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Furrer-Münch Franz

(02. 03. 1924 - 18. 10. 2010)

Furrer-Münch Franz
Furrer-Münch Franz
(ZH)



Genre: Classical Music
Professional activity: Composers
Biography
* 02. 03. 1924, † 18. 10. 2010.

Franz Furrer-Münch was born in Winterthur. He was first educated in fine art in Zurich and Basel and then began his musical education at the Basel Conservatory. He was taught flute and piano and studied harmony, counterpoint and composition as theoretical subjects. He studied natural sciences at the technical college in Zurich (ETH). He also attended lectures in musicology given by K. von Fischer and P. Müller at the University of Zurich. He made study trips to Germany where he visited the Studio for Electronic Music in Freiburg im Breisgau. He also visited the Stonybrook University in New York and Bennington-Vermont.

Work list

Konzept I (1969)

Instrumentation: for organ

Duration: 11' 00"
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Konzept II (1969)

Instrumentation: for organ and/or electronics

Duration: 12' 00"
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Dialog für Oboe und Klarinette (1970)

Duration: 8' 00"
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Punkt und Komma (1970)
Music

Instrumentation: for violoncello

Duration: 14' 00"
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interstrukturen (1971)

Instrumentation: for any number of things which produce sound

Graphic notation.

Duration: variabel, mindestens 17'
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Details I-III (Meditation 1-3) (1971)

Instrumentation: for violoncello solo

Duration: 9' 00"
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Intarsia (1972)

Instrumentation: for cello solo

This piece reflects a preoccupation with Dvorak's cello concerto op. 104 with an original approach.

Duration: 14' 00"
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Play Nr. 1 1975 (1975)

Instrumentation: for flute and gamba

Duration: 9' 00"
Manuscript
Tombeau au vert (1976)

Instrumentation: for recorder

Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript
Psalmodie (1978)

Instrumentation: for speaker, organ and percussion

Texts: Erich Fried

Text: Erich Fried.

Duration: 17' 00"
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Silben für Orgel (1981)

Duration: 7' 00"
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images sans cadres (1982)

Instrumentation: for soprano and four clarinets (three Bbcl and one bcl)

Texts: Franz Furrer-Münch

Theme: "There are only moments of proximity" (Ludwig Hohl, notes).

Duration: 18' 30"
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l'oiseau en papier. vier versuche ikarus zu begreifen (1983-1984)
Four attemts to comprehend Ikarus

Instrumentation: for violoncello solo, string orchestra (solo string) and piano

The mirror image of a time (our time) which ritualises the 'manageable' is here put to music. The solo part is technically demanding.

Duration: 24' 00"
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souvenir mis en scène (1988)
Contemplation....

Instrumentation: for two cellos

Duration: 16' 30"
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instants modifiés (1989)
Contemplating....

Instrumentation: for viola, violoncello, double-bass

Duration: 23' 00"
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forme et mystère (1989)

Instrumentation: for organ and two or four channel electronic tape

Based on text from the Duinese elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke.

Duration: 22' 00"
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momenti unici (1989-1990)

Instrumentation: for tenor saxophone, cimbalom, percussion instruments (total of four players)

Endeavours to achieve a tonal mergence of the respective instruments.

Duration: 18' 30"
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Spiegel in Wachs. (1991)
"ersonnenes" on Klara Wiecks "romance variée", Op. 3

Instrumentation: for flute (bfl), bass clarinet and small percussion instruments (2 players)

Duration: 13' 45"
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aufgebrochene momente (1991)

Instrumentation: for tenor saxophone, cimbalom and percussion instruments (2 players)

The idea mentioned in the title ‘aufgebrochene momente’ is followed up in twenty-two sequences. It can either be played in a variable form, or as a personal selection of individual sections. The first and last sections must, however, always remain in their allocated positions.

Duration: 16' 00"
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Piano trio (1992)

Duration: 22' 00"
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nicht zeichen, wandlung (1992)

Instrumentation: For alto flute in G, electroacoustically amplified ad lib.

The title is to be understood figuratively. The sign as messenger, with its beckoning character, cannot be the music itself. The exploration of the ins and outs of the physical being of the instrument is the focus here, hence transformation.

Duration: 10' 30"
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Skizzenbuch für Kammerensemble (1992-1993)

Instrumentation: for flute (bfl), clarinet (bcl), violin, violoncello, piano and percussion

The work includes the parts I-IV: Zeitsäume, Gegengestalten, Stille in Falten, Vom Rand zur Mitte nach aussen (can also be performed as individual pieces).

Duration: 19' 00"
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hier auf dieser Strasse, von der sie sagen, dass sie schön ist (1993)

Instrumentation: for soprano, flute (bass flute), violoncello and four drums (with one player)

Texts: Paul Celan

A collage of texts has been created using fragments of texts as a point of departure. The reorganisation of certain sentences leads to a metaphorical re-interpretation; these are then set to music.

Duration: 24' 30"
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Stundenbuch II (1994)

Instrumentation: for percussion and electronic tape

Text: Eugen Gomringer: 'Stundenbuch'
The form and structure of this piece is closely associated with concrete lyric. Text and music a woven into a 'musical constellation'.


Duration: 26' 00"
Manuscript
erwarten im flachland (1994)
nebengesänge

Instrumentation: for violin solo

Covering three themes:
1 Anticipation in the lowlands.
2 Other, with repetition
3 Hesitative approach
Attempting to approach the true essence of concrete poetry using certain musical combinations and their repetition, contraction, fragmentation and reorganisation.

Duration: 10' 00"
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Wort Jahr Stunde (1995-1996)

Instrumentation: for alto flute in G, violoncello and piano

Duration: 15' 00"
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"nichtwiederkehr" (1999)

Instrumentation: for oboe solo

Ad lib. As an intermedium to "gesänge vom schwebenden turm".

Duration: 9' 00"
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von weit, schreiben ins meer (1999)

Instrumentation: for chamber ensemble, voice and 4 percussionists

Texts: Friedrich Nietzsche

Duration: 20' 00"-25' 00"
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gesänge vom schwebenden turm (1999)
11 scenes

Instrumentation: for oboe, flute, violoncello and glass harmonica

Duration: 21' 00"
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ans ungereimte verdingt (2000)

Instrumentation: for tenor saxophone solo

Schattenhauch – Wölbung – dunkle Frage, gedehnt - gespannte Resonanzen.
From "momente 1 bis..."

Duration: 10' 00"
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passages cinématiques (2000)

Instrumentation: for glass harmonica, small percussion instruments and playback CD

Duration: 15' 00"
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eng / weit / lento I-XII (2001)

Instrumentation: for bass flute/flute in C, 2 large drums and small percussion instruments (2 players)

Duration: 19' 30"
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symphonische blätter (2002)
Music for strings

Instrumentation: 3.3.2.3.1 or string orchestra 12.10.8.6.4

Duration: 12' 34"
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Streichtrio (string trio) (2002-2003)

Duration: 15' 00"
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legenden / melismen (2004)

Instrumentation: for violoncello, marimbaphone and percussion (2 players)

Duration: 13' 00"-15' 00"
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senza misura, se piace (2004)

Instrumentation: for flute and bass flute

Duration: 15' 00"
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freundliche landschaft (2004)

Instrumentation: for viola solo

Duration: 15' 00"
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mouvement (2004)

Instrumentation: for 1 soloist with 4 timpani and small percussion instruments

Duration: 13' 00"
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tag, dinge, wind (2004-2005)
Vocalisations

Instrumentation: for singing voice and orchestra (2.bfl.0.ca.2.2(cbn)/2.0.2(btbn).1/timp.perc/pf/8.6.6.4.3)

Duration: 20' 00"
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canzona (2006)

Instrumentation: for soprano, flute, clarinet (bcl), violin, violoncello, piano and percussion

Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke

Duration: 20' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
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adante tranquillo rubato (2007)

Instrumentation: for tenor saxophone

Duration: 10' 00"
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wenn in die ferne geht (2007)
Concert

Instrumentation: for oboe and orchestra with voice

Texts: Friedrich Hölderlin

Duration: 18' 00"-22' 00"
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anhalten, verweilen (2007)
Concert

Instrumentation: for recorder and chamber orchestra

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript
verweht (2007)
Quartet

Instrumentation: for voice, piano, violoncello and percussion

Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke

Duration: 8' 00"-10' 00"
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Rammentarsi (2007)

Instrumentation: for violoncello solo

Duration: 14' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
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colla voce (2007-2008)
Concert

Instrumentation: for viola, string orchestra, piano, 2 horns and timpani

Duration: 18' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
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Orchesterlieder I (2007-2008)
5 symphonic leaves

Instrumentation: for soprano and orchestra (2.1.2.2/2.0.2.0/timp.perc/pf.vib.cel/str)

Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke

Duration: 3' 00"
Sordino Ediziuns Musicalas
Via Chischliun 14
CH-7180 Disentis-Mustèr
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Orchesterlieder II (2008)
7 symphonic leaves

Instrumentation: for soprano and ensemble (2.1.2.2/2.0.2.0/timp.perc/pf.vib.cel/str)

Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke

Duration: 3' 00"
Sordino Ediziuns Musicalas
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CH-7180 Disentis-Mustèr
Schweiz
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Adagio (2008)

Instrumentation: for violoncello solo

Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript
Andante (2009)

Instrumentation: for 12-part a-cappella choir and Baroque trombones

No text; intonated vocals.

Duration: 15' 00"
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Entfalten - verweilen (2009)
Symphonic leaves 7th concert

Instrumentation: for flute and chamber ensemble

Duration: 13' 00"
Manuscript
Discography
Bibliography
Gartmann, Thomas: Laudatio für Franz Furrer-Münch zur Verleihung des Kompositionspreises Marguerite Staehelin 2010 (Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein, Jahresbericht 2010), Lausanne 2010 [Internet]
Meyer, Thomas: Franz Furrer-Münch (1924-2010), in: Dissonanz 112 (2010), S. 78 [Internet]
Meyer, Thomas: Erinnerung und Aufbruch. Der Komponist Franz Furrer-Münch, in: Dissonanz 108 (2009), S. 32-36


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