Günther Kretzschmar

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Günther Kretzschmar (born February 4, 1929 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal , † January 24, 1986 in Bremen ) was a German composer .

biography

Kretzschmar studied music in Leipzig and Halle from 1948 to 1953 , was a church musician in Torgau (Johann-Walther-Kantorei) from 1954 to 1959 and a church musician in Bremen from 1959 to 1977 .

From 1977 he lived as a freelance composer in Bremen, had been a freelancer for Radio Bremen since 1959 and was director of the Bremen children's choir and the choir of the Bremen youth music school.

As a seminar leader in Germany and abroad and as a lecturer for music at the University of Bremen, he worked as a multiplier in the field of youth music education. Kretzschmar campaigned for the integration of the subject of children's choir conducting into the higher education of the church music course. According to Carl Orff, he made a great contribution to music for children .

His sacred and secular cantatas and his numerous songs for children (many based on texts by James Krüss ) are part of the repertoire of choirs and children's choirs in Germany. His wife, Helga Kretzschmar, created the choreographies for his works.

He was editor of the collection The Children's Choir at Hänssler Verlag (now Carus Verlag ).

Cantatas (selection)

  • Everything has its time (1979)
  • The Shirt of the Lucky (1983)
  • David and Goliath (ed. 1970)
  • The blind beggar
  • The rabbit calendar (ed. 1977)
  • The Bremen Town Musicians
  • The great flood (1964)

Song collections (selection)

  • Eighteen miles beyond Krakow
  • Serpentina the snake
  • In the Urungu steppe (ed. 1970)
  • Shout out to the Lord
  • Music in worship (ed. 1979)
  • Rambamburu (ed. 1983)
  • Senorita, come to the dance
  • Ting, tang, tonung (Möseler, Wolfenbüttel 1984)

Choral works (selection)

  • Lord where shall we go? Motet for four. according to Choir (1980)
  • Open up, be light. Small sacred concert for choir and instruments (Carus 1992)

Instrumental works (selection)

  • Concertino for organ and three timpani (ed. 1979)
  • Duettino for two guitars (ed. 1979)
  • Concerto for clarinet and organ (1982)
  • Dialogue for two organ players (ed. 1988)
  • Music for flute and organ (1984)
  • Everything has its time for solos, brass and strings (approx. 1980/81)
  • Interna 1 & 2 for large orchestra (premiered around 1982 in Bremen. Bremer Philharmoniker, conducted by Peter Schneider)

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  1. ↑ http://maerchenkiste.com/m%C3%A4rchentexte/das-hemd-des-gl%C3%BCcklichen/

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personal data
SURNAME Kretzschmar, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenstein-Ernstthal
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1986
Place of death Bremen