Tag: Walter Braunfels
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Music critic Jens F. Laurson plays and discusses excerpts from the music of Walter Braunfels
Walter Braunfels (b Frankfurt, 19 Dec 1882; d Cologne, 19 March 1954) was an important composer in Germany in the 1920’s and 30’s until his music was banned as “degenerate” and he was branded a half–Jew. Most famous as a composer of opera and oratorio, he also wrote several significant orchestral and chamber pieces. Largely…
Deal W. Hudson 