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The Music => Composers & Music => Topic started by: Mark Thomas on Saturday 31 August 2013, 17:47

Title: Hugo Kaun: chamber music
Post by: Mark Thomas on Saturday 31 August 2013, 17:47
For the curious, now available in the Downloads board are the Piano Quintet and String Quartet No.3 of the German late romantic Hugo Kaun (1863-1932). Like the three orchestral works of his which I have (Falstaff, the Märkische Suite and an Elegie), I find these pieces well put together, nether too conservative nor too advanced for their time and, at first hearing, attractive and having the promise of music which I will grow to love. And yet I find that there is something cold and unemotional in Kaun's music which means that I remain profoundly unmoved by anything of his which I have heard. There's something calculated and mechanical about it somehow. I'll be interested to hear what others think - it's probably just me.

Thanks to britishcomposer, you can download Kaun's Falstaff and Märkische Suite from the Downloads Archive board here (http://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php/topic,1373.msg16391.html#msg16391).
Title: Re: Hugo Kaun: chamber music
Post by: eschiss1 on Saturday 31 August 2013, 22:47
I like his 4th string quartet myself (thanks, matesic). Thanks for uploading the 2 chamber works, looking forward to hearing them!