Friedrich Metzler (composer)

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Friedrich Metzler (born February 18, 1910 in Kanth near Breslau; † May 25, 1979 in Berlin ) was a German composer .

life and work

Metzler, son of a Protestant pastor, grew up in Frankenstein in Silesia . He studied theology, philosophy and musicology in Tübingen, Marburg and Berlin from 1929 to 1931, and from 1931 to 1935 school and church music at the State Academy for School and Church Music in Berlin-Charlottenburg . His composition teacher was Justus Hermann Wetzel . In 1935 he was awarded the renowned Mendelssohn Prize . From 1935 to 1939 he worked as an organist in Berlin-Heiligensee and then at the Bethlehem Church in Potsdam-Babelsberg . At the same time, Metzler took composition lessons from Hans Chemin-Petit , and from 1938 as a master student of Max Trapp's at the Prussian Academy of the Arts . From 1942 (until 1967) Metzler taught piano, theory and ear training at the Stern Conservatory , provisionally headed the Magdeburg Cathedral Choir from 1943 to 1945 and was resident composer at the Freie Volksbühne Berlin in the Theater am Kurfürstendamm from 1949 to 1951 . From 1967 he taught at the State University for Music and Performing Arts Berlin , from 1969 there with a professorship for composition and composition.

Metzler wrote, among other things, orchestral works (including 6 symphonies, solo concerts), chamber music, music for organ and piano, as well as vocal compositions with many religious themes or liturgical references.

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personal data
SURNAME Metzler, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Kanth
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1979
Place of death Berlin