Leopold Brauneiss, (b. 1961) is an Austrian composer, musicologist and teacher, based in Vienna. He studied at the University of Vienna (musicology) and the University of Music and Performing Arts (music education, piano, composition with Heinz Kratochwil) and received his doctorate in music in 1988. From 1990 to 2010 he has thought music theory at the J.M.-Hauer conservatory Wiener Neustadt, since 2004 he has been lecturer for harmony and counterpoint at the University of Vienna, since 2006 he has held a lectureship in harmony, counterpoint and instrumentation at the

Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn ...

. "The main field of his musicological research is the so called

Tintinnabuli Tintinnabuli (singular. ''tintinnabulum''; from the Latin ''tintinnabulum'', "a bell") is a compositional style created by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, introduced in his ''Für Alina'' (1976), and used again in ''Spiegel im Spiegel'' (1978). ...

Style of

Arvo Pärt Arvo Pärt (; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in pa ...

, whom he has known personally for over 20 years. The style's characteristic aesthetics of reduction as well as the simple yet strict structural of its composition techniqes has influenced his music to a great extent. He tries, however, to enrich it by adding chromatic or even dodecaphonic elements within the tonal frame." His works have been performed by artists such as Gidon Kremer, ensembles like Kremerata baltica and orchestras like Tonkuenstlerorchester Niederoesterreich and have been presented at prestiguos festivals like Wien modern.He received commissions from Österreichische Kammerysmphoniker and Orgelfestival Lockenhaus.

Publications

*Tintinnabuli: An Introduction, in: Enzo Restagno / Leopold Brauneiss / Saale Kareda / Arvo Pärt, ''Arvo Pärt in Conversation'' (transl. by Robert Crow): Dalkey Archive Press 2012, pp. 109-162. *Musical archetypes: the basic elements of the tintinnabuli style, in: T''he Cambridge companion to Arvo Pärt'', ed. by Andrew Shenton: Cambridge University Press 2012, pp. 49-75. *''Arvo Pärdi tintinnabuli-stiil: arhetüübid ja geomeetria'' (in Estonian, transl. by Saale Kareda), Arvo Pärdi Keskus 2017. *Arvo Pärt's Tintinnabuli Style: Contemporary Music Toward a New Middle Ages, in: ''Studies in medievalism'' 13: Boydell & Brewer 2005, pp.27-34. *Characteristics of the Compositional Process in Arvo Pärt's ''Tintinnabuli'' Technique, in: ''Res musica'' 14 (2022): Eesti Muusika-ja Teatriakadeemia / Arvo Pärdi Keskus / Eesti Muusikateaduse Selts 2022, pp. 62-75. *The Unification of Opposites: the Tintinnabuli Style in the Light of the Philosophy of Nicolaus Cusanus, transl. by Robert Crow, in: ''Music & Literature, an arts magazine'', Issue One (Fall 2012), pp. 53-60.

Compositions (selection)

*''Bucolica'' für Flöte und Kammerorchester (1991) *''Eirene'' für Violine und Violoncello (1997/2002/2017) *''Kykloi'' für Streichquartett (1998/2022) *''Kykloi'' für Streichorchester (1998/2002) *''Novum Organum'' für Orgel. Orchester und Kirchenglocken (2003) *''Three Irish Blessings'' for mixed choir (2004/2018) *''Scottish Psalm'' for orchestra (2013) *''Chant fuyant'' für Violoncello solo (2014) *''Nocturne'' für Violine, Sprecher(in) und Streichorchester (2017/2023) *''Irish Prayer'' für fünfstimmiges Vokalensemble (2018) *12 ''Preludes'' für Klavier (2019) *''Farewell'' für Streichorchester (2019/2020) *5 ''Miniaturen mit 7-12 Tönen'' für Violine und Tuba (2020) *''Five Bagatelles for string quartet'' (2020) *3 ''Songs of Departure'' for mixed choir (2020) *''Callanish'' für 2 Klaviere (2020/2021) *''Richard an Judith 5 Paraphrasen in Wort und Ton'' (2021) *''Ave Maria'' for mixed choir (2022) *''Introduzione, Cavatina e Cabaletta'' for flute and piano (2022) *10 ''Limericks'' for mixed choir (2022) *''Metamorphoses nocturnes'' pour Violon, Violoncelle e Piano (2023) *''Parabolae Salomonis. 6 Biblical Miniatures for Soprano, Choir and Orchestra'' (2023) *''6 Seste nello spazio'' per 9 esecutori (2022/2023)

References

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