Rainer Dimmler

Rainer Dimmler (2006)

Rainer Dimmler (born January 17, 1951 in Worms ; † May 17, 2018 in Bad Vilbel ) was a German composer , musician and poet .

Life

Rainer Dimmler has been playing the guitar since he was twelve. He studied with Heinz Teuchert at the Dr. Hoch`schen Conservatory as well as at the Musikhochschule in Frankfurt / Main and made a name for himself as a virtuoso of classical literature and his own compositions.

From 1980 he devoted himself exclusively to his own music and wrote works for guitar , flute, cello , violin , dulcimer , choir and orchestra. Based on a basic structure of classical harmony, free chromatic elements flowed into his music .

His music is broadcast by radio and television companies around the world. In concerts he presented his music from solo to trio. He was a member of the German Composers Association .

From 2002 he wrote poems that were published in August 2007 by Goethe Verlag Frankfurt and in 2011 by Projekt Verlag Halle . In his poems he dealt with deeply religious questions in life.

Works

CDs

• Poetry in tones

(1993) Auster Media Music Munich 2009

Music: flute, violin, viola da gamba , guitars, Zheng , dulcimer, xylophone , glockenspiel , percussion

• Reflecting water

(1995) Auster Media Music Munich 2009

Music for: "China harp" (zheng), guitars, flutes, string zheng and tenor

• mirror of the soul

(1998) Universal Publishing Production Music Berlin 2005

Music for: strings, flutes, soprano, xylophone, fiddle , zheng, guitars, percussion

• Circles in the wind

(1999) Sonoton Music Munich and Auster Medienmusik Munich

Music for: flutes, fiddle, guitars, zheng, xylophone, glockenspiel

• The time bird

(2003) Universal Publishing Production Music Berlin

Music for: cello, tenor and soprano singing, flutes, violin, guitar, zheng, dulcimer, fiddle, glockenspiel, xylophone, percussion

• At the bottom of the silence

(2004) Universal Publishing Production Music Berlin

Improvisations with “China Harp” (Zheng) solo

• Flute green and strings

(2004) Universal Publishing Production Music Berlin

Music for: flutes, fiddle, guitars, zheng, dulcimer, glockenspiel, xylophone, percussion

• ceremony

(2006) Auster Media Music Munich

Music for: cello, flutes, fiddle, guitars, zheng, dulcimer, percussion

Other works

• "River of Life" No. 1–7 for orchestra
• "Sword of Damocles" for orchestra and choir
• “War and Peace” for orchestra and choir
• “Tanz auf dem Spiegel” for orchestra
• “Tears that fall from heaven” for string orchestra
• “Behind the Violins” for string orchestra
• “Novembermond” for string orchestra, video on youtube
• “Tanzendes Kind” for chamber orchestra
• "Roter Schatten" 12 fragments for orchestra and choir
• “Seven Romances” for guitar
• "In the Name of the Son" for orchestra, piano and choir (4 movements)
• "Raumspiel" for four voices, flute, clarinet, bassoon and bass clarinet
• Songs for soprano, flute and guitar
• "Psalm 63" for mixed choir a. a.

The works are published by Universal Publishing Production Music Berlin , Sonoton Music Munich Auster Medienmusik Munich, Intermezzo Musikverlag Berlin. Scores are available from Intermezzo Musikverlag Berlin.

Poetry

• “Poems that want to be prayer”. August von Goethe Literaturverlag Frankfurt 2007
• "With 77 verses". Project publisher Halle 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Musician and poet Rainer Dimmler is dead. Retrieved on July 14, 2018 (German).