Friedrich Jaecker
Friedrich Jaecker (born October 27, 1950 in Soest ) is a German composer .
Life
Jaecker graduated from high school in 1969 and then began studying at the Detmold University of Music (composition, music theory, piano, school music, musicology), which he completed in 1975. He then studied composition with György Ligeti at the Hamburg University of Music for two years from 1975 to 1977 and at the same time completed musicological studies at the University of Hamburg . Since 1977 he has worked as a lecturer and since 1980 as a professor of composition at the Cologne University of Music .
music
After constructivist beginnings (e.g. description of a decay for orchestra, in excelsis for 3 keyboard instruments and 3 percussionists, both 1976) and an excursion to trash (e.g. chamber opera “Dir, always only Dir ...”, 1977– 80) Jaecker turned intensely to observing the composition process. In the works he has created since then he has used the most economical means. Sounds or single tones surrounded by pauses are enriched with relationships in such a way that there is less the impression of dissolution than of potentiation (e.g. ..., ensemble for various solo instruments or singing and ensemble, 1992–97, orchestra, 1996). In this way, semantic or expressive elements could also be reached (e.g. Sphinx, 1999, Schrei, 2001). Recently, Jaecker's interest has also focused on musical spatial concepts ( Harry's Dream for 33 glasses and voices, 2012; in us for 25 voices in 5 groups, 2013).
Compositions (selection)
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Sound carrier
Portrait CDs with TalkingMusic (TalkM 1011) 1998 and Cybele (Cybele 660.501) 2001.
Prizes and awards
Friedrich Jaecker received several prizes and awards, including:
- Selection for the International Gaudeamus Music Week 1978 ( in excelsis )
- 1st prize at the VdM composition competition 1980/81 ( fragment )
- Selection for the International Biennale for Contemporary Music Zagreb 1983, ( you, always only you ... )
- Sponsorship award of the state capital Stuttgart for young composers of serious music 1985, sponsorship ( tourmaline )
- Gerhard Maasz Prize and Theodor Berger Audience Prize 1993 ( wind quintet )
- Daimler-Chrysler scholarship of the Casa di Goethe in Rome 2003 ( breath )
- Selection for the World Music Days in Switzerland 2004 ( Länders )
- Selected for the 17th International Review of Composers Belgrad 2008 ( Bagatelles )
Scientific publications (selection)
- “Der Dilettant und die Profis”, Scelsi, Tosatti Co., in: MusikTexte, Issue 104, Cologne, February 2005, pp. 27–40; Reprinted in the catalog for the Festival Wien Modern 2005, edited by Berno Odo Polzer and Thomas Schäfer, Saarbrücken: Pfau, 2005, pp. 52–63; Reprinted in Italian translation by Benita von Engel and Nicola Sani under the title “Il dilettante ei professionisti”. Giacinto Scelsi, Vieri Tosatti & Co., in: Musica / Realtà, No. 88, Lucca, March 2009, pp. 93-122.
- On the search (on György Ligeti), in: MusikTexte, Heft 111, Cologne, November 2006, pp. 65–66
- Giacinto Scelsi . The magic of sound. Collected writings, Cologne: Edition MusikTexte, 2013.
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Jaecker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website by Friedrich Jaecker
- [1] (German Composers Association)
- [2] (Cybele)
- [3] (Apesound)
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Jaecker, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Soest |