Alexander Brott

Alexander Brott, CM, CQ ( Joël Brod, born March 14, 1915 in Montreal, † April 1, 2005 ) was a Canadian composer, conductor, violinist and music teacher.

Life

Brott received his first violin lessons from Eugene Schneider and Alfred De Sève and entered already eleven years old as a soloist in a Vaudeville on. After studying at McGill University in Maurice Onderet and Douglas Clarke, he was from 1934 to 1939 at the Juilliard School of Music student of Sascha Jacobsen, Willem Willeke, Bernard Wagenaar and Albert Stoessel.

Before and after studies at the Juilliard School, he was a member of the Montreal Orchestra, in addition he has performed concert tours and on the radio as a soloist and formed with Edmond Trudel and Jean Belland the Montreal trio. In the late 1930s he received awards as a chamber musician and composer.

From 1939 to 1985 Brott taught at McGill University, first violin, orchestration and composition, later, composition and music literature. Since 1974 he was composer-in -residence here. 1939 Brott also founded the Orchestre de chambre McGill. With the CBC trio with John Newmark and Roland Leduc he recorded the first complete recording of the Beethoven Trios for the CBC.

With the Montreal Orchestra played Brott, 1939, the premiere of his symphonic poem Oracle, with which he established his reputation as a composer. From 1945 to 1958 he served as concertmaster, in addition to 1961 over and over again as a conductor of the " Montreal Symphony Orchestra". 1948-1949 he toured as a violinist and conductor throughout Europe, where he led numerous world premieres of works by Canadian composers; later he also undertook tours of Europe with the McGill Chamber Orchestra, which he founded in 1945.

Since the 1950s, Brott concentrated on composition and conducting. He worked around the world as a guest conductor and led for the first time in Canada of Bach 's Brandenburg Concertos, Handel's Concerti grossi and Ralph Vaughan Williams ' Pastoral on.

Finally, Brott was 1965-1981 artistic director of the " Kingston Symphony ", then until 1990, the Kingston Pops Concerts. In 1985 he founded the Montreal Young Virtuosi, an orchestra of fifteen young instrumentalists whose guidance he in 2000 his son Boris Brott handed.

Brott was married to the cellist Lotte Brott. His older son Boris was known as a conductor and violinist, his younger son Denis Brott as a cellist.

Works

  • Oracle for orchestra, 1938
  • Laurentian Idyll for string orchestra, 1940
  • Characteristic Dance for Violin and Orchestra, 1940
  • Invocation and Dance for Violin and Piano, 1941
  • Suite for Piano, 1941
  • Ritual for string quartet and string orchestra, 1942
  • Lullaby and Procession of Toys for string orchestra or quartet, 1943
  • War and Peace for orchestra, 1944
  • Songs of Contemplation for high voice and string orchestra, 1945
  • Concordia for orchestra, 1946
  • From Sea to Sea for orchestra, 1947
  • Berceuse for piano, 1947
  • Delightful Delusions for orchestra, 1950
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Lammer, 1950
  • Critics' Corner for string quartet and percussion, 1950
  • Vignettes en caricature for piano, 1952
  • Israël for choir, 1952
  • A Royal Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II for orchestra, 1953
  • Sept for Seven for narrator, clarinet, saxophone, violin, viola, cello and piano, 1954
  • Analogy in Anagram for orchestra, 1955
  • Israël for choir and strings, 1956
  • Arabesque for cello and chamber orchestra, 1957
  • The Vision of Dry Bones for baritone and strings, 1958
  • From the Hazel Bough for medium voice and Strings, 1959
  • Three Astral Visions for string orchestra, 1959
  • Spheres in Orbit for orchestra, 1960
  • The Prophet for soprano, tenor and piano, 1960
  • Three Acts for Four Sinners for saxophone quartet, 1961
  • Berceuse for saxophone quartet, 1962
  • Martlet 's Muse for orchestra, 1962
  • Mutual Salvation Orgy for wind quintet, 1962
  • World Sophisticate for soprano, wind quintet and percussion, 1962
  • Three on a Spree for Flute, Oboe and Harpsichord, 1963
  • Circle, Triangle, Four Squares for string orchestra, 1963
  • Profundum praedictum for Violin or Cello and Strings, 1964
  • Elie, Elie Lama Sabachtani for choir, 1964
  • La Corriveau, Ballet, 1966
  • Paraphrase in Polyphony for orchestra, 1967
  • Centennial cerebration for narrator, female choir and strings, 1967
  • Centennial Colloquy for wind instruments and percussion, 1967
  • Fun- Ethics -S for choir, 1968
  • The Emperor's New Clothes (after Hans Christian Andersen ) for narrator and orchestra, 1970
  • Tout de suite for cello, 1970
  • Mini -minus for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, double bass and percussion, 1971
  • Spasms for Six for six percussionists, 1971
  • Saxi - foni - Satie for saxophone quartet, 1972
  • Satie 's Faction for string quartet, 1973
  • How Thunder and Lightning Came to Be ( Inuit legend ) for narrator, percussion, piano and chamber ensemble, 1972; for soprano, bass, speakers, children's choir and orchestra, 1973
  • Psalmody for Cello, 1973
  • Indian Legends for soprano, baritone and piano, 1973
  • Songs of the Central Eskimos for soprano, baritone and piano, 1973
  • Cupid's Quandary for violin, strings and percussion, 1975
  • Evocative Provocations for Cello and Orchestra, 1975
  • H.B.S. for orchestra, 1975
  • Bacchi - Annus - Handle for orchestra, 1976
  • E Dai P Milo for string orchestra, 1976
  • Shofar for Cello, 1976
  • Double Entente for string quartet, 1976
  • Time's Trials Triumph for choir, 1976
  • Millennium Prelude for Strings 2000
  • Millennium Sinfonietta for String Orchestra and Wind, 2002
  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • Canadian Composer
  • Teacher ( 20th century)
  • Educator ( 21st century)
  • Music teacher
  • Conductor
  • Classical violinist
  • Canadian musicians
  • Member of the Order of Canada
  • Knight of the Ordre national du Québec
  • Born in 1915
  • Died in 2005
  • Man
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