Compositions
Bronsart von Schellendorff's compositions include
- piano trio in g minor, opus 1
- piano concerto in f-sharp minor, opus 10,
- symphony number 1 In die Alpen for choir and orchestra (lost)
- symphony number 2 Schicksalsgewalten (lost)
- Fruhlings-Fantasie for orchestra
- cantata Christnacht
- opera Der Corsar
- string sextet
as well as solo piano pieces. His piano concerto which was much favoured by Hans von Bülow, who rated the work as the "most significant one of the so-called Weimar school". It was recorded by Michael Ponti.
Both Bronsart and his wife receive many mentions in Liszt's letters. Liszt clearly held their compositions in high regard. In a letter of May 12, 1879, to Walter Bache, he writes "On the 5th June Bulow conducts the first concert there, at which Bronsart's beautiful and valuable "Fruhlings-Fantasie," Bülow's music to Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," and my "Faust Symphony" will be performed."
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