Burkhard was Margrave in the Bavarian Eastern Mark (marchia orientalis), the territory that was later to become the core of Austria, from about 960 to 976, when the territory was given to Leopold of Babenberg. Next to nothing is known about him. (The German name for Austria was only first mentioned as Ostarrichi in a famous document in 996.)
Leopold was a count in the Bavarian Danube district and first appears in documents from the 960s as a faithful follower of Emperor Otto I the Great.
After the insurgence by Henry II the Wrangler of Bavaria in 976 against Emperor Otto II, he was appointed as "markgrave in the East", the core territory of modern Austria, instead of a Burkhard.
The milennial anniversary of his appointment as markgrave was therefor celebrated as Thousand years of Austria in 1976 - celebrations under the same title were held twenty years later at the anniversary of the famous Ostarrichi document first mentioning the Old German name of Austria.
...Burkhard Friedrich elicited absolutely astonishing sounds from the saxophone and presented a technical precision which aroused wonder and adoration...
Born in 1962 in Berlin, the composer, Burkhard Friedrich, is distanced from serial structural fetishism.
Modestly, "Tanz", is the title the composer and alto saxophonist, Burkhard Friedrich, chose for his solo piece.
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