Manfred Gerigk

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Manfred Gerigk OP (born October 16, 1934 in Danzig ) is a German composer , organist and Dominican .

Life

Manfred Gerigk attended grammar school in Oldenburg (Lower Saxony) after the Second World War . He studied composition as an autodidact . These studies were initially accompanied by Werner Grünberg, his music teacher at the grammar school, he also took violin lessons with Volkmar Flecken (concert master of the Oldenburg State Orchestra), and later he studied organ with Otto Dunkelberg , the former cathedral organist in Passau.

Professional activity

In 1963 Father Gerigk went to Bolivia as a missionary for 36 years . There he received a professorship in school music and theory at the Santa Cruz College of Education . Gerigk's musical oeuvre includes a rich piano work, orchestral works, choral works and chamber music. The composer says: “For me, music is a game that I enjoy. I would like to share in this joy. Life is joyless enough by itself. There is no need for gnashing desperate music. That is my humble musical credo. "

literature

  • Manfred Gerig: Composers in Focus (GerWV) . A portrait of the composer German / Spanish / English, 2011 GerWV, Cologne 2011
  • How and why I compose . The portrait of Manfred Gerigk in Brass Journal plus , volume 26/1/2011

Works (selection)

  • The piano work No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 1 GerWV 1, ISMN M-2054-1197-8 Wolfgang G. Haas -Musikverlag Cologne.
  • Sonata for horn and piano GerWV 4, ISMN M-2054-1202-9 Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne.
  • Sonata No. 1 for violoncello and piano GerWV 5, ISMN M-2054-1203-6 Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne.
  • Trio for violin, violoncello and piano GerWV 8, ISMN M-2054-1495-5 Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne.
  • Missa Brevis GerWV 9 for mixed choir (SATB) and organ, ISMN M-2054-1383-5 Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne.
  • Organ work No. 1 Organ Sonata No. 1 GerWV 10, ISMN M-2054-1384-2 Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne.
  • Three interludes for trumpet (oboe or clarinet) and organ (ad lib. Trp, P, Bc.) GerWV 13, ISMN M-2054-1387-3 Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne.
  • String Quartet No. 1 GerWV 17, ISMN M-2054-1466-5 Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne.
  • Concert for cello and orchestra GerWV 23, ISMN M-2054-1475-7 Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne.
  • String sextet GerWV 27, ISMN M-2054-1478-8 Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne.
  • Mixtur II Chamber music ensemble for vibraphone, metallophone, marimbaphone, flute, English horn, bass clarinet, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cello, double bass GerWV 33, ISMN M-2054-1485-6 Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne.
  • Completorium GerWV 38, According to the liturgical traditions of the Dominicans. Dedicated to the Order of the Brothers Preachers on the occasion of its eighth century celebration. Solos (SATB), choir (SATB), organ, perc: 3 tom-tom, tam-tam, gong high / low, timpani, strings (Vl 1/2, Va, Vc, Kb), ISMN M-2054-1517-4 Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne.
  • Three Bolivian dances GerWV 50, dedicated to the ADE-TRIO (Chovena - Carnaval - Taquirari), ISMN M-2054-1628-7 Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne.
  • Three Laudate Psalms GerWV 51 GChor (SATB) Psalm 145 (Laudate Dominum, quoniam bonum est psallere Deo nostro), Psalm 146 (Laudate Dominum, quoniam bonum est psallere Deo nostro), Psalm 148 (Laudate Dominum de caelis), ISMN M- 2054-1632-4 Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne.
  • Cantica Sacra for mixed choir (S, A, T, B) and organ GerWV 51. (I. Haec dies; II. In pace, III. Media vita) ISMN M-2054-1701-7 Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne .

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personal data
SURNAME Gerigk, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, organist and Dominican
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig