Gerhart Schäfer

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Gerhart Schäfer (born September 30, 1926 in Bamberg ; † February 1, 2018 ) was a German composer and university professor.

Life

During his school days from 1938 to 1942, Schäfer completed a preliminary course at the Conservatory in Osnabrück with the subjects violin, piano and theory. At the Detmold University of Music he studied composition with Wilhelm Maler and also violin and viola . He was a pedagogue in Leverkusen , lecturer in composition and music theory at the Dortmund Municipal Conservatory and from 1974 to 1986 professor for composition and music theory at the Detmold University of Music, Dortmund department.

Music awards

  • Music prize of the city of Recklinghausen for the work “Concerto for oboe and small orchestra”, 1956.
  • Sponsorship award from the State of Lower Saxony 1964.

Compositions

selection

  • Concerto for oboe and small orchestra, premiered in Osnabrück 1954, Helmut Winschermann, Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Bruno Hegmann
  • Quintet for clarinet and string quartet, WP WDR 1957, Jost Michaels Raderschatt Quartet
  • "Espressioni" for viola and piano, premiered on Radio Brussels II 1961, Rik Langewouters (viola)
  • "Reflections" (flute, vocal, piano), premier at the Lübeck University of Music 1969
  • “Diamorphosen” for strings, premiered in Dortmund 1971, Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Concert for chamber orchestra, premiered in Dortmund 1973, Continuum Ensemble, conductor: Werner Seiss
  • “Permutationen” for orchestra, premiered at Radio Bremen 1986, Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Klaus Bernbacher

Broadcast recordings

  • Five piano pieces, 1959, WDR (Bernhard Kontarsky)
  • Four piano pieces, 1973, WDR (Herbert Henck)
  • Quintet for clarinet and string quartet, WDR (Franz Klein and the Gürzenich Quartet)
  • "Espressioni" for viola and piano, WDR (Rainer Moog)
  • Four pieces for small orchestra, NDR-Hannover (Orchester der Jeunesses musicales, conductor: Klaus Bernbacher)
  • "Diamorphosen" for strings, Radio Bremen (Orchestra of the Jeunesses musicales, conductor: Klaus Bernbacher)
  • “Sonata tragica” for English horn and piano, Radio Saarbrücken
  • “Conversazione a tre” for oboe, bassoon and harpsichord, SWF and WDR
  • “Espressioni” for viola and piano, SWF and Radio Bremen
  • “Reflexionen” for flute, violoncello and piano, WDR and Bayerischer Rundfunk
  • “Akuómenon” for treble recorder and piano, Bayerischer Rundfunk and WDR
  • Four pieces for guitar, WDR

Commissioned compositions

  • Concert prelude for large orchestra, premier Leverkusen 1956, Bayer Philharmonic, conductor: Erich Kraack (client: Bayer Philharmonic)
  • Cantata "Development of the Essence" (baritone solo, choir, orchestra), premiered in Dortmund 1977, ensemble of the Musikhochschule, conductor: Hatto Ständer (client: Kulturkreis im Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mourning for Prof. Gerhart Schäfer. Detmold University of Music, March 2, 2018, accessed on March 3, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Gerhart Schäfer's curriculum vitae. (PDF) on a website of the city of Osnabrück
personal data
SURNAME Shepherd, Gerhart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Bamberg
DATE OF DEATH 1st February 2018