Hans Wolfgang Sachse

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Hans Wolfgang Sachse (born March 17, 1899 in Dresden , † December 20, 1982 in Plauen ) was a German composer .

Life

From 1909 to 1911 he studied at the Thomas School in Leipzig . From 1919 to 1921 he studied composition (with Paul Graener ), counterpoint (with Stephan Krehl ) and opera school (with Otto Lohse ) at the Leipzig Conservatory . At the same time he studied musicology (with Hugo Riemann , Herbert Albert , Arnold Schering ), philosophy and German at the University of Leipzig . After completing his studies, he became a theater conductor in Plauen . From 1927 he worked as a freelance composer, conductor and music teacher. After 1945 he was arrested by the Soviet NKVD and spent several years in special camp No. 1 in Mühlberg . In 1960 he was awarded the art prize of the Karl-Marx-Stadt district (today Chemnitz ) and in 1981 the Patriotic Order of Merit .

His estate is in the Plauen city archive.

Works (selection)

  • Orchestral Variations on a Bass Theme by Debussy, Op. 17, 1931 ... Theme with seven variations
  • String quartet No. 4 , op.42, 1952
  • Sonata for English horn and piano, op. 61, 1959 ... I. Bewegt, II. Ruhig, III.Heiter
  • Symphonic Variations for Orchestra, op.67, 1960
  • Sinfonia serena for orchestra, op. 70, 1961 ... I. Allegro, II. Andante, ma molto tranquillo, III. Allegro
  • Sonata for horn and piano, op. 71, 1962 ... I. Allegro energico, II. Andante sostenuto, III. Allegro molto - Allegretto scherzando
  • "Greetings to the Republic", op. 77, 1964 ... Festive music for pioneer string orchestra, viol. 1 and 2, viola, cello and bass
  • Suite for chamber orchestra , op. 86, 1967 ... Variations on four old ways: I. So we drive out winter (16th century), II. Tanzlied im May (Th. Morlay, around 1600), III. The grim death with his arrow (around 1525), IV. From noble music (V. Rathgeber, 1733)
  • Three woodcuts on the German Peasants' War for orchestra, op. 106, 1975 ... I. Poor little brother, I am very sorry, II. It is a reaper whose name is Death, III. We are the Geyers black bunch

Documents

Letters from Hans Wolfgang Sachse are in the holdings of the Leipzig music publisher CFPeters in the Leipzig State Archives .

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personal data
SURNAME Sachse, Hans Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1982
Place of death Plauen