Tobias Broeker

Tobias Broeker (8 November 1976 in Gronau) is a German classical music researcher and publisher.

Life and work

Around the year 2000 Tobias Broeker started to research about the compositions for solo violin and orchestra of the 20th century. Over the next years he built one of the most comprehensive recording archives for modern violin concertos.[1] The information derived from this research led to the publication of the encyclopedia The 20th century violin concertante in 2014. The book "is a compendium of works that were written in and around the twentieth century featuring the violin in a solo role against an ensemble or other instrument(s). The catalogue lists compositions by composer, in alphabetical order. With four to six records presented per page, the e-book spans over 2,700 pages."[2] The work was published only in electronical form as an ebook and was incorporated into the RILM Music Encyclopedias in 2018.[3]

Furthermore, Tobias Broeker runs a publishing project for (mostly violin) compositions of neglected or little known composers. Compositions that only exist in manuscript are typeset and published through his website. Publications were made in cooperation with national libraries and archives like the Baden State Library, Saxon State and University Library Dresden, Bavarian State Library or National Széchényi Library and led to scores of composers like Josef Schelb, Siegfried Geissler, Carlos Veerhoff or Albert Siklos.[4] In addition the archive of Tobias Broeker also contains original manuscripts and autographs like the main musical estates of Claude Pascal, Ernst Riemann, Phyllis Gummer, Adolf Sigmundt, Helmut May, Erich Keller, a large collections of manuscripts by Carlos Veerhoff and many individual autographs by different composers. And Tobias Broeker also publishes violin compositions by active composers like Karen De Pastel, Wolfgang Gabriel, Karim Elmahmoudi, Alla Penkina, Tome Mancev, Daniel Felsenfeld, Riccardo Riccardi or Tison Street.

In 2016 Tobias Broeker discovered that the Violin concerto by Tristan Foison is identical to the Symphonie concertante pour violon et orchestre of the French composer Raymond Gallois-Montbrun.[5]

Tobias Broeker is also the dedicatee of the revised version of the Violin concerto by Australian composer Barry McKimm,[6] the Violin concerto No.3 by Finnish composer Eero Järvilehto[7] and the composition Visions du Mont Fuji, pour violon et piano by French composer Colette Mourey.[8]

Beside his musical research is Tobias Broeker a studied teacher for students with learning and speaking disabilities.[9] He actually lives in Stuttgart (Germany) and works there at a special school.

Publications

Books
  • Tobias Broeker (2016): The 20th century violin concertante: a repertoire catalogue of the compositions for violin concertante written between 1894 and 2006. Stuttgart: Self-published, 3rd edition. ISBN 978-3-00-050001-5[10]
  • Tobias Broeker (2020): René Leibowitz and Le canon énigme - the surviving parts and documents of the lost book "Le canon énigme" by René Leibowitz. Stuttgart: Self-published.[11]
  • Tobias Broeker (2018): René Leibowitz to Editions Dynamo : the 114 letters of René Leibowitz to the Editions Dynamo of Pierre Aelberts between 1947 and 1951. Stuttgart: Self-published.[12]
  • Tobias Broeker (2018): Women – Violin – 20th Century - A compendium of compositions for violin concertante by female composers written between 1894 and 2006. Stuttgart: Self-published[10]
  • Tobias Broeker (2017): Die vergessenen Violinkonzerte des 20. Jahrhunderts: So gelangen Interessierte leichter an Partituren. In: Forum Musikbibliothek, vol. 38, issue 3, pages 49–51.
  • Tobias Broeker (2011): Violinkonzerte des 20. Jahrhunderts. In: Forum Musikbibliothek, vol. 32, issue 1, page 53.
  • Tobias Broeker (2004): Und Prokofjew ist an allem Schuld.. - Über eine Sammlung von modernen Werken für Violine und Orchester. In: Forum Musikbibliothek, vol. 25, issue 3, pages 257–379.

Music scores (examples)
  • Tor Aulin: Violin concerto No.2, revised version
  • František Bartoš: String quartet No.2
  • Desmond Bradley: Violin concerto
  • Max Büttner: Trio for 3 harps op.41[13]
  • Stefan Carow: Violin concerto[14]
  • Emanuel Chvala: O posvícení for orchestra
  • Henri Cliquet-Pleyel: Concerto pour piano et orchestre
  • Karen De Pastel: Concertante for violin and string orchestra op.2
  • Michael Zeno Diemer: Largo for string orchestra
  • Sharon Eitan: Violin concerto
  • Karim Elmahmoudi: Solemn Prologue for solo violin and strings
  • Daniel Felsenfeld: Concerto for violin and chamber orchestra Bad Coffee Serenade
  • Wolfgang Gabriel: Violin concerto[15]
  • Siegfried Geissler: Violin concertos No.1 and 2
  • Albert-Paul Granier: Absente, for soprano and piano
  • Stefans Grové: String quartet in C major
  • Charles Haubiel: Nocturne for violin and piano
  • Hermann Heiss: Concerto for violin and string orchestra
  • Vincent d'Indy: Andante pour piano et violon (world premiere recording by Gaëtane Prouvost and Eliane Reyes, released by the record label Emphases in 2020)[16]
  • Eero Järvilehto: Violin concerto No.1
  • Joseph Jongen: several songs
  • Max Kästl: Violin concerto
  • Kenneth Klauss: Violin concerto
  • Maurice Le Roux: 2 pieces dodecaphoniques, pour piano seul
  • Lou Lichtveld: oratorio Cancio mistica
  • Alan Lighty: Violin concerto
  • Tome Mančev: Violin concerto
  • Henri Marteau: Andante for violin and orchestra
  • Barry McKimm: Violin concerto
  • Karel Moor: String quartet No.2
  • Gerhart Münch: Concert pour piano et orchestre
  • Harri Otsa: Violin concerto
  • Alla Penkina: Violin concerto
  • Michel Philippot: Romance d'Hallewyn, for voice and instrumental ensemble
  • Aladar Rado: Frühlingslied for violin and piano
  • Florizel von Reuter: Violin concertos No.1 and 2
  • Riccardo Riccardi: Violin concerto
  • Alan Richardson: several piano compositions
  • Josef Schelb: Violin concerto[17]
  • Hans Schimmerling: Sinfonietta parisienne for orchestra
  • Ernest Schuyten: Violin concerto
  • Albert Siklos: Violin concerto
  • Arthur Somervell: Two conversations about Bach, for 2 violins and piano
  • Marc-Andre Souchay: Violin concerto
  • Christian Stalling: Violin concerto
  • Tison Street: Labyrinth - Fantasy for violin and chamber orchestra
  • Heinz Tiessen: 5 Klavierstücke op.21
  • Carlos Veerhoff: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra
  • Ben Weber: To a golden-haired girl for voice and piano
  • Erik Werba: three songs
  • Lawrence Willingham: Violin concerto[18]
  • Stanley Wolfe: Violin concerto

References
  1. Broeker, Tobias (2004): Und Prokofjew ist an allem Schuld.. - Über eine Sammlung von modernen Werken für Violine und Orchester. In: Forum Musikbibliothek, vol. 25, issue 3, pages 257-379
  2. Iwazumi, Ray (2016): The 20th Century Violin Concertante – book review. In: Fontes Artis Musicae vol. 63, issue 1, pages 53-56
  3. "RILM Music Encyclopedias". www.rilm.org.
  4. Tobias Broeker (2017): Die vergessenen Violinkonzerte des 20. Jahrhunderts: So gelangen Interessierte leichter an Partituren. In: Forum Musikbibliothek, vol. 38, issue 3, pages 49-51.
  5. "20th century violin concertante - Tristan Foison: VC". www.tobias-broeker.de.
  6. "Violin Concerto : violin with orchestra by Barry McKimm : Work : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au.
  7. "Complete Catalogue and Discography | Haaveilijapojun tunnevaellukset".
  8. "Visions du Mont Fuji (Mourey, Colette) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download". imslp.org.
  9. Broeker, Tobias (2004): Und Prokofjew ist an allem Schuld.. - Über eine Sammlung von modernen Werken für Violine und Orchester. In: Forum Musikbibliothek, vol. 25, issue 3, pages 257-379
  10. "20th century violin concertante - download ebook". www.tobias-broeker.de.
  11. https://www.tobias-broeker.de/rare-manuscripts/g-l/leibowitz-rene/
  12. "Arnold Schönberg Center Bibliotheksdatenbank". archive.schoenberg.at.
  13. Templin, Rainer (2018): Max Büttner – Werke für Harfe. In: Harfe heute – Verbandszeitschrift des VdH, issue 107, page 26
  14. "Official website". www.stefancarow.com. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  15. "Konzert für Violine und Orchester | Musikdatenbank". db.musicaustria.at.
  16. fr:Gaëtane Prouvost
  17. "Die Originalhandschriften der Werke von Josef Schelb". josef-schelbs Webseite!.
  18. "Lawrence Willingham". American Composers Alliance. February 19, 2009.
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