Bruno Walter's Piano Quintet in F sharp minor is dedicated to Nina Spiegler, who almost became Mahler's sister-in-law and whose salon gathered leading Viennese intellectuals.
Composition History
Bruno Walter was a founder member of the Vereinigung schaffender Tonkünstler (Society of Creative Musicians), an initiative modeled on the Vienna Secession and driven by Alexander von Zemlinsky and Arnold Schoenberg, with Gustav Mahler as honorary president.
Composer Biography
Bruno Walter, remembered as a great 20th-century conductor, also considered himself a 'creative' musician, similar to his friend and role model Gustav Mahler.
Composition History
The autograph score of Bruno Walter's Piano Quintet, with his corrections and annotations, is owned by Viennese architect and music-lover Klaus Furthner, who encouraged its publication.
Historical Context
Arnold Rosé, to whom Bruno Walter dedicated his Violin Sonata, had to leave Austria after the 1938 Anschluss to avoid racial persecution.
Composition History
Bruno Walter's Sonata for violin and piano in A major was his final chamber music composition and the only one published during his lifetime.
Notable Performances
The Rosé Quartet, led by Arnold Rosé (first violinist of the Vienna Philharmonic), gave the premiere of Bruno Walter's Piano Quintet in 1905 with the composer at the piano.
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