Max Bruch

Max Christian Friedrich Bruch (January 6, 1838 – October 20, 1920) was a German composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works. He is best known for one piece in particular, his Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, op. 26, which is one of the most popular Romantic violin concertos. The Bruch violin concerto uses several ideas from Felix Mendelssohn's violin concerto. These include the linking of movements, and a departure from the customary orchestral exposition and rigid form of earlier concertos.

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Other pieces are also well-known and widely played, such as the Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra which includes a sprightly arrangement of the tune "Hey Tuttie Tatie", best known for its use in the song Scots Wha Hae by Robert Burns. Bruch also wrote a popular work for cello and orchestra, Kol Nidrei. This piece was based on Hebrew melodies, most notably the melody of the Kol Nidre, which gives the piece its name.

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Violinists Joseph Joachim and Willy Hess advised Bruch on composing for strings, and Hess performed the premieres of a number of works by Bruch. The Concert Piece for violin and orchestra, op. 84, was composed for Hess.

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