Joseph Marx, an Austrian composer, teacher, and critic, composed most of his 120 or so songs during a four-year period from 1908 to 1912.
Composer Biography
Bruno Walter, known as a conductor, was also a published composer with a highly-regarded Violin Sonata, a String Quartet, numerous songs, and a Mahlerian-scaled Symphony.
Cultural Impact
Richard Strauss's song "Traum durch die Dämmerung" was chosen to represent the composer in the Works of Peace section of his tone poem "Ein Heldenleben."
Composition History
Richard Strauss's song "Das Rosenband" is a rare instance of him setting a poem already known in another musical setting, specifically by Franz Schubert.
Composition History
Joseph Marx, the Austrian composer, intentionally set poems that Hugo Wolf had omitted from his famous Italienisches Liederbuch.
Composer Biography
Bruno Walter's career as a composer ended in his mid-thirties due to a crushing workload, a hostile press, and perhaps a realization he would not be a first-rank composer.
Critical Reception
Although Bruno Walter's compositions are largely forgotten today, his Violin Sonata and finest songs are considered worthy of revival by his biographers Erik Ryding and Rebecca Pechefsky.
