Kuno Petsch

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Kuno Petsch (born September 13, 1923 in Tabarz , † 1967 in East Berlin ) was a German composer .

Life

After graduating from high school, he worked as a teacher and school director, at the same time as the leader of choirs, instrumental groups and a chamber orchestra . 1956–1958 Petsch was the managing editor of the magazine “Musik in der Schule” in the GDR and from 1958 worked as a freelance composer in East Berlin . He died in 1967 at the age of 44.

Works

Orchestral works

  • Let's do it. Festive music for large orchestra, 1948
  • 2 suites for orchestra, 1948, 1952
  • Maneuver. Suite for wind orchestra, 1965
  • Concertante suite for flute and orchestra, 1965

Chamber music

  • Partita for alto flute and piano, 1949
  • Divertimento for two pianos, 1950
  • From the toy box. Suite, 1960
  • Till Eulenspiegel. Suite, 1960
  • From the brave little tailor. Suite, 1963

Stage works

  • 2 drama music, 1948
  • The Emperor's New Clothes. TV ballet, 1963
  • several ballet scenes and one-act plays
  • Film and television music

Vocal works

  • Six choirs based on poems by Hermann Hesse, 1950
  • Voices in the reeds. Lenau songs for baritone, flute and piano, 1950
  • German dance. Cantata for choir and folk instrument orchestra, 1954
  • Homeland. For choir and piano. Text: Günther Deicke, 1956
  • Then the servant woke up. Cantata for alto, baritone, choir, orchestra and speaker, 1959
  • The harvest ripens on the Oder. Staged oratorio for solos, choir, orchestra, dancers and speakers, 1962
  • Once around the world and back. Cantata for solos, choir and orchestra, 1965
  • We, the hosts of tomorrow. Cantata, 1965
  • other choirs, youth and mass songs

Articles and essays

  • Musical composition technique in vowel composition, 1955
  • The formation of taste, an important task of school music (in: Musik in der Schule 6/1956)
  • Art on the offensive (in: Music in School 1/1958)
  • Listening to music (in: Music and Society 5/1958)
  • The musical work with children and young people (in: 1/1959)
  • Contributions to the chapter "Folk music and amateur music" (in: The musical life in the GDR, 1959)
personal data
SURNAME Petsch, Kuno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Tabarz
DATE OF DEATH 1967
Place of death East Berlin