"En Saga," Opus 9; "Karelia Overture," Opus 10; "Der Schwan von Tuonela"
and "Lemmenkainen zieht heimwarts," Opus 22; "Finlandia," Opus 26;
"Suite King Christiern II," Opus 27; "Pohjohla's Daughter," Opus 49;
"Naechtlicher Ritt und Sonnenaufgang," Opus 55; "Scenes historiques,"
Opus 66; "Die Okeaniden," Opus 72. Some fifty songs, etc., etc.
LOEFFLER
Charles Martin Loeffler was born in Muelhausen, Alsace, January 30, 1861.
He studied the violin under Massart and Leonard in Paris, and under
Joachim in Berlin. He studied composition with Guirand in Paris. Played
violin in Pasdeloup's orchestra, then in the orchestras at Nice and
Lugano. From 1883 till 1903 he was second leader in the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. Since 1903 he has been devoting himself completely to
composition. He is living at present in Medford, Massachusetts.
His compositions include: Suite for violin and orchestra, "Les Viellees
de l'Ukraine," 1891; Concerto for cello, 1894; Divertissement for
orchestra, 1895; "La Mort de Tintagiles," 1897; "Divertissement
espagnol" for orchestra and saxaphone; "La Villanelle du Diable"; "A
Pagan Poem"; "Hora mystica"; "Psalm 137"; "To One Who Fell in Battle";
Two rhapsodies for oboe, viola and pianoforte; String-sextet;
String-quartet; Music for Four Stringed Instruments; Songs on poems by
Baudelaire, Verlaine, Yeats, Rossetti, Lodge, Kahn, etc.
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