Helmut Degen
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
- ↑ Choral Music Composers File (Musica)
- ↑ a b Autograph in the Saxon State Archives in Leipzig .
personal data | |
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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 |