Dieter Einfeldt
Dieter Einfeldt (born April 11, 1935 in Hamburg ) is a German composer and emeritus professor of composition and music theory .
Life
Dieter Einfeldt studied composition and conducting with Ernst Gernot Klußman, Walter Marin and Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt and piano with Erik Schönsee at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater from 1950 to 1962 . At the same university he taught from 1972 to 2000 as a professor of composition and music theory. Dieter Einfeldt made a name for himself with compositions such as the Requiem for Hamburg "Gomorrha" (1983/85) and the 1971 rotations for percussion ensemble. His compositional work includes operas, children's musicals, a ballet, an oratorio, symphonies, other orchestral works, solo concerts and chamber music works, which have been awarded several prizes.
Works
Chamber music
- Amnesty - cycle based on three poems by Herbert Enderwitz (baritone solo and ensemble)
- Apocalypse (Ensemble)
- Reflections - cycle based on three poems by Eckart Kleßmann (medium voice and ensemble)
- Dialogues (piano quartet)
- Divertimento in E flat major - Freely based on themes by WA Mozart (Ensemble)
- Completion of the Sonata in C major DV 840 "Reliquie" by Franz Schubert (piano)
- Essay (organ)
- Contemplations (viola solo; 4 percussionists)
- Concert for violin and percussion ensemble
- Rotation - 1st concert version (drums)
- Rotation - II. Ballet version (percussion)
- Signals (piano solo and four percussionists)
- Sinfonia da Camera (ensemble)
- Sonata No. 2 (organ)
- Sonata for solo violin
- Mobiles (ensemble)
Orchestral music
- Amnesty - cycle based on three poems by Herbert Enderwitz (baritone solo, string orchestra and percussion)
- Chaconne Concertante - Concerto No. 2 (flute and chamber ensemble)
- Double concerto (violin and viola / violoncello solo and string orchestra)
- Imaginations II (saxophone and orchestra)
- Concerto for percussion and orchestra
- Concerto for violin and string orchestra
- Concerto for violoncello and string orchestra
- Sinfonia Sacra (string orchestra)
- Sinfonia Nostalgica (chamber orchestra)
Choir and orchestral music
- Gomorrah: A Requiem for Hamburg (text: Eckart Kleßmann) (soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone solos, mixed choir, orchestra)
- Litany (AM) Text: Bible, Coventry Litany of Reconciliation (soprano, alto solos, boys' choir, string orchestra and percussion)
- We do not see our signs Text: Bible (from Psalm 130 and 74) (mixed choir, organ and drums)
Web links
- Hamburg University of Music and Theater
- Dieter Einfeldt , contemporary composer, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Works by and about Dieter Einfeldt in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Einfeldt, Dieter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1935 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |