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Willy Burkhard was born on 17 April, 1900 in Evilard, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, is a Swiss composer and academic teacher. Discover Willy Burkhard's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?
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Composer
Academic teacher |
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55 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
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17 April, 1900 |
| Birthday |
17 April |
| Birthplace |
Evilard, Canton of Bern, Switzerland |
| Date of death |
18 June, 1955 |
| Died Place |
Zürich, Switzerland |
| Nationality |
Switzerland
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Willy Burkhard Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
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Willy Burkhard Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Willy Burkhard worth at the age of 55 years old? Willy Burkhard’s income source is mostly from being a successful Composer. He is from Switzerland. We have estimated Willy Burkhard's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Willy Burkhard (17 April 1900 – 18 June 1955) was a Swiss composer and academic teacher, influential in both capacities.
He taught music theory at the Berne Conservatory and the Zürich Conservatory.
His works include an opera, oratorios, cantatas, and many instrumental genres from piano pieces to symphonies.
Burkhard was born in Evilard, Canton of Bern.
He attended and graduated from a teachers' training college Campus Muristalden.
He also study with Ernst Graf, organist at the Berner Münster.
He moved to Leipzig to study piano with Robert Teichmüller and composition with Sigfrid Karg-Elert.
After Leipzig, he moved on to Munich to study with Walter Courvoisier and later to Paris to work with Max d'Ollone.
From 1924, he began teaching composition, theory and the piano in Berne.
He was appointed professor at the Berne Conservatory in 1928.
He conducted several choirs and small orchestras there.
His personal style developed from 1930, comparable to Paul Hindemith and Frank Martin.
Late in life, he used some features of twelve-tone composition, but remained within tonality.
He was interested to compose for voices, and regarded for renovated sacred music.
Burkhard is known for sacred choral music, including oratorios Das Gesicht Jesajas (Isaiah's vision) and Das Jahr (The year), and the cantata Die Sintflut (The Flood).
He composed an opera, Die Schwarze Spinne based on Gotthelf's novella The Black Spider.
He wrote song settings for solo voice and choirs, chamber music and piano works.
His orchestral music was often dedicated to Paul Sacher's Sinfonietta, including a Violin Concerto, and two symphonies.
In 1932 he was struck with tuberculosis, and was compelled to live for several years in Montana and Davos.
During that time, he turned more towards composition.
In 1950 he received a prize from the Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein (Swiss Association of Musicians).
He died in Zürich in 1955 at the age of 55.
Burkhard published 98 works with Opus numbers, and left a large amount of unpublished works held as manuscripts by the Paul Sacher Foundation.
He began to compose in late-Romantic style.
