CHORALE PRELUDE
Sigfrid Karg was born in Oberndorf (Swabia) on November 21, 1877. His father was a Roman Catholic newspaper editor and died shortly following Sigfrid’s birth. His Protestant mother then raised the family in abject poverty. His early musical education was sporadic, fragmented, and mostly self-acquired. He left home at an early age to play a wind instrument in a traveling band. It was this experience which provided an understanding of brass instruments and a love for brilliant sonorities of brass which is so clearly demonstrated in the Chorale Prelude Wunderbarer König (opus 65, no. 66), and Marche Triomphale on Nun Danket alle Gott (op. 65, no. 59). Inspiration by Edvard Grieg turned his interests to composition.
Brass Quintet
211.01
Duration: 2 min
Composer/Arranger: Karg-Elert/Olson
Sigfrid Karg was born in Oberndorf (Swabia) on November 21, 1877. His father was a Roman Catholic newspaper editor and died shortly following Sigfrid’s birth. His Protestant mother then raised the family in abject poverty. His early musical education was sporadic, fragmented, and mostly self-acquired. He left home at an early age to play a wind instrument in a traveling band. It was this experience which provided an understanding of brass instruments and a love for brilliant sonorities of brass which is so clearly demonstrated in the Chorale Prelude Wunderbarer König (opus 65, no. 66), and Marche Triomphale on Nun Danket alle Gott (op. 65, no. 59). Inspiration by Edvard Grieg turned his interests to composition.
Brass Quintet
211.01
Duration: 2 min
Composer/Arranger: Karg-Elert/Olson