Alfred Sous
Alfred Sous (born November 24, 1925 in Rheydt ; † April 6, 2011 in Munich ) was a German oboist , university professor and author .
Life
At the age of 14 he began his musical training at the Army Music School in Bückeburg . In 1942 he was drafted. After his training as a soldier , he came to the Eastern Front and in 1943 was taken prisoner by the Soviets .
After seven years as a prisoner of war, where he was the “ director ” of a camp theater group, he finished his music studies with Winschermann. His first engagement was in Darmstadt . Then, in 1952, he went to Frankfurt as a solo oboist for the Radio Symphony Orchestra of the Hessischer Rundfunk . He was also a member of the Cappella Coloniensis and the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra .
Sous was a professor at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts for the subject oboe .
He has published works on the history of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra . He became known, among other things, with his thriller "Tosca" and the satire "Broderich composes black holes".
Sous married the organist and harpsichordist Margarete Grafe in 1953. The marriage produced a daughter. After his retirement, Sous lived in southern Spain for 12 years before returning to Germany and spending the last years of his life in Weilheim and Munich .
Works (selection)
- New oboe school. Including the elementary school for oboe by Gustav Adolf Hinke , Edition Peters , ISBN 979-0014058661
- The Bayreuth Festival Orchestra: Past and Present , Ansporn-Verlag, 1988, ISBN 978-3924706319
- Tosca , Buch & Media Verlag, 2006 ISBN 978-3865202215
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- FAZ, issue No. 84 of April 9, 2011, page 6
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred Sous in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sous, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German oboist, university professor and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rheydt |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 2011 |
| Place of death | Munich |