Karl Ottomar Treibmann

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Karl Ottomar Treibmann (born January 14, 1936 in Raun im Vogtland ; † February 13, 2017 in Leipzig ) was a German composer and music teacher . From 1981 until his retirement in 2001 professor for music theory and composition at the University of Leipzig . He was one of the representatives of modernism in the GDR , whose major major works can be found in the fields of opera, symphony and chamber music.

life and work

Karl Ottomar Treibmann, Evangelical Lutheran , was born in 1936 as the son of a primary school teacher and a housewife in Raun in the Vogtland . He belonged to the generation of composers who saw the outcome of the Second World War as a child. Treibmann went to his hometown (1942–1947) and Oelsnitz / Vogtl. (1947–1954) attended school and, in addition to his (grand) father's lessons, received important impulses from the Oelsnitz cantor and Straube student Paul Leo .

He then studied music education (with Richard Petzoldt and Hellmuth Christian Wolff ) and German studies (with Theodor Frings , Hermann August Korff and Hans Mayer ) at the Philosophical Faculty of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig from 1954 to 1959 . In 1959 he passed the state examination for teaching at the 12-class high school. In 1959/60, Treibmann worked as a music teacher at the polytechnic high school in Zschortau and from 1960 to 1966 at the peace high school in Delitzsch .

His doctorate as Dr. phil. Treibmann wrote in 1966 (in addition to ongoing teaching) at the Philological Faculty about the composer and music educator Helmut Bräutigam (1914–1942). The reviewers for the work were Paul Willert and Richard Petzoldt . In 1966 he became a research assistant in the artistic practice department of the Institute for Musicology at the University of Leipzig and in 1969 lecturer for music theory . From 1971 to 1974 he was head of the artistic practice department within the framework of academic self-administration.

From 1967 to 1970 he also studied composition with Fritz Geißler and Carlernst Ortwein (instrumentation) at the State University of Music - Mendelssohn Academy . During this time Treibmann realized that his true calling should be composing. His compositional career led him to Paul Dessau in Berlin in 1974/75 , where he started a master class in Leipzig at the Academy of Arts of the GDR .

After he had received the Facultas Docendi for the field of musicology and music education in September 1975 , he became a university lecturer for music theory and composition at the musicology and musical instrument museum department in February 1976 . In 1981 he was appointed professor with artistic teaching activities for music theory and composition. From 1981 his professorship was in the Art and Cultural Studies Section and from 1991 in the Musicology and Musical Instrument Museum of the Faculty of Art, Language and Education. In 1993 he became a university lecturer for music education at the Institute for Music Education. When he reached the age limit in 2001, he left the university service. His teaching and research areas were music theory, composition, musical analysis and composition in the 20th century.

During his time as a teacher he was a district adviser for music in the public education department of the Delitzsch district council . Until 1974 he was a member of the Music Education Commission of the Ministry of National Education and the Ministry of Higher and Technical Education . From 1985 to 1989 he was district chairman of the Association of Composers and Musicologists of the GDR and from 1990 regional chairman of the Association of German Composers .

Treibmann was active as a composer until the end of his life. His works were mainly published by Leipzig publishers such as Breitkopf & Härtel / Deutscher Verlag für Musik , Ebert Musik Verlag, Hofmeister and Edition Peters . His oeuvre includes three operas ( Der Idiot , Der Preis und Scherz, Satire, Ironie ) and seven symphonies as well as chamber music and choral works , but also song cycles and drama music . He achieved an international breakthrough in 1973 at the Warsaw Autumn with the 3rd symphonic essay . His 5th symphony was premiered in November 1989 in the Leipzig Gewandhaus by the Gewandhausorchester under Kurt Masur . From 1992 to 1994 he wrote motets for the Thomanerchor Leipzig.

Treibmann died in Leipzig at the age of 81.

Awards

Compositions (selection)

Operas

Symphonies

  • 1979: Symphony for 15 strings (1st symphony), premier: Collegium Instrumentale Lipsiensis, May 25, 1979 Leipzig
  • 1981: Symphony No. 2, premier Pirna State Symphony Orchestra , May 13, 1982 Pirna
  • 1983: Der Frieden (3rd Symphony) (Text: Volker Braun ), UA Gottfried Richter (speaker), Joachim Vogt (tenor), Leipzig University Choir , members of the Gewandhaus Orchestra (conductor: Max Pommer ), Gewandhaus, December 2, 1984 Leipzig
  • 1987: Symphony No. 4, premier Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra (conductor: Max Pommer), Gewandhaus, June 20, 1989 Leipzig
  • 1988: Symphony No. 5, WP Gewandhausorchester (conductor: Kurt Masur), Gewandhaus, 1989 Leipzig
  • 2009: Symphony No. 6
  • 2011: Symphony No. 7 (just like Symphony No. 6 was published)

Orchestral music

  • 1971: Capriccio 71 for orchestra, premier Hallesche Philharmonie , 1974 Halle
  • 1973: Concerto for violin and orchestra, premier György Garay (violin), Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra (conductor: Horst Neumann ), 1974 Leipzig
  • 1982: Hymnus, premier MDR symphony orchestra (conductor: Fabio Luisi ), 2002 Cologne

Chamber music

  • 1967: Sonata for violin and piano, UA György Garay (violin) and Gerhard Erber (piano), April 23, 1968
  • 1970: String Quartet, premier Mendelssohn Quartet , 1971 Leipzig
  • 1972: III. Symphonic essay , premiere of the Neue Musik Hanns Eisler group (conductor: Max Pommer), February 18, 1973 Leipzig
  • 1974: Sonata per oboe solo , WP Burkhard Glaetzner (oboe), October 5, 1974
  • 1979: Conversation between two drummers , premier Gerd Schenker and Günter Pauli (both drums), June 15, 1979 Leipzig
  • 1979: piano cycle II
  • 1980: Percussion sonata »Six leaves for Peter Sylvester« , premiered by Gerd Schenker and Günter Pauli (both drums), October 5, 1980 in Leipzig
  • 1980: The three-minute piece , premiered by Burkhard Glaetzner (oboe), January 12, 1982
  • 1982: Perspectives for oboe instruments , UA Axel Schmidt (oboe instruments), February 19, 1983
  • 1982: Marschschmiede for trombone solo , premiere Friedrich Schenker (trombone), February 26, 1984
  • 1985: Consort sonata for oboe, viola, double bass and guitar, premier Leipzig Consort , January 26, 1986 Leipzig
  • 1995: Percussion concert for 6 percussionists, premier Leipzig percussion ensemble , 1995 Graz
  • 1996: Consort Sonata . Version for oboe, bassoon, viola and guitar, UA Ensemble Sortisatio , Alte Handelsbörse , 1996 Leipzig
  • 1996: Coming and Going I for oboe, bassoon, viola and guitar, UA Ensemble Sortisatio, 1996 Leipzig

Choral music

Discography

Fonts (selection)

  • Helmut groom. A composer and music educator in the first half of the 20th century. With a comprehensive catalog raisonné . Dissertation, Leipzig 1966.
  • Structures in new music. Suggestions for contemporary composition . Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1981, ISBN 978-3-370-00001-6 (composition textbook; also Korean edition).

literature

  • Treibmann, Karl Ottomar. In: Paul Frank, Wilhelm Altmann , continued by Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rösner: Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstlerlexikon. Second part: additions and extensions since 1937 . Volume 2: L-Z. Heinrichshofen, 15th edition, Wilhelmshaven 1978, ISBN 3-7959-0087-5 , p. 370.
  • Karl Ottomar Treibmann. In: Sigrid Neef , Hermann Neef : German opera in the 20th century. GDR 1949–1989. Lang, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-86032-011-4 , p. 468ff.
  • Treibmann, Prof. Dr. Karl Ottomar. In: Wilfried W. Bruchhäuser: Contemporary composers in the German Association of Composers. A manual. 4th edition, German Association of Composers, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-555-61410-X , p. 1305.
  • Ulrike Liedtke : Karl Ottomar Treibmann . In: Hanns-Werner Heister , Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer (Hrsg.): Composers of the Present (KDG). Edition Text & Criticism, Munich 1996, ISBN 978-3-86916-164-8 .
  • Ulrike Liedtke: Karl Ottomar Treibmann. Sound hikes . Verlag Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad, Altenburg 2004, ISBN 3-930550-32-6 .
  • Treibmann, Karl Ottomar . In: Peter Hollfelder : Piano Music. International chronological lexicon. History - composers - works - literature . Supplement, Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2005, ISBN 3-7959-0855-8 , p. 222.
  • Ulrike Liedtke:  Treibmann, Karl Ottomar. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 16 (Strata - Villoteau). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7618-1136-5 , Sp. 1023-1025 ( online edition , subscription required for full access).
  • Werner Wolf : Diverse life's work in all genres . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung from January 14, 2011, p. 10.
  • Helmut Loos : Karl Ottomar Treibmann on his 80th birthday . In: Newsletter of the Institute for Musicology , January 2016, p. 1f.
  • Bernd Franke : Memories of Karl Ottomar Treibmann . In: Newsletter of the Institute for Musicology , March 2017, p. 2f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Rolf Richter: Sources of inspiration between Leipzig and Vogtland . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung from February 15, 2017, p. 12.
  2. ^ Helmut Loos : Karl Ottomar Treibmann on his 80th birthday . In: Newsletter of the Institute for Musicology , January 2016, p. 1f.
  3. ↑ Ulrike Liedtke:  Treibmann, Karl Ottomar. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 16 (Strata - Villoteau). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7618-1136-5 , Sp. 1023-1025 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
personal data
SURNAME Treibmann, Karl Ottomar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Raun , Vogtland
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 2017
Place of death Leipzig