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Fritz Brase
Friedrich Wilhelm Anton Brase, known as Fritz Brase (; 4 May 1875 – 1 December 1940), was a German military bandmaster, conductor, and composer who was mainly active in Dublin, Ireland, as leader of
Friedrich Wilhelm Anton Brase, known as Fritz Brase (; 4 May 1875 – 1 December 1940), was a German military bandmaster, conductor, and composer who was mainly active in Dublin, Ireland, as leader of the first Army School of Music in the Irish Free State. Life Brase was the son of a miller born in Egestorf near Hanover, Germany. Brase studied at the Conservatory of Music at Leipzig where his teachers included Carl Reinecke, Hans Sitt, and Salomon Jadassohn. In 1923 he emigrated to Ireland, The family moved to accommodation in Beggars Bush Barracks and later bought their own house in the Dublin suburb of Sandymount. In 1940, Brase died the day after he retired and was interred in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, when the No. 1 Irish Army Band played. His daughter Mona, who died on 2 November 2014, is also buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery. A street in Münster is named Braseweg in his memory. In 1911, he was appointed conductor of the 1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers, “one of the most prestigious positions in the world of German military music”. He also directed the Military Music School in Dublin. Having failed to find a potential Frenchman and wanting to avoid a British appoint
- Era
- Late Romantic
- Lived
- 1875–1940
- From
- German Reich (now Germany)
- Born in
- Egestorf · died Dublin
- Known as
- composer, chapelmaster, musician