Henry Kaufmann (musician)

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Henry Kaufmann (born April 27, 1921 in Lugau ; † April 17, 2010 in Berlin ) was a German musician and composer .

Life

Kaufmann grew up in a musical family. At a young age he received piano, guitar and clarinet lessons. In 1936 he began studying piano, clarinet and composition in Chemnitz.

Since 1950, Kaufmann has composed numerous children's melodies for radio in the GDR . As a music editor he worked for the Berliner Rundfunk and later headed the “Children's and Youth Music” editorial team at the German broadcaster .

From 1964 he worked as a freelance composer. He worked as a music educator and orchestra leader. He worked temporarily as an editor for the Lied der Zeit publishing house .

Works

  • Children's opera "Fax and the Sandman" ( Premiere 1968 at the Stadttheater Gera)
  • Musical "The Nightingale Festival" (1970 Theater Bernburg )
  • Musical for children "The Emperor's New Tailors" (1974 Bernburg)
  • Musical fairy tale "The Magic Castle" (1975 Bernburg)
  • Musical comedy "Such a Theater" (1978 Bernburg)
  • Children's ballet "Reineke Fuchs" 1978
  • Film music " Rote Bergsteiger " (TV series in 13 episodes)
  • Music for numerous fairy tale, children's cartoons and documentaries (including "Schmutzmoritz", over 50 films from the series "Jan and Tini"); He wrote music for evening greetings, many children's and youth television productions (including the television series "Treff mit Petra") as well as for television games and television films (1989 "The rest of the remains" with Annekatrin Bürger and 1992 "Scheusal" with, among others, Walfriede Schmidt)
  • Chansons and songs, smaller pieces of music, titles for the Eugen-Cicero-Trio
  • Orchestral suites
  • School music (literature for little pianists, guitar school, etc.)
  • Editor and editor of various song books
  • Erzgebirgslieder (based on own texts in dialect)
  • Prelude song for the nationwide day of action by choir youth in the DSB

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Henry Kaufmann. Biography at komponistenarchiv.de. German composers archive , accessed on April 4, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kaufmann, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Lugau
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 2010
Place of death Berlin