Hans Wüthrich (composer)
Hans Wüthrich (born August 3, 1937 in Aeschi ; † March 20, 2019 in Arlesheim ) was a Swiss composer and linguist .
Life
Wüthrich came from a farming family. From 1952 to 1956 he attended the Muristalden Evangelical Teachers' Seminar ( Muristalden Campus ) in Bern. He then studied piano with Sava Savoff and music theory with Sándor Veress at the Bern Conservatory . From 1968 to 1972 he took composition lessons with Klaus Huber in Basel and Freiburg. He also studied music , literature and linguistics at the University of Zurich . In 1973 he received his doctorate with the dissertation The Consonant System of the German High Language .
From 1971 to 1985 he taught phonetics at the University of Zurich and the University of Basel . From 1985 to 2002 he was a lecturer in music theory , music analysis and ear training at the Zurich University of Music . His students include Nils Günther , Marianne Schroeder and Alfred Zimmerlin .
The first composition in his catalog of works dates from 1968, and he had created a total of 26 works by his death.
He was a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.
Works (selection)
- The secret way (1968), for soprano, clarinet, trumpet, viola, violoncello
- Requiem for Gulliver (1972–73), for orchestra, four voices and tape, premiered: 1973, Basel
- Communication Games (1973)
- On the self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci (1978), aria for voice and melody instrument, premier: 1978, Donaueschingen
- Approaches to the present (1986–87), for string quartet, premiered: 1987, Basel
- Chopin in the TGV Basel - Paris, contemplating the sun (1989), for flute, violin and piano, premiered: 1990, Basel
- Das Glashaus (1974–75), for six speakers, soprano, percussion and tape, premiered: 1977, Basel
- The Singing Snail (1979), WP: 1979 Zurich
- Netzwerk I (1983–84), for large orchestra without conductor, premier: 1988, Zurich
- Netzwerk II (1984–85), for large orchestra without conductor, premiere: 1988, Zurich
- Netzwerk III (1987–89), for large orchestra without conductor, premier: 1989, Basel
- Words - Pictures - Things (1991), for alto voice and string quartet, premier: 1991, Zurich
- Leve (1992), 16 scenes with three women, three men and objects, premiere: 1993, Basel
- Landscape with String Quartets (1994)
- Happy hour. Cycle. Eight spots (1994–97) for 12 singers / actors, 1 percussionist, 3 chickens and objects
- Glowing transitions in red, orange and bright blue (1998–99), for vocal ensemble and two keyboards (or tape CD), premiere: 2000, Basel
- Three psychophysical symbols (2002–03), for two guitars, premier: 2004, Baden (CH)
- Twelve phases of a cocoon and five dynamic crosses (2004-06), for ten instrumentalists, premier: 2006, Rümlingen
Prices
- Composition Prize of the City of Zurich (1972)
- Composition prizes at the international composition competitions in the Künstlerhaus Boswil (1974, 1976 and 1978)
- Paul Gilson Grand Prix de la Communauté radiophonique des programmes de la langue française (1984)
- Category Prize for Music from the Canton of Basel-Landschaft (1991)
- Composition Prize Marguerite Staehelin (2011)
literature
- Thomas Meyer : Hans Wüthrich . In: Contemporary Composers (KDG). Edition Text & Criticism, Munich 1996, ISBN 978-3-86916-164-8 .
- Alfred Zimmerlin : Deeply human, politically engaged and existential - An obituary for Hans Wüthrich, in: MusikTexte 161, Cologne 2019, ISSN 0178-8884 .
- Daniel Ott : Social and Linguistic Issues - Notes on Music Theater and Music by Hans Wüthrich, in: MusikTexte 161, Cologne 2019, ISSN 0178-8884 .
- Hermann-Christoph Müller: O God, a dog! - The Swiss composer Hans Wüthrich, in: MusikTexte 161, Cologne 2019, ISSN 0178-8884 .
- Thomas Meyer: Ideally, the first idea is already multimedia , in: MusikTexte 161, Cologne 2019, ISSN 0178-8884 .
- Mathias Spahlinger : Inconsistent ideas - about Hans Wüthrich , in: MusikTexte 161, Cologne 2019, ISSN 0178-8884 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Wüthrich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hans Wüthrich , KDG - Contemporary Composers, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Hans Wüthrich at Musinfo
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cécile Ohlshausen: the death of Hans Wüthrich. His music was a seismograph of our time. In: SRF . March 21, 2019, accessed March 25, 2019 .
- ↑ News - Tre Media Musikverlage . Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ↑ Hans Wüthrich. Works, biography, media. In: Ricordi . Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
- ↑ MusikTexts . New Music Magazine. No. 161 . Cologne 2019.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wüthrich, Hans |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wüthrich-Mathez, Hans |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss composer and linguist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aeschi |
DATE OF DEATH | 20th March 2019 |
Place of death | Arlesheim |