Harald Genzmer

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Harald Genzmer
Born(1909-02-09)9 February 1909
Blumenthal, German Empire
Died16 December 2007(2007-12-16) (aged 98)
Munich, Germany
Education Hochschule für Musik Berlin
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Academic
Organizations Musikhochschule Freiburg
Olympic medal record
Art competitions
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1936 Berlin Solo and chorus

Harald Genzmer (9 February 1909 – 16 December 2007) was a German composer of classical music and an academic. [1]

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Biography

The son of the legal historian Felix Genzmer  [ de ], Genzmer was born in Blumenthal, near Kiel, Germany, he studied composition with Paul Hindemith at the Hochschule für Musik Berlin beginning in 1928.

From 1938 he taught at the Volksmusikschule Berlin-Neukölln. During the early part of the Second World War he served as a military band clarinetist. When his pianistic abilities were noticed by the Musikmeister, he was put on detached duties as a pianist/accompanist for "Lazarettenkonzerte", concerts for recuperating wounded officers. He was based for some time near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where he made the acquaintance of Richard Strauss. When the war ended, he was offered a post at the Musikhochschule München. This was blocked by the American authorities, and so, from 1946 to 1957 he taught at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau.

From 1957 to 1974 he taught at the Musikhochschule München. He hung a framed review from the Süddeutsche Zeitung above his piano, which stated after the premiere of his 1955 Sinfonietta for Strings that it was a work destined only for oblivion. Sharing the frame was a cutting from a few years later, reporting that in the previous year it had been the most performed work for string orchestra in Europe.

Among his notable students are Bertold Hummel, Egyptian composer Gamal Abdel-Rahim, British composer John McCabe, [2] and Japanese composer Toyoko Takami. [3] See: List of music students by teacher: G to J#Harald Genzmer .

He died on 16 December 2007 in Munich. [4]

Awards

Compositions

Source: [5]

Orchestral works

  • 1940 Konzert Nr. 1 für Trautonium und Orchester
  • 1942 Musik für Streichorchester [8]
  • 1946 Erstes Concertino, for piano and strings with flute [9]
  • 1948 Konzert für Klavier und Orchester [8]
  • 1950 Konzert für Violoncello und großes Orchester [8]
  • 1952 Konzert Nr. 2 für Mixtur-Trautonium und Orchester
  • 1954 Konzert für Flöte und Orchester [10]
  • 1955 Sinfonietta, for strings
  • 1957 rev.1970 1. Sinfonie, for full orchestra
  • 1957 Kammerkonzert, for oboe and string orchestra. [11]
  • 1958 2. Sinfonie, for strings [9]
  • 1959 Prolog, for orchestra [11]
  • 1959 Konzert für Violine und Orchester. [11]
  • 1960 Divertimento giocoso for two woodwind instruments and string orchestra [11]
  • 1963 Concertino Nr. 2, for piano and strings [9]
  • 1963 2. Orchesterkonzert
  • 1964 Introduktion und Adagio, for strings
  • 1965 Der Zauberspiegel, ballet-suite for orchestra
  • 1965 Concerto for harp and strings [10]
  • 1967 Concerto for viola and orchestra [9]
  • 1967 Sonatina prima, for strings
  • 1970 Sinfonia da Camera
  • 1970 Konzert, for organ and orchestra
  • 1971 Sonatina seconda, for strings
  • 1972 Elf Duette, for recorder
  • 1974 3. Konzert, for piano and orchestra
  • 1976 Miniaturen, for strings
  • 1977–1978 Musik für Orchester, after a fragment by Friedrich Hölderlin
  • 1978 Konzert, for percussion instruments and orchestra [9]
  • 1979 Sinfonia per giovani, for large school orchestra
  • 1980 2. Konzert, for organ and strings
  • 1983 Konzert, for two clarinets and strings
  • 1984 Konzert, for four horns and orchestra
  • 1984 Konzert, for cello, contrabass and strings [8]
  • 1985 Sechs Bagatellen for cello and contrabass Pub. Litolff/Peters Nr.8613
  • 1985 Konzert, for trumpet and strings [12]
  • 1985 2. Konzert, for trumpet and strings [12]
  • 1986 3. Sinfonie [12]
  • 1987 Cassation, for strings
  • 1990 Vierte Sinfonie, for large orchestra
  • 1996 Concerto for contrabass and string orchestra [11]
  • 1998 Concertino für Flöte, Oboe (Flöte) und Streichorchester [11]
  • 1998 Concerto for three trumpets and string orchestra [11]
  • 1998 5. Sinfonie, for large orchestra [13]
  • 2002 3. Sinfonietta, for string orchestra [8]
  • 2. Sinfonietta, for string orchestra
  • Concertino, for clarinet and chamber orchestra
  • Erstes Concertino, for piano and string orchestra, with obbligato flute
  • Festliches Vorspiel, for orchestra
  • Kokua, dance suite for large orchestra
    1. Tarantella
    2. Burleske
    3. Kokoa
    4. Dytiramba
  • Konzert, for two pianos and orchestra
  • Konzert, for two guitars and orchestra
  • Konzert, for flute, harp and strings
  • Pachelbel-Suite, for orchestra
  • Prolog II, for orchestra

Works for orchestra of wind-instruments

Dramatic works

Liturgical music

Choral works

Vocal music

Piano works

Selected Organ works

Selected chamber works

  • 1939 First Sonata for Flute and Piano [14]
  • 1941 Sonate für Altblockflöte und Klavier [8]
  • 1943 Violin Sonata No. 1
  • 1945 Second Sonata (in E minor) for Flute and Piano
  • 1947 Trio for flute, viola and harp [10]
  • 1949 Streichquartett Nr. 1 [13]
  • 1949 Violin Sonata No. 2
  • 1949 Scherzo für Mixtur-Trautonium und Klavier
  • 1953 Sonatina for Violine and Piano No. 1 [8]
  • 1954 Violin Sonata No. 3 [12]
  • 1955 Second sonata for viola and piano
  • 1957 Wind quintet [10]
  • 1957 Sonate für viola [8]
  • 1967 1. Sonatine für Violoncello und Klavier [13]
  • 1973 Sonatine für Viola und Klavier [8]
  • 1974 Quartett für Klarinette, Violine, Violoncello und Klavier [11]
  • ©1975 Zwölf Duos für zwei Posaunen
  • 1978 Capriccio für Marimbaphon [8]
  • 1980 Violin Sonata No. 4
  • 1981 Sonate für Violoncello Solo [8]
  • 1981 Sonatine für Kontrabaß und Klavier [8]
  • 1981 Divertimento für Violoncello und Fagott [12]
  • 1982 2. Sonatine für Violoncello und Klavier [13]
  • 1983 Acht Fantasien für Vibraphon [13]
  • 1983–1984, revised 1991 Sonate für violine solo [8]
  • 1986 Sonate für Gitarre [8]
  • 1988 Trio für Klarinette, Violoncello und Klavier [13]
  • 1990 Sonate für Flöte und Harfe [13]
  • 1992 Pan : für Querflöte solo oder Altquerflöte in G solo [8]
  • 1995 Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
  • 1995 Violin Sonata No. 5
  • 1995 Sonatina for Violin and Piano No. 2
  • 1995 Sonatina for Violin and Piano No. 3
  • 1997 Sonate für Klarinette (B♭) und Klavier [13]
  • 1999 Fantasie-Sonate: für Flöte und Gitarre [13]
  • 2002 Improvisationen für Altblockflöte solo [8]
  • Sonatas for cello and piano (first sonata published in 1954, another composed 1963 [12] )
  • Suite of Dances for Electronic Instruments

Sources

References

  1. ↑ "Harald Genzmer". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Composer and pianist John McCabe dies aged 75". BBC News. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN   0-9617485-2-4. OCLC   16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ↑ "Harald Genzmer gestorben". Musikhochschule München (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Genzmer". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Homepage der Harald-Genzmer-Stiftung". Homepage der Harald-Genzmer-Stiftung (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Wenige Wochen vor seinem Tod sprach Barbara Haas mit dem Komponisten Harald Genzmer – Ausgabe: 2/08 – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). February 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Gateway Bayern OPAC". Archived from the original on 4 March 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hamburg GBV Library OPAC" . Retrieved 25 September 2007.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "National Library of the Netherlands" . Retrieved 20 September 2007.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Cornell OPAC" . Retrieved 20 September 2007.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "CF Peters Genzmer Page". C. F. Peters USA. Archived from the original on 16 October 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2007.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Library of Congress OPAC" . Retrieved 20 September 2007.
  14. ↑ "Description of Genzmer First Flute Sonata". Theodore Presser. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2007.
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