Conrad Beck
1901 - 1989
Switzerland
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C. Beck
Conrad Beck (16/06/1901 - 31/10/1989), a Swiss composer (born in Lohn (Schaffhausen). Pupil of Volkmar Andreae, Nadia Boulanger, Arthur Honegger and others.
Source:Grove’s dictionary of music and musicians and http://www.klassiekemuziekgids.net/componisten/beck.htm
Requiem
Period:Expressionism
Composed in:1930
The requiem is for unaccompanied choir and it is constructed round a harmonic centre diatonically built up, though still renouncing the priciples of key.
Source: Grove’s dictionary of music and musicians
Contributor:Tassos Dimitriadis