Jan Brandts Buys
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Jan Willem Frans Brandts Buys (
His father was an organ player in the town of Zutphen in the Netherlands, where Jan was born. He studied at the Raff Conservatory in Frankfurt and in 1892 settled in Vienna, where he got to know Johannes Brahms, who, along with Edvard Grieg, praised his early works. His piano concerto won an important international prize and such famous artists as Lilli Lehmann often included his songs on the same program with those of Franz Schubert.
Work
Brandts Buys' oeuvre comprises piano pieces, organ pieces, chamber music, orchestral music, songs, pieces for choir and cantatas, operas and many arrangements - such as piano arrangements of all the symphonies of Schubert and Beethoven).
However, his reputation today mainly rests on his comic operas and
References
- ^ ”Zoellner Quartet Plays: Displays Ability on Its First Appearance Here,” The New York Times, January 8, 1914.
- ^ University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa Digital Library, advertisement for Zoellner Quartet from Musical America, August 16, 1919, accessed June 3, 2012.
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External links
- Brandts Buys: Romantische Serenade for String Quartet, Op.25 Soundbites and information.
- Free scores by Jan Brandts Buys at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)