Richard Flury: The Life and Music of a Swiss Romantic

by Chris Walton

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The late-Romantic composer Richard Flury (1896-1967) was born in Biberist, a tiny town outside the Baroque city of Solothurn in northern Switzerland. He went to school in Solothurn, later taught there, conducted its orchestra, andhad his operas and ballets performed at the local theatre by its semi-professional ensemble.

But Flury was more than just another conservative composer stuck in the provinces. His teachers included Ernst Kurth and JosephMarx of Vienna, and his music was performed by conductors such as Felix Weingartner and Hermann Scherchen and star instrumentalists like Wilhelm Backhaus and Georg Kulenkampff. His first opera was...Read more
  • ISBN10 0907689442
  • ISBN13 9780907689447
  • Publish Date 17 March 2017
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Toccata Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 320
  • Language English