Manfred Stahnke

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Manfred Stahnke (born October 30, 1951 in Kiel ) is a German composer and musicologist.

He writes chamber music, orchestral music and stage works. He also expresses himself in various writings.

Life

Manfred Stahnke grew up as the son of East German parents (mother from Lyck in East Prussia, father from Mierau near Danzig ) in Bad Segeberg . He learned violin and piano, improvised at an early age, and at the age of 14 received theory lessons in Lübeck . At the age of 18 he went to Freiburg im Breisgau to study composition with Wolfgang Fortner . He passed the state examination with him at the age of 21. Manfred Stahnke continued studying with Klaus Huber and Brian Ferneyhough (then Huber's assistant) and in 1974 went to Hamburg to study with György Ligeti , who became his main teacher. He also received his doctorate in musicology on Pierre Boulez under Constantin Floros in 1979 and studied computer music (John Melby, John Chowning) and microtonality ( Ben Johnston ) in the USA (Stanford, California and Urbana, Illinois) in 1979/80 . In 1983 he was awarded the Beethoven Prize of the city of Bonn. He has been a member of the Free Academy of the Arts Hamburg since 1999 and currently (2018) heads the music section there. He is professor emeritus for composition and music theory at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg.

He is also the editor of various articles and books on musical issues. His compositions, with sound samples, appear at Babelscores.

Works (selection)

  • 1983–86 Heinrich IV. (After Luigi Pirandello ), opera, with a small orchestra, Kiel 1987
  • 1982-85 Partota, Pno ad lib. in Vallotti mood, Hubertus Dreyer, Hamburg 1986
  • 1986 Two Scales, 2 microtonally played bassoons, American Festival of Microtonal Music Ensemble: April Chapman, Johnny Reinhardt, New York
  • 1987 En cet hybride tamps, chamber ensemble microtonal, 4 Cl, 2 Vl, 2 Vla, harp, Yamaha DX7-II synthesizer, 2 Perc, ensemble modern, Saarbrücken 1988, UA new version Szombathely 1990
  • 1988 Viola Sonata, Christian Stahnke, Mike Rutledge, Hubertus Dreyer Hamburg 1990–92, new version 2005
  • 1990 Centonage, chamber ensemble microtonal, Fl, Ob, Cl, Trp, Pos, Perc, harp, Yamaha DX7-II synthesizer, 3 Vl, Va, Vc, ensemble modern, Frankfurt
  • 1991 Views of a Beetle, solo guitar in scordatura, part premier Frank Pschichholz, Moscow 1992; 1st overall world premiere Satoshi Oba, Odense 1995
  • 1992 Partota II - for György Ligeti , for MIDI grand piano and sampler, Hubertus Dreyer, Hamburg
  • 1993 Saitenspiel, 7 V, 3 Va, 3 Vc, Kb, in scordatura, Hamburger Camerata , conductor Claus Bantzer , Hamburg
  • 1994 Streetmusic I, trombone and steel drums, Metal Brass, Mainz 1995. Version for bass flute and steel drums, l'art pour l'art, Hamburg 1997
  • 1997 Trace des sorciers, orchestra microtonal, SWR Sinfonieorchester, cond. Olav Henzold, Donaueschingen
  • 1999 Lumpengalerie, Fl, Cl, V, Vc, Pno, Perc, Ensemble Est! Est !! Est !!! Bonn
  • 2000 IV. String Quartet, Munich
  • 2001 Orpheus Kristall, opera for stage and periphery, soprano, 2 mezzo-sopranos, baritone. Solo percussion, 4 external musicians (e.g. internet musicians), Fl, Cl, Trp, 2 Pos, 3 Vl, 3 Va, 3 Vc, Kb, 75 ', Munich Biennale 2002
  • 2003 Frankfurt Musicbox, va vc pno perc, ensemble modern, Frankfurt
  • 2003 Scales of Ages, Saxophone Symphony. Alto saxophone and orchestra, 25 ', John-Edward Kelly, Philharmonic Orchestra Heidelberg, cond. Thomas Kalb, Heidelberg 2004
  • 2005 Partota IX - Tanz und Tod, Duo for accordion and pno, Andreas Nebl, Oliver McCall, Trossingen 2006
  • 2005 The Alps Blues Clone, vc & zither, Martin Jaggi, Leopold Hurt, Hamburg
  • 2005 Diamantenpracht, hrp solo in scordatura, Gesine Dreyer, Hamburg 2006
  • 2006 Skins & Strings, Percussion, Va, Vc, Rumi Ogawa, Jagdish Mistry, Michael Kasper, Frankfurt / M
  • 2006 Danzbodnlock - violin symphony, violin solo and orchestra, Barbara Lüneburg, SWR-Sinfonieorchester, cond. Hans Zender, Donaueschingen
  • 2008 Hinterhofmusick, orchestra (3 ob, trp, perc, 32 strings in microtuning), Düsseldorfer Hofmusik & Düsseldorfer Sinfoniker, dir. Mark-Andreas Schlingensiepen, Düsseldorf
  • 2008/09 Antlitz “aus deep need” for soprano, bass recorder, sub-bass recorder, violoncello and harpsichord. Text: Psalm 130 . Premiere May 7th, 2009 Cologne ( Irene Kurka [soprano], Lucia Mense, Karolina Baeter [recorders], Burkart Zeller [cello], Alexander Puliaev [harpsichord])
  • 2009 CHANGGUflage, changgu (Korean drum) & stringtrio - a camouflage between "Sanjo" and "Chambermusic", Il-Ryun Chung & ensemble, Berlin
  • 2011 Such (t) maschine, chamber orchestra, ensemble modern, Frankfurt 2012
  • 2012 Reduced Elbharmonie, soprano & ensemble, decoder ensemble, blurred edges festival 5 may 2013

Fonts

  • Structure and aesthetics at Boulez. Third Sonata, Formant "Trope" - with Mallarmé & Joyce. 1979, revision 2017. ISBN 978-3-7431-8754-2
  • Manfred Stahnke (Ed.): Music - not without words. Contributions to current issues in composition, music theory and musicology.

In: Musik und, Eds. Hanns-Werner Heister and Wolfgang Hochstein, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-932696-33-6 therein: 121 György Ligeti and Manfred Stahnke: Conversation on May 29, 1993

  • New Music 2000 Five texts by composers - by Ernstalbrecht Stiebler / Manfred Stahnke / Dieter Mack / Babette Koblenz / Lothar Voigtländer. Edited by Klaus H. Stahmer, Würzburg 2001, ISBN 3-8260-2056-1
  • Microtones and more - On György Ligeti's Hamburger Pfaden, edited by Manfred Stahnke, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-932696-62-X ;

therein: 207 MeloHarmonics

  • My view of Ligeti, Partch & Compagnons, Hamburg 2017, collected essays, lectures and interviews, 424 pages, ISBN 978-3-7431-6663-9

further publications among others:

  • A sound system for an "Internet opera", in: Mitteilungen der Mathematischen Gesellschaft in Hamburg, Vol. XXII, 2003, 45–51
  • (Dis-) harmony, in: Science and Music. Leopoldina Symposium 2005, Nova Acta Leopoldina NF 92, No. 341, Vienna 2005, 49–61

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Stahnke. In: babelscores.com. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Stahnke, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel