(2018) Othmar Schoeck: Vom Fischer un syner Fru Johannes Brahms the time signature of 5/4

the time signature of 5/4 or even the tempi indicated by the composer

is based on the principle of variation-repetition

multi-stopped and sul ponticello ‘reflections’ is particularly impressive

and here both are in tip-top order

In addition to its performances in Seville

(2018) Othmar Schoeck: Vom Fischer un syner Fru Johannes Brahms the time signature of 5/4When Othmar Schoeck began writing Vom Fischer un syner Fru (The Fisherman and his Wife) in the summer of 1928, he happened to be on an extended stay at Werner Reinhart's holiday house on the "Fluh" in Maur on the Greifensee lake. The Winterthur merchant Reinhart (18841951), who worked in the Gebrder Volkart family business and possessed a considerable fortune, was also a patron of music. He supported numerous musical personalities of the 20th century