Johannes Bernardus van Bree
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Johannes Bernardus van Bree (29 January 1801 – 14 February 1857) was a Dutch composer, violinist and conductor.
Van Bree was born and died in Amsterdam. He was a pupil of Jan George Bertelman.[1]
From 1829 to the year of his death he directed the Felix Meritis Society. He was also the director of the Music School of the Society of the Promotion of Music, Amsterdam.[2]
As a conductor he gave the Dutch premieres of Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique (in 1855) and Richard Wagner's Faust Overture (1856).
Incomplete list of works
- Operas
- Choral and Vocal Works
- Orchestral and Chamber works
- Overture in B minor[3]
- Overture in E flat major (1839)[4]
- Scene, for Horn and Orchestra (1841)[5]
- Variations for violin and piano (1837)[4]
- Violin Concerto[6]
- Allegro for Four String Quartets in D minor (about 1845)[4]
- Scherzi, for the piano (about 1855?)[4]
- String Quartets - no. 1 in A minor (about 1834),[5] no. 2 in E flat (about 1840, dedicated to Bernhard Molique),[5] no. 3 in D minor (ca. 1848).[7]
References
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