CROCKER MUSIC

Kaun: Octet, Op. 34 (ca. 1891)

• Clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, contrabass. 18′

Edited by Dean Crocker, 2021

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Previously published by Kaun & Bluemel Music Co. (Milwaukee), ca. 1891

Hugo Kaun , 1863/03/21 (Berlin)‒1932/04/02 (Berlin). German composer, conductor, and music teacher. Studied music in Berlin at the Königlichen Hochschule für Musik. He was expelled for repeatedly skipping classes. In 1887, he left for America, settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and teaching at the local conservatory. He was founder and conductor of the Milwaukee Liederkrantz as well as the head of the Northwestern Singing Association's festival days. In 1901, he returned to Berlin and had positions at the Königliche akademie der Künste and the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory. Wrote three symphonies, two piano concertos, operas, symphonic poems, choral music, and piano pieces.

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