Norbert Schäfer

Norbert Schäfer (* 1956 in Eschwege ) is a German piano teacher , pianist and composer.

Life

Norbert Schäfer studied music in Kassel with a major in piano with Rudolf Kratzert. Pedagogical and pianistic training with Peter Heilbut (Hamburg) and Rolf-Dieter Arens (Weimar) followed. Since 1994 he has published compositions for piano. With a certain wealth of ideas he opens up the compositional techniques and musical developments of the 20th century in the low to medium level of difficulty for piano. In the form and structure of the piano pieces, he was inspired by the painting of Classical Modernism.

Works

• Dance rhythms. Birnbach, Lochham 1994.
• Magic book. About the timbres of the piano based on picture titles by Paul Klee. Ricordi, Munich 1996, ISMN M-2042-2599-6
• The sound of the 20th century. 25 miniatures for piano solo. Tawny Owl (WK), Remscheid 2000 (Volume 1), 2001 (Volume 2)
• More publishments:
  • Cloud and Sea. Miniatures for piano solo. WK, 2003
  • Night and mold. Approaches to the hearing threshold. WK, 2003
  • Winter moon night. Miniatures for piano solo based on modern picture titles . WK, 2005
  • A garden for Orpheus. Piano solo. WK, 2005
  • CD recording of the piano pieces previously published by WK. Remscheid 2006
  • The lit (t) erarian piano. A glass bead game. Piano solo. WK, 2008
  • Twelve small suites for piano solo . Schäfer self-published, Bad Sooden-Allendorf 2010

literature

• Bernhard Hofmann, in: The main thing is music. Bayern 5. Klett, Stuttgart 1997. ISBN 3-12-177653-3
• Sebastian Kurz, in: 19th and 20th century piano music inspired by painting. Detmold University of Music, Münster Department, Münster 2003

Web links

• Works by and about Norbert Schäfer in the catalog of the German National Library