Paul Müller-Zürich

Synopsis

Swiss composer

• 19 Jun 1898, born in Zürich
• 1917-19, Zürich, attendede Zürich Conservatory
• 1927-69, Zürich, lecturer in theory, teacher of conducting and composition at Zürich Conservatory
• 1953, Zürich, received Music Prize of the City of Zürich
• 1958, received the Composer's Prize of the Schwerzrischer Tonkünstlerverein (Swiss Association of Musicians)
• 1958-69, Zürich, held lectureship in music theory at Zürich University
• 1960-63, president of Schwerzrischer Tonkünstlerverein
• 21 Jul 1993, died in Lucerne

Although much of his works are not well-known today, at least on the internet, his Organ Concerto is the most performed currently. His early style was late Romantic; his later style was neo-baroque.

For details, see the Wikipedia article (in German) on Paul Müller-Zürich.

List of Organ Works

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Opus	Title	Year
Op. 12	Toccata in C Major	1925
Op. 22	Präludium und Fuge in E Minor	1934
Op. ??	Canzone in E Minor	1936
Op. 28	Organ Concerto	1938
Op. 38	Toccata in D Major	1943
Op. 45	Fantasie und Fugue for Violin and Organ	1949
Op. 50	Toccata in A Minor	1952
Op. 52, No. 2	Choral Fantasia über Wie schön leuchtet	1953
Op. 54, No. 1	Choral Fantasia über Ein' feste Burg	1953
Op. 54, No. 3	Choral Fantasy on Christ is erstanden	????
Op. 54, No. 4	Chorale Fantasy on Psalm 103: Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herrn	????
Op. 56	Choral Fantasia über Ach Gott von Himmel	1955
Op. ??	Choral fantasia über Christ ist erstanden	1957
Op. 58, 63	Örgelchoräle und Vorspiele	1959
Op. 65	Passacaglia	1962
Op. 76	Toccata in F Minor	1974
Op. ??	Fantasia on Urbs turegnum	1978
Op. ??	Fantasie for Oboe and Organ	1980
Op. ??	Fünfundzwanzig Orgelchoräle	????
Op. ??	Zwanzig Orgel Choräle	????

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Free Online

• Wachtet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme as performed by Stephen Mann? on YouTube
• Choralfantasie zu Der Morgenstern... as performed by Georg Stanek and brass ensemble on YouTube

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• Organ Concerto (Op. 28) as performed by Jeremy Bines on NAXOS

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