Brunhilde Sonntag

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Brunhilde Sonntag (27 September 1936 – 18 December 2002) was a German composer, musicologist and music teacher.

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Biography

Brunhilde Sonntag was born in Kassel, Germany. She studied organ at the School of Church Music in Schlüchtern and education at the Pedagogical Institute Jugenheim. From 1959 to 1963 she worked as a teacher at the Friedrich Ebert School in Frankfurt and took private composition lessons from Kurt Hessenberg. From 1963 to 1969 she studied composition at the Hochschule for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Otto Siegl  [ de ] and Gottfried von Einem, and took a teaching position in the Department of Music of the Justus Liebig University, Giessen.

From 1973 to 1977 Sonntag studied musicology at the Philipps-University in Marburg, and graduated with a PhD. She took a position as assistant professor at the College of Education Westfalen-Lippe, Münster Department. From 1981 to 1992 she worked as a professor at the University-GH-Duisburg, and in 1992 took a position as professor at the University of Wuppertal. [1]

Sonntag published a number of books and professional articles on music. She served as co-editor of the Journal of Music Education, co-editor of the cultural magazine Sound Tracks, and editor of a series on music, art and consumerism in LIT Verlag, Münster. [2] [3]

Works

Sonntag composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice, choir, and solo instrument. Selected works include:

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References

  1. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN   9780393034875.
  2. 1 2 "Brunhilde Sonntag". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  3. "Life and work of the composer Brunhilde Sonntag" . Retrieved 22 November 2010.