José Bruyr (18 March 1889–1980) was a 20th-century French-speaking Belgian poet.

Biography

José Bruyr was among the founding fathers of the Académie Charles-Cros. He was also a member of the Claude Debussy committee in

Saint-Germain-en-Laye Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Germanois'' or ''Saint-Ge ...

. A musicographer and music critic, he has written several books on

Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. A member of Les Six, his best known work is probably ''Antigone'', composed between 1924 and 1927 t ...

, operetta,

history of music Although definitions of music vary wildly throughout the world, every known culture partakes in it, and it is thus considered a cultural universal. The origins of music remain highly contentious; commentators often relate it to the origin of ...

, and on composers such as

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wo ...

, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Jules Massenet, Maurice Ravel, and so on. He was in touch with Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Alfred Cortot,

Henri Dutilleux Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. His small body of published work, which garnered international acclaim, followed in the tradition of ...

, Olivier Messiaen, the Belgian composer Marcel Orban and Russian Igor Stravinsky and

Ivan Wyschnegradsky Ivan Alexandrovich Wyschnegradsky; Is also transliterated as Vïshnegradsky, Wyshnegradsky, Wischnegradsky, Vishnegradsky, or Wishnegradsky (after he emigrated to France, he used "Wyschnegradsky" as spelling for his surname)., group=n ( ; Septe ...

as well as musicologists

Armand Panigel Armand Panigel (15 October 1920 in Bursa, Ottoman Empire – 28 December 1995 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence aged 75) was a French musicologist and film critic. He was also a historical figure of French radio and television in the fields of classical m ...

, Jean Roy, Antoine Goléa, Jacques Bourgeois and

Léon Vallas Léon Vallas (17 May 1879 in Roanne – 9 May 1956 in Lyon) was a 20th-century French musicologist. Biography Orphaned at 8 years of age, after studying at the St. Mary's Institution at St. Chamond, held by the Marists, he passed his baccalaure ...

. He was a friend of Georges Fesch, franco-belgian banker and composer, Jacques Fesch's father. José Bruyr has been involved from the beginning in the French radio show ''Club des amateurs de disques'', later entitled '. He is buried at the

References

External links

''Franz Liszt, sa vie, son œuvre''
on Bookdoreille

on Library of Congress
Franz Liszt, sa vie son oeuvre Audiobook, José Bruyr
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruyr, Jose Belgian musicologists Belgian poets in French Belgian music critics 1889 births 1980 deaths 20th-century musicologists Writers about music