Helmut Degen

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Helmut Degen (born January 14, 1911 in Aglasterhausen ; † October 2, 1995 in Trossingen ) was a German composer, organist and conductor.

Life

Degen studied from 1930 at the Rheinische Musikschule in Cologne and from 1933 at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , where he wrote his dissertation on the baroque librettist Friedrich Christian Bressand . In 1933 he founded a chamber orchestra for new music in Cologne and worked as an organist in Altenkirchen . From 1937 he taught music theory at the Musikhochschule Duisburg (since 1987 a department of the Folkwang University ), from 1942 at the Buchenau rural education center near Hersfeld . In 1947 he moved to the Trossingen University of Music and was appointed professor in 1954. His style is reminiscent of Paul Hindemith and he uses techniques similar to the twelve-tone technique . With works for young people and folk music, he tried to make contemporary music easier for broader circles . He also worked as an editor for early music .

student

Works

Compositions

  • Concerto for Organ and Orchestra (1938)
  • Sonata for viola and piano (1940); Willy Müller, South German music publisher
  • Christmas music about Kommet, ihr Hirten (1941) for organ; Bear Rider
  • Little Christmas Music for Strings and Woodwinds (1942); PJ Tonger
  • The Flanders Fool , Ballet (1942)
  • Concerto for flute and string orchestra , 1944
  • Sonata for flute and viola , 1944
  • Small concert (1944–1945)
  • Chamber Symphony (1947); Bulkhead
  • Concerto Etudes (1948); Bulkhead
  • You command your way ; Cantata (1948)
  • Suter , oratorio (1950)
  • Unison pieces for violin or viola, or cello solo (1950); Heinrichshofen Publishing House
  • Handbook of Forms: Fundamentals of Musical Formation (1957); Bosses
  • 10 pieces for violin and viola; Willy Müller, South German music publisher
  • St. John Passion (1961–1962)
  • Capriccio for accordion and cello (1970)
  • Genesis Revelation , Oratorio (1973)
  • Metamorphoses for cello and piano (1980)
  • Concerto for 12 cellos (1982)
  • Capriccio scherzando for piano

Fonts

  • Helmut Degen: Manual of the theory of forms. Basics of musical formation . Gustav Bosse, Regensburg 1957.

literature

  • Karl Laux : Music and Musicians of the Present , Essen, 1949, pp. 57–64.
  • George W. Loomis: Helmut Degen . In: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. v. Stanley Sadie , Oxford 2001.
  • Marc Honegger, Günther Massenkeil: The great lexicon of music , 8 vols. Herder, Freiburg 1976. ISBN 978-3451229213 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Choral Music Composers File (Musica)
  2. ↑ a b Autograph in the Saxon State Archives in Leipzig .
personal data
SURNAME Sword, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Aglasterhausen
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1995
Place of death Trossingen