Heinrich Poos

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Heinrich Poos (born December 25, 1928 in Seibersbach ; † August 19, 2020 there ) was a German composer and music writer.

Life

Heinrich Poos was born in a Protestant parsonage and grew up there. After the church music C-exam ( Oldenburg 1946) and the Abitur ( Potsdam 1948) he studied from 1948 at the Berlin church music school (1954 state exam) and from 1954 at the university for music composition (with Ernst Pepping ) and conducting.

From 1959 to 1963 he studied musicology , philosophy and theology at the Free University of Berlin with a doctorate. phil. 1964. From 1955 to 1970 he worked as a cantor and organist in Berlin. From 1965 he received a teaching position for music theory at the TU Berlin . From 1971 to 1994 he taught as a professor at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin.

From 1985 he took on visiting professorships and teaching assignments at the University of Frankfurt / Main . Heinrich Poos last lived in Berlin and Seibersbach .

Works

Compositions (selection; published, if not stated, by Schott International)

  • Suite based on texts by Bertolt Brecht , S., Bar., Instruments (1956, manuscript)
  • You are the source of all sources (3 motets), according to Choir (1957, Merseburg)
  • Te Deum, according to Choir (1959, Merseburg)
  • Take from us Lord, you faithful God, Partita for Fl. and org. (1965, Hänssler, now Carus)
  • Mr. Christ, who unites God, Partita for S., Fl. and organ (1965, Hänssler, now Carus)
  • From the Holy Trinity ( triptych ), mixed choir (1961/62, Merseburg)
  • German Mass, mixed choir (1965, Hänssler, now Carus)
  • Three Madrigals (Ernst Pepping on September 12, 1966)
  • Every thing has its time, S., Male Voices, Spokesperson, Orch. (1971/72, rev. 1976)
  • Magnificat, S., acc. Choir (1972)
  • Lamentation for Samogonsky, male voices, speakers (1972)
  • Sermon on the fish of Anthony of Padua, according to Choir, instruments (1974)
  • Three Latin chants, male voices (1974, Tonger)
  • Night and Dreams (3 poems by Clemens Brentano ), women's voices, class (1975)
  • Six poems by Theodor Storm , male voices, class (1975, rev. 2004)
  • With voice and strings ( cantata based on the Concerto grosso op. 6, No. 4 by Arcangelo Corelli ), bar., Male voices, strings, harpsichord (cl.) (1976, Breitkopf)
  • Emblemata (symphonic cantatas), S., T., acc. Choir, speaker, orch., Tape (1976-80, manuscript)
  • Dona nobis pacem, acc. Choir (1977, rev. 1996)
  • Pock, de singt so schön (5 songs based on poems by Klaus Groth ), female voices, class (1978, Tonger)
  • Signs on the way, male voices, class 4-hd. (1978, rev. According to the choir 1999)
  • The Last Judgment, Men's Voices (1980)
  • A song fell into my summer, female voices, 2 Hr., Harp (Kl.) (1980)
  • Ave Maria, S., acc. Choir, organ (1981)
  • Pater noster, bar., Acc. Choir, organ (1981, rev. Without bar. Solo 2012)
  • Pax et Bonum (triptych), bar, gem. Choir, instruments (1981, rev. 1999)
  • Viatoris Carmen (cantata based on the canon by Johann Pachelbel based on a poem by Gottschalk von Fulda), male voices, instruments / orch. (1982, rev. For mixed choir 2013, Tonger)
  • Sphragis (Orphei commemoratio), acc. Choir (1983)
  • Von Zeit und Ewigkeit, male voices, speakers, instruments, tape (1983, rev. For mixed choir without tape 2003, Tonger)
  • Nachklänge (cycle based on poems by Joseph von Eichendorff ), acc. Choir (1984–89)
  • Gloria Patri, acc. Choir, organ (1988)
  • Metamorphoses of a motet by Antonio Lotti , mixed Choir, organ, pk. (1990-91, Tonger)
  • Hypostasis vel Somnium Jacob, acc. Choir (1992)
  • Nunc dimittis, acc. Choir (1997)
  • Epistolae (Symphonia sacra), acc. Choir (1997-99)
  • Orpheus (Fantasies), acc. Choir, speakers, instruments (2001-07)
  • What did you see, wanderer? (12 poems by Bertolt Brecht), acc. Choir, class (2006)
  • Legend of the origin of the book Taoteking on the path of Laotse into emigration (Brecht), according to Choir, class (2008)
  • Aprèslude (Chopin meditations based on the Preludes op. 28), acc. Choir, class (2010)
  • Benedictus Dominus, acc. Choir (2010)
  • Four love songs (Brecht), acc. Choir, class (2011)
  • Abgesang (3 poems by Bertolt Brecht), acc. Choir, class (2012)
  • Cantica (3 New Testament Psalms) acc. Choir (2014)
  • Resurrecting (Klopstock), according to Choir (2014)
  • Crux amoris, female voices, harp (2014, Tonger)
  • Missa Carminum, acc. Choir, instruments (2014, organ version 2015)
  • Epistolae, acc. Choir and organ (2015)
  • Three lullabies and lullabies, 4-part female choir (2015)
  • The book of hours (fragments of a large denomination), according to Choir, Solo, Organ, Violoncello and Double Bass (2017)
  • Colorful stones (14 ways to write a choir song), with and without accompaniment by piano, cello and double bass

Fonts (selection)

Editions (selection)

  • Choral Music and Analysis. Contributions to form analysis and interpretation of polyphonic vocal music , 2 parts in 2 volumes each, Mainz: 1983 and 1997
  • Art as an antithesis. Karl Hofer Symposium 1988 of the Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin: 1990
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach . Contributions to life and work, Mainz: 1993

Processing (selection)

  • Johannes Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem op.45, arrangement for solos, choir, 2 pianos (Breitkopf, n.d.)
  • JS Bach, choral songs, 2 vol. (Merseburger, 2000)

Awards

Literature (selection)

  • Christian Thorau: Article Poos, Heinrich , in: Composers of the Present (KdG), 1997
  • Oliver Fürbeth (Ed.): Musical structure as history . On the work of the composer and musicologist Heinrich Poos , Mainz: Schott, Mainz 2002 (incl. Texts on own works, list of works and writings)
  • Thomas Gerlich: Article Poos, Heinrich , in: Music in Past and Present , 2nd Edition, Vol. 13, 2005

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Uehling: Heinrich Poos: Enrichment of the present. In: Berliner Zeitung . August 23, 2020, accessed on August 23, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Poos, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and music writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Seibersbach
DATE OF DEATH 19th August 2020
Place of death Seibersbach