Klaus Bruengel

Biography

Klaus Bruengel (born in October 1949 in Holzwickede) is a German Composer and bass player. Noteworthy are his 46 musical representations of the characters and places in Homer's epic Odyssey, summarized in the Odyssey Suite. In 2014, he composed the ballet suite In Monets Garden.

Life

Bruengel studied music at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold and educational science at the University of Münster. He made a name for himself as composer, bassist and music-arranger with the "Kurt Weil Orchestra" in Sweden and Switzerland, and also as a member of the jazz rock band Time in Space. There followed a number of years as session musician and musical arranger at the WDR (German radio/TV station).
He collaborated with Schauspielhaus Bochum, there he played in Saint Joan of the Stockyards by Bertolt Brecht, The Cherry Orchard by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, The Bat by Johann Strauss II, Bruengel also worked as a bassist with artists like Markus Stockhausen, Herbert Grönemeyer, Jon Eardley and Jimmy Smith. He composed the Musical "Meeresleuchten". His Pseudonym is Nicola de Brun. In 2002, he had his own Orchestra and played for the Unicef with Kevin Tarte and Afsaneh Sadeghi.

Notebooks

Ballet Music For Exercises 1–5, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013, ISBN 9783955771027
Preludes for Piano and Small Orchestra, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013, ISBN 9783955772253
Nocturnes for Piano, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013, ISBN 9783955771591
Four Tangos, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013, ISBN 9783955771614
Four Seasons, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013, ISBN 9783955771898
Homer's Epic Odyssey 1–2, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013, ISBN 9783955771911
Jazz Rhythm Changes One, Edition Scores&Parts, Dortmund, 2013, ISBN 9783955772062
Ballet Music for Piano Album 1-30, ISMN 9790502433055, 2014
Ballet Music for Piano Album 31–60, ISMN 9790502433062, 2014
Impressions Album 1–18, ISMN 9790502433079, 2014
Impressions Album 19–36, ISMN 9790502433086, 2014
Phantasies, ISMN 9790502433024, 2014
Music Kaleidoscope, ISMN 9790502433031, 2014
Musical Meeresleuchten, ISMN 9790502433772
Ballet Piano 1-30, ISMN 9790502439644, 2015
Ballet Piano 31–60, ISMN 9790502436865, 2015
Ballet Music for Exercises, ISMN 9790502439859, 2015
3 Scores for Jazz Ensemble, ISMN 9790502430368, 2015
Brass Duets, String Quartet, Piano Solo, ISMN 9790502439996, 2015
Nocturnes for Piano Solo, ISMN 9790502439835, 2015
Modality, Modal Pieces for Chamber Orchestra, ISMN 9790502439842, 2015
Ballet Suite, In Monets Garden, ISMN 9790502439880, 2015
Ballet Music for Dancers, ISMN 9790502439934, 2015
Piano Solos, 10 pieces for the piano, ISMN 9790502439811, 2015
Pieces for Chamber Orchestra, ISMN 9790502439838, 2015
Meeresleuchten, Musical, ISMN 9790502439897, 2015
Impressions, Musical Scores for Chamber Orchestra, ISMN 9790502439873, 2015
Piano Music for Ballet 1–30, ISMN 9790502439750, 2015
Piano Music for Ballet 31–60, ISMN 9790502439767, 2016
Nocturne for String Quartet, ISMN 9790502434762, 2016
Woodwinds Nocturne, Chamber Music, ISMN 9790502439743, 2016
Ballet Suite No.2, ISMN 9790502435790, 2017
Impromptu No.2, ISMN 9790502435622, 2017
Code d' Azur Suite, Piece for Small Orchestra, ISMN 9790502436919, 2018
Impromptu 3, ISMN 9790502438005, 2020
Vier Jahreszeiten, ISMN 9790502439002, 2020
Tuesdays Nocturne, ISMN 9790502438029, 2020
Regentropfen, ISMN 9790502438050, 2020
A Quiet Autumn, ISMN 9790502437077, 2020
One Ruby Tuesday, ISMN 9790502437381, 2020
Forty Four, ISMN 9790502439408, 2022
September Piece, ISMN 9790502439446, 2022
Saturday Dreaming, ISMN 9790502439491, 2022
Tanz der Prinzessin, ISMN 9790502439538, 2022
Walzer, ISMN 9790502439576, 2022
July, ISMN 9790502439606, 2022
August, ISMN 9790502436308, 2022
QUARTEN UND ELF ACHTEL, ISMN 9790502436346, 2022
Pianomusic for Ballet, ISMN 9790502437770, 2022
Pianomusic for Ballet 2, ISMN 9790502436407, 2022
Mohnblume: Sopran Solo, ISMN 9790502436377, 2022
Rhythm Changes 4, ISMN 9790502436438, 2022
Samstag: Kammermusik, ISMN 979–0502436445, 2022
TIME IN SPACE: Kammermusik, ISMN 9790502437220, 2022
Thursday: Kammermusik, ISMN 9790502437091, 2022
Saxophone Quartet Music Vol.1, ISMN 9790502437237, 2022
Saxophone Quartet Music Vol.2, ISMN 9790502437268, 2022
Peace: Kammermusik, ISMN 9790502437312, 2022

Piano Solo • New Music

Provocation • Audio/Video • ISRC DESN91300141
Fire and Ice • Audio/Video • ISRC DESN91300140
Ballet Music for Piano • Exercises 1–60 • Edition Scores&Parts • 2014
Monday • ISMN 9790502431969 • Edition Scores&Parts • 2014

Duets

Tuba, Piccolo

Duet for Tuba and Piccolo • Audio/Video • ISRC DESN91300139
Oboe, Trombone

Duet for Oboe and Trombone • Audio/Video • ISRC DESN91300138

Ensemble Music, Scores incl. Audio

Flute, Oboe, Strings, Cello, Harp, Piano, Bass

Impressions 1–36 • Edition Scores&Parts • 2013
Flute, Oboe, Piano

Modality 1–8 • Edition Scores&Parts • 2013
Flute, Oboe, Harp, Bassoon, Bass

Modality 09 La Mer and Fuge • Edition Scores&Parts • 2013
Flute, Oboe, Strings, Harp

Modality 10–11 • Edition Scores&Parts • 2013
Jazz Orchestra

Jazz Rhythm Changes One - Three • Edition Scores&Parts • 2013
Flute, Oboe, Violins, Cello, Harp, Piano, Bass

Homer's Epic Odyssey III Album 1–23 • Edition Scores&Parts • 2013
Flute, Oboe, Violins, Cello, Harp, Bass

Ballet Suite - In Monets Garden • Edition Scores&Parts • 2014
String Quartet

Whole Tone piece for String Quartet • ISMN 9790502431846
Twelve-tone composition for String Quartet • ISMN 9790502431914
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Harp

Impromptu • ISMN 9790502431952
Flute, Cor Anglais, Piano

Perfect Fourth Game • ISMN 9790502433147