Bruno Siegfried Huhn
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Bruno Siegfried Huhn was a British composer, pianist, organist and musical director. Born in London on 1 August 1871, he studied piano under Sophie Taunton, later toured in Spain, Italy, Egypt, India and Australia before moving to New York City in 1891. His works include:
- Te Deum Laudamus for soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ;
- Jubilate DeoJubilate DeoAfter the liturgical reforms of Vatican II, Pope Paul VI presented this 1974 document as a "minimum repertoire of Gregorian chant" .-Contents:Chants of the Ordinary*Kyrie XVI*Gloria VIII*Credo III*Sanctus XVIII*Pater Noster*Agnus Dei XVIII*Verbum Domini...
for soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ; and - Various settings of poems for voice and piano, including "Eldorado" and "IsrafelIsrafelIsrafel or Israfil , is the angel of the trumpet in Islam, though unnamed in the Qur'an. Along with Mikhail, Djibril and Izra'il, he is one of the four Islamic archangels.-In religious tradition:...
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, and "InvictusInvictus"Invictus" is a short Victorian poem by the English poet William Ernest Henley .- Background :At the age of 12, Henley contracted tuberculosis of the bone. A few years later, the disease progressed to his foot, and physicians announced that the only way to save his life was to amputate directly...
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Sources
- Baker, Theodore, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Third Revised Edition, revised and enlarged by Alfred Remy, M.E., G. Schirmer 1919.
- The Lied and Art Songs Texts Page, http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/