Max Christian Friedrich Bruch (1838-1920) also Max Karl August Bruch (pseud.)
“Although he was raised Rhenish-Catholic, the National Socialist party banned his music from 1933-1945 due to his name, his well-known setting of a melody from the Jewish Yom Kippur service, and his unpublished Drei Hebräische Gesange for mixed chorus and orchestra (1888).”--Musikproduktion Höflich
Das Lied von der Glocke, a secular oratorio in two parts consisting of 27 numbers was premiered in Cologne in 1878 conducted by Bruch himself. It was first performed in England at the Birmingham Triennial Festival of 1879. The work is dedicated to the memory of Schiller whose poem is an allegory, using the stages involved in the casting of a bell to portray the episodes from birth to death in human life.
British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams studied with Bruch.
Natalia Macfarren (1827–1916) born Clarina Thalia Andrae, German operatic contralto and pianist, translator of German poetry, songs and libretti into English. Her translation for the finale text of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” became the most popular translation in England.
See also: Christopher Fifield, 'Max Bruch - His Life and Works' (2005, Boydell)