Karl-Heinz Schäfer (composer, 1899)

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Karl-Heinz Schäfer (born July 29, 1899 in Roßbach im Westerwald , † June 25, 1970 in Osnabrück ) was a German conductor , composer , pianist and music director .

biography

Schäfer worked as a music teacher , pianist and conductor from 1924 to 1938 in Bamberg , Bayreuth , Gießen and Würzburg before taking over the management of the Conservatory in Osnabrück, which he held from 1938 to 1965.

He saw himself primarily as a creative musician. With the exception of opera , he has created works in all areas of music that have attracted attention in concerts and radio broadcasts at home and abroad. He composed his last work for the beginning of the 1969/70 concert season of the Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra.

His early compositions are indebted to Impressionism , while he turned to twelve-tone music in his later works . His son is the composer and university professor Gerhart Schäfer, born in Bamberg in 1926 .

Works (selection)

  • Concerto for flute, violin, trumpet, piano, percussion and string orchestra. Gustav Bosse Verlag , Regensburg.
  • The music-making kingdom. Breitkopf & Härtel , Wiesbaden.
  • Divertimento. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden.
  • Cantata. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden.
  • Sonatina. Bosses, Regensburg.
  • Trifolium. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden.
  • About dogs, elephants, sparrows and ducks. Kirstner and Siegel, Cologne.
  • I have to go to my loved one. Tonger Musikverlag , Rodenkirchen.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Karl Schäfer in the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (NOZ), June 1970.
  2. ↑ Gerhart Schäfer on the website of the city of Osnabrück.
personal data
SURNAME Shepherd, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor, composer, pianist and music director
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Rossbach , Westerwald
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1970
Place of death Osnabrück