August Brunetti-Pisano

August Brunetti-Pisano (24 October 1870 - 1 September 1943), was an Austrian composer.

Brunetti-Pisano was born in St. Gilgen. He was Georg Trakl's piano teacher. He was for a long time the president of the "Kunstgesellschaft Pan" (Society of Arts Pan) in Salzburg. In 1926 the "Brunetti-Gesellschaft" (Brunetti Society) was founded in Vienna.

As a Late Romantic he struggled all his life for recognition, but with little success. Since 2005 he has been rediscovered, especially in Salzburg, where he died.

Works

• Präludium for the drama Die versunkene Glocke by Gerhart Hauptmann (1897)
• Venezianische Symphonie (1904, won an award)
• Peter Schlemihl (opera based on the fairy tale Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte by Adelbert von Chamisso, was presented on stage in 1908 at Ludwigsburg)
• Das klagende Lied (1908, opera based on the fairy tale Der singende Knochen from the Brothers Grimm's collection; not to be confused with the cantata Das klagende Lied by Gustav Mahler which is another adaptation based on the same fairy tale)
• Liebesopfer (opera)
• Djenaneh (opera)
• Österreichischer Bundesmarsch (Austrian Federal March)
• Intermezzo for violin and organ (1926)
• Dem Vaterland for male choir (1927, dedicated to the Austrian National Library)
• Romanze for violin and piano (1928, Brunetti-Gesellschaft, Salzburg/Vienna)
• Dithyrambe for choir (1928, text by Klopstock)
• Symphony in D Major