Volker Gwinner
Volker Gwinner (born August 18, 1912 in Bremen ; † May 7, 2004 in Bremen) was a German composer and organist .
biography
Gwinner first studied music with Günther Ramin , Günter Raphael and Johann Nepomuk David . He then worked as a church musician in Bremen and Dresden ( Sophienkirche ). For almost 20 years, from 1957 to 1977 Gwinner worked as a composer and organist in Lüneburg at St. Johanniskirche . In between he taught at the Conservatory in Bremen and at the Church Music School in Hanover . In 1968 he also took up a teaching position at the University of Music and Theater in Hanover , which he retained until 1980. In 1970 he was appointed professor.
Gwinner wrote numerous compositions for choir , organ and other instruments as well as commissioned music for radio and television. Concert tours have taken him to other European countries and overseas. He spent his twilight years in Bremen-Oberneuland .
Works (selection)
- Partita for four trumpets
- Be happy in hope (festival music for children's choir and choir)
- O Savior, tear open the heavens (Partita for Trumpets)
- In the year circle (choir cycle based on a text by Margarete Jehn )
- Psalm 84 Small choral cantata for 4 voices and organ
- Choral (text: Ulrich S. Leupold 1969 based on Mfurahini, Haleluya by Bernard Kymanaywa 1966; melody: from Tanzania )
- Choral cantata In dulci jubilo for 4st GemChor (SSAM) and organ
- Melody to you child at this holy time , Evangelical Hymns No. 50
Web links
- Works by and about Volker Gwinner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ahrend organ in Oberneuland
- Gwinner works at Carus-Verlag
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gwinner, Volker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 2004 |
| Place of death | Bremen |