Edward H. Tarr
Edward Hankins Tarr (mostly Edward H. Tarr ; born June 15, 1936 in Norwich , Connecticut ; † March 24, 2020 in Rheinfelden (Baden) ) was an American trumpet virtuoso and musicologist . He was particularly known for his services to the revival of historical brass instruments (e.g. baroque trumpet and zinc ) and their playing style.
Life
Tarr was a student of orchestral trumpeters Roger Voisin ( Boston Symphony Orchestra ) and Adolph Herseth ( Chicago Symphony Orchestra ). In 1959 he moved to Europe to study musicology at the University of Basel . From 1972 to 2001 he taught at both the Basel School of Music and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis . From 1985 to 2004 he was director of the Bad Säckingen Trumpet Museum . From 2005 he held a professorship at the Karlsruhe University of Music . In 2013 he was awarded the European Soloist Prize by the European Cultural Foundation Pro Europa . Edward H. Tarr lived with his wife Irmtraud Tarr in the Eichsel district of Rheinfelden.
plant
Edward H. Tarr's repertoire included, in addition to key areas from the Baroque and Romantic periods , contemporary compositions. The composer Mauricio Kagel dedicated a number of works to him. As a music researcher, Tarr was the editor of numerous Urtext versions of well-known trumpet concerts, as well as the complete edition of Giuseppe Torelli's trumpet works . He was also involved in the development of new instrument models (with Yamaha in Hamamatsu ) and the reconstruction of historical brass instruments (with Meinl and Lauber in Geretsried and Adolf Egger and Son in Basel).
As an author, he has written several books, including the standard work “Die Trompete”.
Edward Tarr published over 50 original works from the field of early music in the series Brass Collection Edward H. Tarr , published by the music publisher Martin Schmid brass sheet music .
student
- Wolfgang Bauer (* 1965)
- Niklas Eklund (* 1969)
- Anna Freeman (* 1954)
- Reinhold Friedrich (* 1958)
- Wolfgang G. Haas (* 1946)
- Håkan Hardenberger (* 1961)
- Michael Maisch (* 1966)
- Hans-Jörg Packeiser (* 1956)
- Susana Santos Silva (* 1979)
Individual evidence
Web links
- Tarr online .
- Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim: Edward Tarr, Renowned Trumpeter Who Delved Into Past, Dies at 83 . Obituary in the New York Times, March 30, 2020 (English)
- Works by and about Edward H. Tarr in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tarr, Edward H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tarr, Edward Hankins (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American trumpet virtuoso and musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norwich , Connecticut |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 2020 |
| Place of death | Rheinfelden (Baden) |