Daniel Glaus (born 16 July 1957 in

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) is a Swiss organist and composer. He is currently professor at the

Zurich University of the Arts Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK, ) has approximately 2,500 students, which makes it the largest arts university in Switzerland. The university was established in 2007, following the merger between Zurich's School of Art and Design (HGKZ) and ...

, the

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and organist of the Bern Cathedral.

Life

Glaus studierte in Bern, Freiburg im Breisgau und Paris

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), orgn (Heinrich Gurtner,

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, Gerd Zacher) and direction with( Erich Schmid). So far he has worked as a composer, church musician ( City Church of Biel,

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) and is professor at the Zurich University of the Arts for composition and instrumentation, and at the University of the Arts Bern for organ and composition. Glaus also performs internationally as an organist and is involved in organ building. For example, as part of his research project Innov-Organ-um, he and his team developed a wind-dynamic organ in which the dynamics, timbre and pitch can be influenced by simply controlling the keys. Co-initiator of the IV International Congress for Church Music Ittingen 1997 as a continuation of the three church music congresses in Bern 1952, 1962 and 1972. Glaus was influenced by encounters with composers such as

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and

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; outside the realm of composition, he also considers

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to be important,

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, the

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and natural phenomena in general. His works are performed by renowned musicians and orchestras (The Hilliard Ensemble,

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, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, The

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, sinfonietta basel, Bern Symphony Orchestra etc.) at international festivals (Dresden Music Festival, Lucerne Festival, Junifestwochen Zurich, Kasseler Musiktage, Biennale Bern, Kultursommer Altenberg etc.).Daniel Glaus auf Musinfo
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Work

* Orgelstücke (von Umfang und Dauer von wenigen Minuten bis zur komplexeren 25-minütigen ''Kirchen (-Raum-) Musik'') *

Vocal music Vocal music is a type of singing performed by one or more singers, either with instrumental accompaniment, or without instrumental accompaniment (a cappella), in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but ...

(five Oratorios ''Hüllen des Abgrunds'' (1986/87) and ''Sunt lacrimae rerum'' (1988/89), ''Komposition zu Meister Eckhart'' (1994/95), ''Sola quae cantat audit et cui cantatur'' (2008/09), ''Von den vier Enden der Welten'' (2010/11) several

cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian language, Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal music, vocal Musical composition, composition with an musical instrument, instrumental accompaniment, ty ...

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s, Lieder für Solostimme oder mit Begleitung) *

Chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

(three

string quartet The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two Violin, violini ...

s with the respective name "No. 1-3", solo pieces, duos, trios, fugue for string quartet and others, cycles like ''in hora mortis, nine attempts at the Gregorian Missa pro defunctis'' for piano trio (1987–93) *

Orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...

werke Traum (1978/79) for winds and strings, ''Florestan und Eusebius'' für zwei Orchester (1981), ''Meteorsteine'' (with saxophon, 1987), Sephiroth-Symphonien Nr. 1–4 (1999–2004) * Cycle ''De Angelis'' (in memoriam Luigi Nono, 1990–1993): ** De Angelis I: Organ ** De Angelis II: Choir ** De Angelis II: Duo für Flöte und Orgel mit mechanischer Registertraktur ** De Angelis IV: Motetten und Gesänge zum Karfreitag ** De Angelis V: 2 Orgeln, improvisierende Klarinettisten und 3 Instrumentalensembles * zwei Kammeropern ''Zerstreute Wege'' (mit 4-Kanal-Tonband, 1981–1983) and ''Die hellen Nächte'' (with accordion, 1987–1997)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Glaus, Daniel 20th-century Swiss classical composers Classical organists 1957 births Living people Musicians from Bern