grandfather emigrating from Italy to Brno in the 18th century.

Composer Biography

Rebay's interest in the guitar was influenced by his niece, concert guitarist Gerta Hammerschmied, to whom he dedicated many of his guitar works, and his friend Jacob Ortner, a guitar professor.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Rebay's compositions are influenced by great masters such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and Schubert, showcasing a refined musical taste and compositional technique.

Composer Biography

Rebay's mother, a former pupil of Anton Bruckner (an Austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, and motets), was his first piano teacher.

Composer Biography

Rebay's graduation work, Erlkönig for large orchestra, was hailed by his teacher Robert Fuchs as the finest work produced in his 29 years of teaching at the Conservatory.

Composer Biography

Rebay studied composition with Robert Fuchs, a composer praised by Johannes Brahms (a German composer and pianist) and teacher of Gustav Mahler (an Austrian late-Romantic composer) and Jean Sibelius (a Finnish composer).

Composer's Artistic Vision

Rebay's style is considered conservative, employing Classical and Baroque forms like Menuett, Scherzo, Rondò, and Variations, and incorporating elements from German and Austrian folklore.