Till Sailer

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Till Sailer (born April 21, 1942 in Weimar ) is a German writer who writes fiction with a focus on musical topics.

biography

Till Sailer grew up in Weimar and studied there at the Liszt School of Music . After graduating he was an orchestral musician in Cottbus. From 1968 to 1979 he worked as a radio journalist in the cultural and educational program of Radio DDR II, Berlin, Ernste Musik. During this time he published biographical radio plays on Mozart and Schubert . He then completed additional studies at the "Johannes R. Becher" literature institute in Leipzig. He has been a freelance writer since 1980.

From 1991 to 1993 Sailer worked as a social worker for authors and was a member of the history committee of the Association of German Writers (VS) . From 1997 to 2001 he worked for local cultural planning in Beeskow . During this time he held the position of Deputy Federal Chairman of the Association of German Writers. He is chairman of the Friedrich-Bödecker-Kreis in the state of Brandenburg eV

In 2003 Sailer held the position of town clerk in Otterndorf , where he a. a. worked on his Brahms novel. In 1982 and 2004 he received a scholarship at the Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf .

Till Sailer is married and has two grown daughters. He lives in Bad Saarow in the state of Brandenburg.

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Works

  • Radio plays on Mozart (1975), Schubert (1978), Paul Robeson (1978), Handel (1983, co-author Hans Bräunlich), Berlioz (1986, based on Arnold Zweig) all in Music in Play , see. u.
  • Follow-up to an interrogation , TV play about Hanns Eisler : TV radio, GDR 1981
  • He sings for us with heart and mouth , stories about Bach, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1985
  • My music is for the world , stories about Handel, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1985, 1988
  • The cuckoo in the orchestra , stories about Haydn, Mozart, Weber a. a., Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1989
  • Arrival in the supermarket - On the social situation of the authors in the state of Brandenburg , study, Tastomat Eggersdorf 1993
  • Voices from Brandenburg , (ed.) Short stories, Kiro-Verlag Schwedt, 1994
  • The Biermann expatriation and the writers. A German-German case. Publication by the VS History Commission, published jointly with Carsten Gansel , Olav Münzberg, Renate Chotjewitz-Häfner, Andreas Kalckhoff, Verlag Wissenschaft und Politik Cologne, 1994, ISBN 3-8046-8815-2 .
  • An inheritance in two hands - Hugo Distler in divided Germany , radio feature, Ursendung SFB, 1994 (printed in Hugo Distler in Strausberg , see below)
  • Culture in a little-known angle , non-fiction book, Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg Potsdam, 1999
  • How Bach became Thomaskantor and other stories from the life of Johann Sebastian Bach , Atlantis-Musikbuch-Verlag Zurich, 2000
  • Concert for little hands , Atlantis-Musikbuch-Verlag Zurich, 2001
  • Die Wende in Beeskow , Beeskower Heimathefte, Heft 5, Beeskow, 2001
  • How Handel's Messiah came about and other stories from the life of Georg Friedrich Händel , Atlantis-Musikbuch-Verlag Zurich, 2002
  • King Midas and his barber , children's book, illustrations by Gertrud Zucker , Verlag Die Furt, Jacobsdorf, 2002
  • Johannes Brahms , Feldeinsamkeit , essay with facsimile, Hermann-Allmers-Gesellschaft Rechtenfleth, 2004
  • In love - your Johannes Brahms , Roman, Trafo-Verlag Berlin, 2005, ISBN 3-89626-548-2
  • An invisible fire , Trafo-Verlag Berlin, 2007, ISBN 978-3-89626-683-5
  • Hugo Distler in Strausberg , non-fiction book, Trafo-Verlag Berlin, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89626-787-0
  • Georg Friedrich Handel , short stories, pocket book Brunnen-Verlag Gießen, 2009
  • Stay well with your Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Roman, Trafo-Verlag Berlin, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89626-860-0
  • Johann Sebastian Bach , short stories, Brunnen-Verlag Gießen, 2010, ISBN 978-3-7655-4086-8
  • Chopin in Poland - A travel book , picture-text volume Trafo-Verlag Berlin, 2010, ISBN 978-3-89626-736-8
  • Music in the game - six radio texts , radio play anthology, Trafo-Verlag Berlin, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86465-021-5
  • So big the burden - Twelve chapters Paul Gerhardt , Roman, Trafo-Verlag, Berlin, 2016, ISBN 978-3-86465-071-0

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personal data
SURNAME Sailer, Till
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Weimar