Fritz Emonts

Fritz Emonts (born April 15, 1920 in Breinig , district of Aachen , † October 13, 2003 in Hagen ) was a German pianist and piano teacher.

Life

Emonts studied piano with Heinz Schüngeler in Hagen and Cologne . He then worked as a freelance pianist and piano teacher, from 1949 to 1963 he was a teacher at the Hagen Music Seminar. Until 1986 he directed the music school he founded in the city of Hagen and was a lecturer (from 1975 professor) for piano and piano didactics at the Folkwang University of Music in Essen from 1965–1983 . As a chamber music partner he has given concerts with Saschko Gawriloff , Maurice Gendron and Edwin Koch, among others .

Act

Fritz Emonts is one of the most important German piano teachers of the 20th century. In 1958/1962 he published the two-volume piano school "First Piano Game". Starting with the central c 'and starting with the treble and bass clef at the same time, it offers a concentrated course based on the five-tone space (with changing registers and basic tones). It mainly contains classical literature examples, German folk songs, finger exercises, articulation and phrasing tasks as well as consistent training in the independence of both hands and polyphonic piano playing.

Between 1992 and 1994, the three-volume European Piano School appeared as a revision and update of the first school. It takes greater account of creative aspects, listening training, exercises in improvisation and song accompaniment as well as international folklore and songs from all over the world. A high proportion of four-hand pieces are aimed at group lessons. The trilingual method (German, English, French) appeared on the occasion of the merger of the European states to form the “European Community” and is widespread there. Twelve booklets with piano literature from 17th to 20th centuries Century (two and four hands) and three CDs round off the course.

Fritz Emonts was co-author of the piano curriculum of the Association of German Music Schools (VdM) in 1974 and the revised new edition from 1990. He also contributed to the “Chamber music with piano” curriculum for the Jugend musiziert competition . In addition, numerous articles by him on the subject of piano lessons have appeared in specialist journals.

On January 18, 1995, on the occasion of his 75th birthday, he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.

Works

Piano schools

European piano school . Schott Musik International , ISBN 3-7957-5002-4 (vol. 1), ISBN 3-7957-5003-2 (vol. 2), ISBN 3-7957-5004-0 (vol. 3)
First piano play. A course for beginners . Schott, ISBN 3-7957-5191-8

expenditure

Around the world with four hands. International songs and dances for piano four hands . Schott, ISMN : M-001-12914-5
Gloria in excelsis deo. Christmas carols for piano . Schott, ISMN: M-001-11273-4
Easy romantic piano music . Schott, ISMN: M-001-05482-9 (Vol. 1), ISMN: M-001-08439-0 (Vol. 2)
Easy baroque piano music . Schott, ISMN: M-001-05822-3
Easy piano pieces from Bach's sons to Beethoven . Schott, ISMN: M-001-05481-2
Easy Romantic Piano Music , Volume 2, Schott, ISMN 979-0-001-08439-0.
From Bartók to Stravinsky, Light New Piano Music , Schott, ISMN 979-0-001-05501-7.
From Schönberg to Ligeti, light piano music of the 20th century (together with Rainer Mohrs), Schott ISMN 979-0-001-13220-6.
Piano repertoire . Schott, ISMN: M-001-06327-2 (Vol. 1), ISMN: M-001-06329-6 (Vol. 2), ISMN: M-001-13111-7 (Vol. 3)
Schott's 20th Century Piano Classics. 54 pieces from Janàcek to Chick Corea (edited together with Rainer Mohrs). Schott, ISBN 3-7957-5738-X .

Edits

Eduard Pütz, three jazz waltzes (arranged for piano 4 hands by Fritz Emonts). Schott, ISMN: M-001-11480-6
Fritz Kreisler, Alt-Wiener Tanzweise (arranged for piano 4 hands by Fritz Emonts). Schott, ISBN 3-7957-5283-3

Compositions

We play four hands. Easy piano pieces for the first beginning . Schott, ISMN: M-001-05529-1
Five tone game. Songs and pieces for the first beginning on the piano . Schott, ISMN: M-001-06023-3

literature

Rainer Mohrs, The teacher's imagination is decisive ... , Conversation with Fritz Emonts about his new piano school, in: Üben und Musieren 10, 1993, pp. 12-19
Fritz Emonts, New Aspects in Piano Lessons , in: Die Musikschule, Volume 5: Der Instrumentalunterricht, Mainz 1975, pp. 76–85

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Information from the Federal President's Office

personal data
SURNAME	Emonts, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German pianist and piano teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	April 15, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH	Breinig
DATE OF DEATH	October 13, 2003
Place of death	Hagen

[1] Information from the Federal President's Office