Richard Flury

Richard Flury (Biberist, 26 March 1896 - 23 December 1967) was a Swiss composer and conductor. His composition teachers were Hans Huber in Switzerland and Joseph Marx in Vienna. After studying abroad he returned to Switzerland, took a conducting course with Felix Weingartner in Basel, and then became a music teacher at his old school, the Solothurn Canton School, where he stayed for over 30 years, until 1961. He conducted the Solothurn City Orchestra from 1919 until 1949, also conducting various other local orchestras and choirs, playing in dance bands and teaching violin.

He was also a prolific composer in multiple genres, starting around 1911 and continuing until his death. His style generally remained within the neo-Romantic tradition. There are four operas, four violin concertos, five symphonies, seven string quartets, eight masses, 11 violin sonatas and around 180 songs. He wrote a biography, ''Lebenserinnerungen'' (1950), which includes worklists.

Toccata Classics have issued nine CDs of his music, including the opera ''A Florentine Tragedy'', orchestral music, chamber music, ballet and songs. His son, the musician and composer Urs Joseph Flury (born 1941) established the Richard Flury Foundation in 1996 to mark his father's centenary. Provided by Wikipedia