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The Swiss pianist, organist and musicologist, Bernhard Billeter, studiied piano, organ and musicology in Zürich, Vienna and Basel.
After his studies, Bernhard Billeter taught piano at the Lucerne Conservatory from 1969 to 1981; from 1975 at the former Consortium of Zürich Conservatory and Music Academy Zürich, now Zürich University of the Arts, Faculty of Music, up to his resignation on July 1, 2001 organ, fortepiano, clavichord and performance practice. He is also a member of Ricercare-Ensemble Für Alte Musik, Zürich.
From 1984 to 1997, Bernhard Billeter was editor-in-chief of the Schweizerische Musikpädagogischen Blätter, then a member of the editorial commission of the Schweizer Musikzeitung until 2010. He was also an organist at various churches and lecturer at the University of Zürich. In the Swiss Music Education Association (Schweizerischen Musikpädagogischen Verband) he was a member of the central board responsible for the further development of the vocational training offered by this association from 1994 to 2005.
In addition to his work as a pianist and organist, as a lecturer and editor, Bernhard Billeter published numerous essays on Frank Martin, Paul Hindemith, Olivier Messiaen and Norbert Moret, glosses and reviews that make an important contribution to music theory and musical practice. |
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Bachs Klavier- und Orgelmusik (Amadeus Verlag, Winterthur 2011, 2nd edition 2013)
Anweisung zum Stimmen von Tasteninstrumenten in verschiedenen Temperaturen (Verlag Merseburger, Kassel 1979, 4th completely revised new edition 2010)
Musiktheorie und musikalische Praxis. Gesammelte Aufsätze, edited by Dominik Sackmann (Peter Lang Verlag 2004)
Frank Martin. Werdegang und Musiksprache seiner Werke (Schott Verlag, Mainz 1999)
Die Harmonik bei Frank Martin. Untersuchungen zur Analyse neuerer Musik (Dissertation 1969) (Verlag Paul Haupt, Bern 1971)
Frank Martin. Ein Außenseiter der neuen Musik. Wirkung und Gestalt (Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld 1970)
Adolf Brunner. 156. Neujahrsblatt der Allgemeinen Musikgesellschaft Zürich auf das Jahr 1972 (Verlag Hug, Zürich 1972)
Publisher of various music editions by Paul Hindemith, Othmar Schoeck, Josef Rheinberger and Theodor Kirchner |
