Richard Flury

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Richard Flury (Biberist, 26 March 1896 - 23 December 1967) was a Swiss composer and conductor. [1] His composition teachers were Hans Huber in Switzerland and Joseph Marx in Vienna. After studying abroad he returned to Switzerland, took a conducting course with Felix Weingartner in Basel, and then became a music teacher at his old school, the Solothurn Canton School, where he stayed for over 30 years, until 1961. He conducted the Solothurn City Orchestra from 1919 until 1949, also conducting various other local orchestras and choirs, playing in dance bands [2] and teaching violin. [1]

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He was also a prolific composer in multiple genres, starting around 1911 and continuing until his death. His style generally remained within the neo-Romantic tradition. [3] There are four operas, four violin concertos, five symphonies, seven string quartets, eight masses, 11 violin sonatas and around 180 songs. He wrote a biography, Lebenserinnerungen (1950), which includes worklists. [4]

Toccata Classics have issued six CDs of his music. [5] His son, the musician and composer Urs Joseph Flury (born 1941) established the Richard Flury Foundation in 1996 to mark his father's centenary. [6]

Selected works

Symphonic and Concertante

Chamber

Instrumental

Vocal and choral

Opera and ballet

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References

  1. 1 2 Chris Walton. Richard Flury: The Life and Music of a Swiss Romantic (Toccata Press, 2017)
  2. 20th Century Foxtrots – Vol 5 (Switzerland), Gottlieb Wallisch, Grand Piano GP922 (2023)
  3. Richard Flury: Catalogue of Works
  4. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 7th. ed. (1984)
  5. Richard Flury, Toccata Classics
  6. Richard Flury Foundation

Sound recordings of works of the composer from the archives of Swiss Radio SRG SSR on Neo.Mx3