Erwin Dressel

Erwin Dressel (born June 10, 1909 in Berlin ; † December 17, 1972 there ) was a German composer, arranger and pianist.

education

He attended the Scharwenka-Klindworth Conservatory between 1919 and 1923. During this time (1923) he was able to show his first success with the incidental music to Shakespear's Much Ado About Nothing at the Berlin State Theater. He continued his studies in 1925 at the Hochschule für Musik Berlin with Paul Juon . In addition, he also took up studies at the Goetheanum in Dornach in Switzerland between 1925 and 1926 .

Create

After his return to Berlin in 1926, he worked very closely as a librettist with the poet Arthur Zweininger. Their first mutual success was the satirical opera »Armer Columbus« (1928) Kassel. Other operas followed (see below). In addition to his operas, as a composer he created many works in the fields of symphonic and chamber music as well as popular music.

He also worked as a répétiteur and conductor at the theater in Hanover (1927–28), the Junge Bühne Hamburg (1946–48) and the Berlin State Opera (1948–49) as well as for radio.

His compositional style is in the post-romantic tradition.

Works (selection)

Publisher. u. a. Ries & Erler Berlin

Operas

• "Poor Columbus", Kassel 1928
• "The Cake Dance", Kassel 1929
• "Maria's rose bush", Leipzig, 1930
• "The twin donkeys" Dresden, 1932
• "Jery and Baetly" (based on Goethe), Berlin 1932
• "Die Laune der Verliebten", Hamburg and Leipzig, 1949
• »The Bear« (after Chekhov), Bern, 1963

Symphonic

• Symphony 1927
• Symphony 1929
• Symphony 1932
• Symphony 1948
• Concertante f. Oboe, clarinet, bassoon and orchestra 1951
• Divertimento for flute, horn, 2 pianos and strings 1952
• Cassation 1961
• Clarinet Concerto, 1961
• Variations Serenade, piano and orchestra 1965
• Southern Serenade, 1969
• Viola Concerto, 1969

Works for voice

many songs of serious and popular music

Chamber music

• 1. 2 string quartets
• In addition, a lot of chamber music for wind instruments, strings and solo piano.

Web links

• Literature by and about Erwin Dressel in the catalog of the German National Library