Alfred Böckmann

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Alfred Böckmann (born January 10, 1905 in Essen , † December 10, 1995 in Weimar ) was a German composer and university professor .

Böckmann studied at the Cologne Music Academy with Wilhelm Maler , Philipp Jarnach and Walter Braunfels and at the Folkwang School in Essen , where he was a lecturer from 1938 to 1952. From 1952 he was professor of composition and composition at the Liszt School of Music in Weimar . Böckmann emerged as a composer of operas and ballet music . His estate is in the music department of the Goethe and Schiller Archive of the Weimar Classic Foundation .

Works (selection)

Compositions

Orchestral music

  • Pictures from a fairy tale book , 1945
  • From the German fairy tale world , 1951
  • Symphonic sketch , 1953
  • Meininger Festival Music , 1953
  • Symphony , 1956
  • Sinfonietta 1789 , 1961
  • Concerto for string orchestra , 1964

Chamber music

  • 3 string quartets, 1945, 1962, 1972
  • Compositions for mandolin tenterzett

Piano music

  • suite
  • Nine two-part pieces to start with
  • Twelve easy pieces
  • Piano music for home and lessons

Operas

  • Doctor Eisenbart , 1947
  • Florian Geyer , 1959

Ballet music

  • The magician , 1934
  • The Tailor of Burgundy , 1938
  • Angela Borgia , 1939
  • The citizens of Schilda , 1954

"Cantatas"

  • Symphonic cantata , 1930
  • The wind blows from east to west , 1951
  • Acknowledgments , 1952

Fonts

  • Modulation theory , Pro Musica Verlag Leipzig, Berlin, 1953

literature

Horst Seeger : Musiklexikon Personen A – Z / Deutscher Verlag für Musik Leipzig (1981), page 100 ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jürgen Stegmüller: Das Streichquartett: an international documentation on the history of string quartet ensembles and string quartet compositions from the beginnings to the present, page 266, In: B and 40 von Quellenkataloge zur Musikgeschichte, Verlag Florian Noetzel, 2006 ISBN 3795907802
  2. ↑ Entry on Alfred Böckmann in the Goethe and Schiller archive of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / ora-web.swkk.de  

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personal data
SURNAME Böckmann, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1995
Place of death Weimar