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Walter Courvoisier
Walter Courvoisier (7 February 1875 – 27 December 1931) was a Swiss composer. Life Born in Riehen, Courvoisier was a son of the surgeon Ludwig Georg Courvoisier. He initially studied medicine and
Walter Courvoisier (7 February 1875 – 27 December 1931) was a Swiss composer. Life Born in Riehen, Courvoisier was a son of the surgeon Ludwig Georg Courvoisier. He initially studied medicine and worked as a doctor after obtaining his doctorate. In 1902 he went to Munich to study music. He was a student of Selmar Bagge and Ludwig Thuille - whose son-in-law he became - and then taught at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, first music theory, and later music composition. Courvoisier died in Locarno at the age of 66. Compositions Operas * Lanzelot und Elaine, musical drama in four acts; libretto: Berta Thiersch, pseudonym “Walter Bergh” (1910–12, first performance Munich 1917) * Die Krähen (The Crows), comedy in one act; libretto: Alois Wohlmuth (1919/20, first performance Munich 1920) * Der Sünde Zauberei (The Sin of Magic), opera in one prelude and two scenes; libretto: Joseph von Eichendorff after Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1929, unperformed) online Vocal works * The Muse, for baritone and orchestra op. 4; after Heinrich Leuthold (1903) * Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, ballad for mixed choir and orchestra Op. 5; after Friedrich Schiller (1904) * Der Dinurstrom, ballad for mix
- Era
- Late Romantic
- Lived
- 1875–1931
- From
- Switzerland
- Born in
- Riehen · died Locarno
- Known as
- composer, music educator, university teacher, conductor, physician
- Genres
- opera