Robert Fuchs
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Robert Fuchs (February 15, 1847 – February 19, 1927) was an Austrian composer and Professor of music theory at the Vienna Conservatory. He was born in Frauental and died in Vienna at the age of eighty. He was the brother of Johann Fuchs, who was also a composer and conductor, primarily of operas.
Robert Fuchs taught many notable composers, including Gustav Mahler, Hugo Wolf, Jean Sibelius, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Erich Korngold, Franz Schmidt, Franz Schreker, Richard Heuberger, Leo Fall, and Erkki Melartin.
"Unfailingly tuneful and enjoyable, Robert Fuchs’s piano trios are an easily accessible way to get to know a composer whom Brahms greatly admired," noted the magazine Gramophone. "In his time Fuchs was very highly regarded, with one critic famously pointing to Fuchsisms in Mahler’s Second Symphony."
In his lifetime, his best known works were his five serenades; their popularity was so great that Fuchs acquired the nickname "Serenaden-Fuchs" (roughly, "Serenading Fox").
List of compositions
Orchestral
- Symphonies
- *Symphony No.1 in C major, Op.37
- *Symphony No.2 in E♭major, Op.45
- *Symphony No.3 in E major, Op.79
- Serenades
- *Serenade for string orchestra No.1 in D major, Op.9
- *Serenade for string orchestra No.2 in C major, Op.14
- *Serenade for string orchestra No.3 in E minor, Op.21
- *Serenade for string orchestra and 2 horns in G minor, Op.51
- *Serenade for small orchestra in D major, Op. 53
- Andante grazioso & Capriccio for string orchestra, Op.63
- Piano Concerto in B♭ minor, Op.27
Vocal
- Operas
- *Die Königsbraut, in 3 acts, Op.46 (1889) (librettist: Ignaz Schnitzer) premiered in Vienna ([link])
- *Die Teufelsglocke, in 3 acts (w/o Op.) (1891) (librettist: Bernhard Buchbinder)
- Choral works
- *Mass in G, Op. 108
- *Mass in D minor, Op. 116
- *Mass in F, without Opus number
Chamber
- Quintets
- *Quintet for clarinet and string quartet in E♭ major, Op.102
- Quartets
- *String Quartet No.1 in E major, Op.58
- *String Quartet No.2 in A minor, Op.62
- *String Quartet No.3 in C major, Op.71
- *String Quartet No.4 in A major, Op.106
- *Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.15
- *Piano Quartet No.2 in B minor, Op.75
- Trios
- *Trio in F♯ minor for violin, viola, and piano, Op.115
- *Seven Fantasy Pieces for violin, viola and piano, Op.57
- *String Trio in A major, Op.94
- *Piano Trio in C major, Op.22
- *Piano Trio in B♭ major, Op.72
- *Terzetti (trios for two violins and viola) Opp. 61 nos. 1 in A, 2 in D
- *Terzetto in C♯ minor, Op. 107
- Duos
- *Two Violins
- **Twenty Duos, Op. 55
- *Violin and Viola
- **Twelve Duets, Op. 60
- *Violin and Piano
- **Violin Sonata No.1 in F♯ minor, Op. 20
- **Violin Sonata No.2 in D major, Op. 33
- **Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op. 68
- **Violin Sonata No.4 in A major, Op. 77
- **Violin Sonata No.5 in E major, Op. 95
- **Violin Sonata No.6 in G minor, Op.103
- **Ten Fantasy Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 74
- *Viola and Piano
- **Viola Sonata in D minor, Op. 6
- **Six Fantasies for viola and piano, Op. 117
- *Cello and Piano
- **Cello Sonata No.1 in D minor, Op. 29
- **Cello Sonata No.2 in E♭ minor, Op. 83
- **Seven Fantasy Pieces for cello and piano, Op. 78
- *Double-Bass and Piano
- **Double Bass Sonata, G minor, Op.97
- **Three Pieces for Double Bass and Piano, Op.96 ([link])
Solo
- Organ
- *Fantasia in C major, Op. 87
- *Fantasia in E minor, Op. 91
- *Fantasia in D♭ major, Op. 101
- *Variations and Fugue on an Original Theme
- Piano
- *Piano Sonata No.1 in G♭ major, Op. 19
- *Piano Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op. 88
- *Piano Sonata No.3 in D♭ major, Op. 109
- *Jugendklänge, Op. 32
- *Twelve Waltzes, Op.110
- *Dewdrops (Tautropfen), Thirteen Pieces for Piano, Op. 112
- Harp
- *Harp Fantasy, Op. 85
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