Karl Gottfried Brunotte

Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born 2 June 1958 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German composer and music philosopher, particularly noted for his contributions to church music.

Brunotte finished school in Bad Homburg (Kaiserin-Friedrich-Gymnasium). He studied music sociology, music psychology, ancient languages, aesthetics, piano, organ, harpsichord, violin, viola, recorder, singing, conducting, and musical composition, as well as electronic music, with (amongst others) Heinz Werner Zimmermann, Lothar Hoffmann-Erbrecht, Hans Peter Haller, Gottfried Michael Koenig, and (Anon. 1994a; Nordin [2004]).

From 1974 to 1977 he held the position of Cantor at the Christuskirche in Bad Homburg, where he later was a lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst (1982–1985) (Anon. 2007). From 1980 to 1986 he was Senior Lecturer at the International Vacation Courses for New Music in Darmstadt, and a member of the Darmstadt Institute for Music and Musical Education. In the 1984–85 year he was Rapporteur für Ernste Musik at the Landsmusikrat Hessen (Nordin [2004]). Once a Jesuit novice, in 1987 he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Anon. 2007).

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