Hermann Egner
Hermann Xaver Egner (born December 12, 1947 in Lörrach ; † April 25, 2005 in Schopfheim ) was a German trombonist and composer in the field of brass music . He worked as the association conductor of the Alemannic Music Association and from 1992 to 2000 was chairman of the Youth Wind Instruments of the Association of German Brass Music Associations .
Egner completed his military service in the Army Music Corps Ulm and then studied music, history and mathematics at the Lörrach University of Education ; his teachers in conducting , trombone and harmony were Gerd Watkinson and Gerbert Mutter . He later studied with Willy Schneider at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen and took private lessons with Bruno Gutknecht, solo trombonist of the Basel Symphony Orchestra .
Egner was then employed as a music and mathematics teacher in Schopfheim, later as rector . He led the local school choir with around 90 members and taught at the state seminar for teacher training as a music didactics instructor. As a brass music conductor, he led the Musikverein in Höllstein , the Stadtmusik Zell im Wiesental and the Roche wind orchestra in Basel for many years .
His compositions and arrangements include numerous works for symphonic wind orchestra as well as compositions for choir and wind orchestra.
literature
- Wolfgang Suppan , Armin Suppan : The brass music lexicon . 5th edition. HeBu-Musikverlag, Kraichtal 2010, ISBN 978-3-9806925-9-5 , p. 229 .
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| SURNAME | Egner, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Egner, Hermann Xaver; Egner, Hermann X. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German trombonist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loerrach |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 2005 |
| Place of death | Schopfheim |