Klaus Bruengel (born in October 1949 in Holzwickede) is a German

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and bass player. Noteworthy are his 46 musical representations of the characters and places in Homer's epic '' Odyssey'', summarized in the Odyssey Suite 2014 he composed the ballet suite ''In Monets Garden''.

Life

Bruengel studied music at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold and educational science at the University of Münster. He made a name for himself as composer, bassist and music-arranger with the "Kurt Weil Orchestra" in Sweden and Switzerland, and also as a member of the jazz rock band Time in Space. There followed a number of years as session musician and musical arranger at the

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(German radio/TV station). He collaborated with Schauspielhaus Bochum, there he played in

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, Bruengel also worked as a bassist with artists like

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, Jon Eardley and Jimmy Smith. He composed the Musical "Meeresleuchten". His Pseudonym is Nicola de Brun. 2002 he had his own Orchestra and played for the UnicefWeltstars singen für Kinder in Afghanistan - General-Anzeiger Bonn, retrieved 11. November 2013
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Publications

Discography

* Piano sounds of harmony, Verlag Fröndenberg, 1994 * Ballet Music for Exercises Album 1-5, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013 * Preludes for Piano and Small Orchestra, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013 * Nocturnes for Piano, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013 * Four Tangos, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013 * Four Seasons, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013 * Homer’s Epic Odyssey Album 1-2, Edition Scores&Parts, 2013 * Homer’s Epic Odyssey Album 3, EAN 4250782288646, Edition Scores&Parts, 2014 * Kammermusikalische Phantasien, EAN 4250782317865, 2014 * Impressions Album 1-18, EAN 4250782288639, 2014 * Impressions Album 19-36, EAN 4250782290267, 2014 * Music Kaleidoscope, EAN 4250782288622, 2014 * In Monets Garten (Ballett Suite), EAN 4250782287168, 2014 * Ballet Music for Piano Album 1-30, EAN 4250782286314, 2014 * Ballet Music for Piano Album 31-60, EAN 4250782286345, 2014 * Ballet Music for the Professional Dancer, EAN 4250782352439, 2014 * Ballet Music for Dancers, EAN 4250782382931, 2014 * Music for Piano, Harp, Cor Anglais and Oboe D'Amore, EAN 4250782404015, 2015 * Pavane for Harp and Cor Anglais, EAN 4250782406149, 2015 * Scherzino for Oboe and Harp, EAN 4250782411167, 2015 * Piano Music for Ballet (Exercises), EAN 4250928372239, 2016 * Piano Music for Ballet 31-60 (Vol. 2), EAN 4250928388919, 2016 * Woodwinds Nocturne (Woodwinds, Piano and Harp), EAN 4250928391872, 2016 * Nocturne for String Quartet, EAN 4250928393579, 2016 * Kammermusikalische Phantasien 6-10, EAN 4250532598278, 2016 * Impromptu No. 2 (Music for Flute, Oboe, Strings and Piano), EAN 4250887849896, 2016 * Moonlight Dreams Ballet (14 Piano Pieces), EAN 4250887853497, 2017 * Ballet Suite No. 2, EAN 4251177538155, 2017 * Ballet Piano (31 - 60), EAN 4251177545276, 2017 * Côte d' Azur Suite, EAN 4061707001109, 2018 * Poetry for Cor anglais and Piano, EAN 4061707034930, 2018 * Vier Jahreszeiten (Musik für Englischhorn und Klavier), EAN 4061707378539, 2020 * Impromptu 3, EAN 4061707451539, 2020 * Tuesdays Nocturne, EAN 4061707453281, 2020

Notebooks

* Ballet Music For Exercises 1-5, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013, * Preludes for Piano and Small Orchestra, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013, * Nocturnes for Piano, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013, * Four Tangos, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013, * Four Seasons, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013, * Homer’s Epic Odyssey 1-2, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013, * Jazz Rhythm Changes One, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013, * Ballet Music for Piano Album 1-30, ISMN 9790502433055, 2014 * Ballet Music for Piano Album 31-60, ISMN 9790502433062, 2014 * Impressions Album 1-18, ISMN 9790502433079, 2014 * Impressions Album 19-36, ISMN 9790502433086, 2014 * Phantasies, ISMN 9790502433024, 2014 * Music Kaleidoscope, ISMN 9790502433031, 2014 * Musical Meeresleuchten, ISMN 9790502433772 * Ballet Piano 1-30, ISMN 9790502439644, 2015 * Ballet Piano 31-60, ISMN 9790502436865, 2015 * Ballet Music for Exercises, ISMN 9790502439859, 2015 * 3 Scores for Jazz Ensemble, ISMN 9790502430368, 2015 * Brass Duets, String Quartet, Piano Solo, ISMN 9790502439996, 2015 * Nocturnes for Piano Solo, ISMN 9790502439835, 2015 * Modality, Modal Pieces for Chamber Orchestra, ISMN 9790502439842, 2015 * Ballet Suite, In Monets Garden, ISMN 9790502439880, 2015 * Ballet Music for Dancers, ISMN 9790502439934, 2015 * Piano Solos, 10 pieces for the piano, ISMN 9790502439811, 2015 * Pieces for Chamber Orchestra, ISMN 9790502439838, 2015 * Meeresleuchten, Musical, ISMN 9790502439897, 2015 * Impressions, Musical Scores for Chamber Orchestra, ISMN 9790502439873, 2015 * Piano Music for Ballet 1-30, ISMN 9790502439750, 2015 * Piano Music for Ballet 31-60, ISMN 9790502439767, 2016 * Nocturne for String Quartet, ISMN 9790502434762, 2016 * Woodwinds Nocturne, Chamber Music, ISMN 9790502439743, 2016 * Ballet Suite No.2, ISMN 9790502435790, 2017 * Impromptu No.2, ISMN 9790502435622, 2017 * Code d' Azur Suite, Piece for Small Orchestra, ISMN 9790502436919, 2018 * Impromptu 3, ISMN 9790502438005, 2020 * Vier Jahreszeiten, ISMN 9790502439002, 2020 * Tuesdays Nocturne, ISMN 9790502438029, 2020 * Regentropfen, ISMN 9790502438050, 2020 * A Quiet Autumn, ISMN 9790502437077, 2020 * One Ruby Tuesday, ISMN 9790502437381, 2020 * Forty Four, ISMN 9790502439408, 2022 * September Piece, ISMN 9790502439446, 2022 * Saturday Dreaming, ISMN 9790502439491, 2022 * Tanz der Prinzessin, ISMN 9790502439538, 2022 * Walzer, ISMN 9790502439576, 2022 * July, ISMN 9790502439606, 2022 * August, ISMN 9790502436308, 2022 * QUARTEN UND ELF ACHTEL, ISMN 9790502436346, 2022 * Pianomusic for Ballet, ISMN 9790502437770, 2022 * Pianomusic for Ballet 2 , ISMN 9790502436407, 2022 * Mohnblume: Sopran Solo , ISMN 9790502436377, 2022 * Rhythm Changes 4, ISMN 9790502436438, 2022 * Samstag: Kammermusik, ISMN 979-0502436445, 2022 * TIME IN SPACE: Kammermusik, ISMN 9790502437220, 2022 * Thursday: Kammermusik, ISMN 9790502437091, 2022 * Saxophone Quartet Music Vol.1, ISMN 9790502437237, 2022 * Saxophone Quartet Music Vol.2, ISMN 9790502437268, 2022 * Peace: Kammermusik, ISMN 9790502437312, 2022

Books

* Xa-Lando – Lernen als Abenteuer. Materialien. Lesen – Sprache – Sachunterricht, Beteiligung, Schöningh Verlag im Westermann Druck- und Verlagsgruppe, Westermann Schulbuchverlag, 1997, * JeKi elementar – Grundlagen Materialien Ideen – Beteiligung, Musikproduktion 2 CDs für

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, 2011, * Sylt Impressionen – Bilder Musik Prosa – Edition Scores&Parts, 2011, ISMN 978-0-50243-102-0 * Ballet Music For Exercises 1- 5, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013,

Music Scores

Piano Solo • New Music

* Provocation • Audio/Video • ISRC DESN91300141 * Fire and Ice • Audio/Video • ISRC DESN91300140 * Ballet Music for Piano • Exercises 1-60 • Edition Scores&Parts • 2014 * Monday • ISMN 9790502431969 • Edition Scores&Parts • 2014

Duets

'' Tuba,

Piccolo The piccolo ( ; Italian for 'small') is a half-size flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" the modern piccolo has similar fingerings as the standard transverse flute, but the so ...

'' * Duet for Tuba and Piccolo • Audio/Video • ISRC DESN91300139 '' Oboe, Trombone'' * Duet for Oboe and Trombone • Audio/Video • ISRC DESN91300138

Ensemble Music, Scores incl. Audio

Flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

, Oboe, Strings, Cello,

Harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...

, Piano,

Bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

'' * Impressions 1 - 36 • Edition Scores&Parts • 2013 ''

, Oboe, Piano'' * Modality 1 - 8 • Edition Scores&Parts • 2013 ''

, Oboe,

Bassoon The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuo ...

'' * Modality 09 La Mer and Fuge • Edition Scores&Parts • 2013 ''

, Oboe, Strings,

'' * Modality 10 - 11 • Edition Scores&Parts • 2013 '' Jazz Orchestra'' * Jazz Rhythm Changes One - Three • Edition Scores&Parts • 2013 ''

, Oboe, Violins, Cello,

, Piano,

'' * Homer‘s Epic Odyssey III Album 1 - 23 • Edition Scores&Parts • 2013 ''

, Oboe,

Violins The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

, Cello,

'' * Ballet

Suite Suite may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Suite (music), a set of musical pieces considered as one composition ** Suite (Bach), a list of suites composed by J. S. Bach ** Suite (Cassadó), a mid-1920s composition by Gaspar Cassadó ** ''Suite' ...

- In Monets Garden • Edition Scores&Parts • 2014 ''

String Quartet The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ...

'' * Whole Tone piece for String Quartet • ISMN 9790502431846 * Twelve-tone composition for String Quartet • ISMN 9790502431914 ''

, Oboe,

Clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

'' * Impromptu • ISMN 9790502431952 ''

Cor Anglais The cor anglais (, or original ; plural: ''cors anglais''), or English horn in North America, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially an alto ...

, Piano'' * Perfect Fourth Game • ISMN 9790502433147

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruengel, Klaus 1949 births German composers Living people People from Unna (district) Hochschule für Musik Detmold alumni