Michael of Biel
Michael von Biel (born June 30, 1937 in Hamburg ) is a German composer , cellist and painter .
life and work
Von Biel, born in Hamburg in 1937, studied in Toronto , Vienna , New York (with Morton Feldman , among others ), London and Cologne (with Karlheinz Stockhausen ). From 1961 to 1963 he attended the Darmstadt Summer Course for New Music . In 1964 he received a commission from WDR to compose the electronic music "version". In 1965/66 he was composer in residence at the State University of New York in Buffalo . Michael von Biel had lived in Cologne since 1966, where he came into contact with artists from the Fluxus movement. In 1968/69 he studied with Joseph Beuys at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . Since then, mainly works in the visual field have emerged. He has lived in Tübingen since his wife's death in 2005 .
Von Biel composed a. a. three string quartets ( 1st string quartet , 1962; 2nd string quartet , 1962; quartet with accompaniment , 1965), electronic works ( version , 1963/64; declination , 1965), a cello concerto, many works for cello solo and piano music. His Jagdstück (1966) for brass, double bass, tape and (garden) grills with microphones is probably partly influenced by Biel's contacts with artists of the Fluxus movement.
Compositions (selection)
- For piano no.1–3 (three piano pieces for Morton Feldman), for piano four-hands (1960–61)
- Book for three , for violin and two pianos, or three pianos (1961–62)
- Doubles , 29 pieces for violin and piano (1961)
- String Quartet No. 1 (1962)
- String Quartet No. 2 (1963)
- Version , electronic music for four loudspeaker groups (1963–64)
- Quartet with accompaniment , for string quartet and cello (1965)
- Deklination , for alto voice, piano, 3 percussionists, harp, cello, contrabass, and electronics (1965)
- World I and II, action scores (1965–66)
- The Plain of S'cairn , for five or more winds and five or more strings (1966)
- Jagdstück for brass, contrabass, tape, and amplified barbecues (1966)
- Composition for orchestra (1968)
- German Landscapes , for solo cello (1970)
- Cello Concerto (1971)
- Practice piece , for solo cello with filtered feedback (1971)
- Preludes, for cello (1972)
- 13 traditional pieces , for 2 guitars (1974-77)
- Pieces for two guitars (1976)
- Fragment , for two electric guitars (1981)
- Nineteen Pieces for piano, synthesizer, glockenspiel, percussion, and electric guitar (1985)
- Twenty-eight Pieces for Piano (1987-89)
- Eight project (essay) , for piano (1992)
- Pieces for piano (1992)
Book publications
- Afterimages , Salon Verlag , 2000, ISBN 978-3-89770-084-0
- 54/55 , Salon Verlag , 2005, ISBN 978-3-932189-45-6
- Portraits , Salon Verlag , 2010, ISBN 978-389770-366-7
- Be creative . In: Christian Julmi (ed.): Conversations about creativity. Projektverlag , Bochum / Freiburg 2013, pp. 147–161
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael von Biel in the catalog of the German National Library
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- ↑ http://www.tagblatt.de/Home/nachrichten/kultur/regionale-kultur_artikel,-Michael-von-Biel-Komponist-Kuenstler-und-Reporter-_arid,155507.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biel, Michael von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and cellist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |