Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born 2 June 1958 in Frankfurt) is a German composer and music philosopher, particularly noted for his contributions to church music.
Life
Brunotte studied music sociology, music psychology, ancient languages, aesthetics, piano, organ, harpsichord, violin, viola, recorder, singing, conducting, and musical composition, as well as electronic music, with (amongst others) Heinz Werner Zimmermann, Lothar Hoffmann-Erbrecht, Hans Peter Haller, Gottfried Michael Koenig, and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
From 1974 to 1977 he held the position of Cantor at the Christuskirche in Bad Homburg, where he later was a lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst (1982–1985). From 1980 to 1986 he was Senior Lecturer at the International Vacation Courses for New Music in Darmstadt, and a member of the Darmstadt Institute for Music and Musical Education. In the 1984–85 year he was Rapporteur für Ernste Musik at the Landsmusikrat Hessen. Once a Jesuit novice, in 1987 he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Since 1993 he has worked at the University of Frankfurt in the Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Musikpädagogik, as well as at the Fachhochschule Frankfurt für elektronische Musik.
He has composed nearly 300 pieces for the most diverse forces.
In addition to his compositional and teaching activities, Brunotte has been involved for decades in academic administration. In May 2012 he stood unsuccessfully against the incumbent, Hans-Eberhard Schurk, in the election for President of the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences.
Select list of compositions
- Apokrypta, for organ (1999)
- Dimensiones orbitalis IV, for harp (2006)
- Dunkelziffer, for maximum-range voice, percussion, and electronic sounds (1997)
- Erdenlicht, in memoriam Marc Chagall, for flute, bassoon, and piano (with assistant)
- Hypotosis … selene …, for a clarinetist, a pianist/percussionist, and electronic sounds (1997)
- In aeternum II, for organ
- Intemporale, for clarinet, piano, and metronome
- Lehis Traum
- Mater dolorosa, for violin and piano
- Nachruf für Werner Heissenberg, electronic and concrete music
- Tangenten, for piano (1975)
- Ultravox I & III
References
- anj. 1994. "Aus der Mülltonne seiner Angst: Kafka-Ehrung in Oberursel". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (10 November). Cited in full in Anon. 1994a.
- Anon. 1988. "Uraufführungen und Konzerte". Der Kirchenmusiker 39, no. 6:236.
- Anon. 1989. "Uraufführungen". Der Kirchenmusiker 40, no. 6:229.
- Anon. 1990. "Uraufführungen". Der Kirchenmusiker 41, no. 2:75–76.
- Anon. 1992a. "Uraufführungen". Der Kirchenmusiker 43, no. 1:30.
- Anon. 1992b. "Uraufführungen". Der Kirchenmusiker 43, no. 4:152.
- Anon. 1994b. "Uraufführungen". Der Kirchenmusiker 45, no. 2:72–73.
- Anon. 1995. "Uraufführungen". Der Kirchenmusiker 46, no. 4:150.
- Anon. 1996. "Uraufführungen". Der Kirchenmusiker 47, no. 1:36–37.
- Anon. 1997. "Uraufführungen". Forum Kirchenmusik, Zeitschrift des Verbandes evangelischer Kirchenmusikerinnen und Kirchenmusiker in Deutschland 48, no. 2:74–75.
- Anon. 1998. "Uraufführungen". Forum Kirchenmusik, Zeitschrift des Verbandes evangelischer Kirchenmusikerinnen und Kirchenmusiker in Deutschland 49 (January–February): 34.
- Anon. 1999. "Uraufführungen". Forum Kirchenmusik, Zeitschrift des Verbandes evangelischer Kirchenmusikerinnen und Kirchenmusiker in Deutschland 50 (Nov–Dec): 262–63.
- Anon. 2000a. "Uraufführungen". Forum Kirchenmusik, Zeitschrift des Verbandes evangelischer Kirchenmusikerinnen und Kirchenmusiker in Deutschland 51 (March–April): 32.
- Anon. 2000b. "Uraufführungen". Forum Kirchenmusik, Zeitschrift des Verbandes evangelischer Kirchenmusikerinnen und Kirchenmusiker in Deutschland 51 (May–June): 28–29.
- Müller, J. Christian. 2004. "Tag der offenen Tür". Nachrichten der Kirche (February): 11–12.
Footnotes
- ^ "Ton In Ton—'Kafka singt DA'". Ton In Ton website (in German). 10 November 1994. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ^ Nordin, Ingvar Loco. "Karl Gottfried Brunotte". Sonoloco website (accessed 17 December 2013).
- ^ "Höhepunkt der Orgelmusik". Taunus Zeitung—Frankfurter Neue Presse 21 December 2007.
- Knab, Eva Maria. "Geheimnis um dritten Kandidaten ist gelüftet". Augsburger Allgemeine (29 April 2012) (accessed 17 December 2013).
- . "Hochschulpräsident: Karl-Gottfried Brunotte: Zur Person". Augsburger Allgemeine (29 April 2012) (accessed 17 December 2013).
External links
- The composer's own professional XING-profile: http://www.xing.com/profile/KarlGottfried_BrunOtte
- "Karl Gottfried Brunotte". Lothringer Verlag für Bühne und Musik (publisher's website, accessed 18 February 2010) (in German)
- Nordin, Ingvar Loco. "review of Nachruf für Werner Heissenberg (CD)". Sonoloco website (accessed 17 December 2013)
- Karl Gottfried Brunotte: Hypotosis…selene… (1997) on YouTube, world premiere from 2004, performed by Peter W. Schatt, clarinet, and Christian Nagel, piano and percussion (accessed 17 December 2013).
- 1958 births
- Living people
- 20th-century German classical composers
- 21st-century German classical composers
- Pupils of Karlheinz Stockhausen
- German male classical composers
- 20th-century German male musicians
- 21st-century German male musicians
- Academic staff of the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
- Academic staff of the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences