Walter Courvoisier
Walter Courvoisier 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 76.Compositions
Operas
- Lanzelot und Elaine, musical drama in four acts; libretto: Berta Thiersch, pseudonym "Walter Bergh"
- Die Krähen, comedy in one act; libretto: Alois Wohlmuth
- Der Sünde Zauberei, opera in one prelude and two scenes; libretto: Joseph von Eichendorff after Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Vocal works
- The Muse, for baritone and orchestra op. 4; after Heinrich Leuthold
- Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, ballad for mixed choir and orchestra Op. 5; after Friedrich Schiller
- Der Dinurstrom, ballad for mixed choir and orchestra op. 11; after Wilhelm Hertz
- Das Schlachtschiff Téméraire , Ballad for male chorus and orchestra Op. 12; after Detlev von Liliencron
- Auferstehung, Cantata for four soloists, mixed choir and orchestra op. 26; after words of the Bible, arranged by Alfred Bertholet
- Three Choirs a cappella Op. 33; after Joseph von Eichendorff
- Five Songs for mixed choir a cappella Op. 34
Lieder with piano accompaniment
- Sechs Lieder für tiefe Stimme op. 1
- Sieben Lieder op. 2
- Acht Gedichte von Anna Ritter op. 3
- Sechs Lieder op. 6
- Fünf Lieder für tiefe Stimme op. 7
- Sieben Gedichte von Peter Cornelius op. 8
- Sechs Gedichte von Theodor Storm op. 9
- Zwei Gedichte von Theodor Storm, Vier Gedichte von Klaus Groth op. 13
- Fünf Gedichte von Wilhelm Hertz op. 14
- Drei Gedichte von Emanuel Geibel op. 15
- Fünf Gedichte von Friedrich Hebbel op. 16
- Fünf Gedichte von Peter Cornelius op. 17
- Zwei Sonette von Michelangelo und altitalienisches Sonett op. 18
- Sieben Gedichte von Emanuel Geibel op. 19
- Sieben alte deutsche Gedichte op. 23
- Gedichte von Hermann Hesse op. 24
- Geistliche Lieder in fünf Bänden op. 27
- Kleine Lieder zu Kinderreimen in four volumes op. 28
- Lieder auf alte Deutsche Gedichte op. 29
Instrumental works
Sonatina for piano Op.
- Piano Trio Op.
- Symphonic Prologue to Carl Spitteler's Olympic Spring for Orchestra Op. 10
- Passacaglia and Fugue in B flat minor for piano op. 20
- Variations and Fugue on a separate theme in E flat major for piano Op. 21
- Variations on an own theme D major for piano Op. 22
- Festival Overture for Orchestra
- Six Suites for violin solo Op. 31
- Slow movement for string quartet Op.
Students
- Dora Pejačević, composer
- Max Butting, composer
- Gerhart von Westerman, composer
- Robert Gerhard, composer
- Paul Ben-Haim, composer, conductor
- Albert Moeschinger
- Walter Simon Huber, music teacher, organist and choir director
- Willy Burkhard, composer
- Hermann Reutter, composer, pianist
- Franz Rupp, pianist and accompanist
- Hans Haug, composer, conductor, pianist
- Heinrich Sutermeister, composer
