Hugo Raithel
Hugo Raithel (born April 6, 1932 in Schwarzenbach an der Saale ) is a German composer , conductor and pianist .
Life
He studied piano in 1951/52 at the Cologne University of Music and from 1952–55 at the Munich University of Music and Theater composition with Karl Höller , conducting with Fritz Lehmann and Kurt Eichhorn and piano with Johannes Hobohm and Friedrich Wührer . In 1955 he moved to the GDR, where he accepted a position as choirmaster at the Bautzen City Theater. 1957–61 he was a solo repetitor at the Komische Oper Berlin and then again in Bautzen as a theater conductor . Since 1978 he has been a lecturer in accompaniment at the "Carl Maria von Weber" music academy in Dresden . In 1993 he was appointed professor and in 1997 he retired.
In terms of composition, he initially followed up with Reger , but then went far beyond the major / minor tonality. His mostly very polyphonic notation uses modal scales, among other things. Individual works also integrate dodecaphonic elements, for example his Sinfonietta op. 18 (1963), which was inspired by a poem by Nazim Hikmets .
Raithel composed a children's opera ( Hase Nasehoch , based on a Russian fairy tale, 1981), plays, orchestral and choral works, songs and piano music. He lives in Liegau-Augustusbad with his wife, the piano professor Monika Raithel (1940–2011).
literature
- Fred K. Prieberg: Music in Other Germany , Cologne 1968, p. 254
- Peter Hollfelder : Lexicon article about Hugo Raithel, in: The piano music. Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven 1999, p. 192 f., ISBN 3-933203-12-0 .
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| SURNAME | Raithel, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, conductor, pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwarzenbach on the Saale |