Georg Reuter (composer)

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Georg Reuter (* 1935 in Argentina , † 2003 in Diepholz ) was a modern classical composer .

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After studying cello and church music in Berlin , Hanover and Bremen , he was cantor in Bremen from 1967 , lecturer at the University of Bremen in 1976 and director of various choirs in Bremen and the district of Diepholz , with whom he organized numerous concerts. From 1981 to 1989 he was director of the newly founded district music school of the Diepholz district and then until 1994 its deputy director.

His compositional oeuvre (1965–1999) spans a spectrum from chamber and choral music to symphonies , oratorios and stage works ( operas , children's musicals ).

Works (selection)

  • Tadeo. Symphony for large orchestra (1977)
  • Tadeo. Opera (1978)
  • News from Wohlau. Musical for children (1979)
  • The shoemaker from Istanbul. Opera (1986)
  • The imaginary missile. Musical for teenagers (1987)
  • Defholt. For choir and orchestra (op.43.7)
  • Missa TRE. Symphonic oratorio (1972/1991)
  • Symphony 2. For soprano solo and orchestra (1993)
  • Song for the earth. Oratorio (1994)
  • Symphony 3. For large orchestra (1995)
  • Symphony 4 "War and Peace" (1995)

Awards

Fonts

  • An artist on the way. Georg Reuter. Reality and music. Autobiography. Diepholz 2000.

literature

  • Obituary for the death of Georg Reuter in 2003. In: Stephan-Rupert Steinkühler: Music and people. 25 years of KreisMusikSchule in the district of Diepholz. 1981-2006. Syke 2006, pp. 34-35.

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personal data
SURNAME Reuter, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentinian composer of "modern classical"
DATE OF BIRTH 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Argentina
DATE OF DEATH 2003
Place of death Diepholz