Werner Haentjes

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Werner Haentjes (born December 16, 1923 in Bocholt ; † July 20, 2001 in Cologne ) was a German composer and conductor .

Haentjes came to Cologne with his family at the age of one, where he lived until his death. As a boy he was a singer in the Cologne Cathedral Choir . In 1939 he was already studying composition at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne with Philipp Jarnach and Heinrich Lemacher , among others , before he was drafted into military service in World War II. After the war, his first works were performed at the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music. Haentjes has worked for WDR in Cologne since the 1950s , was musical director at the Cologne theater , wrote operas and composed radio plays and film music . In 2001 the artist died in Cologne-Longerich, where he lived for many years .

Works (selection)

This list of selected works was created from information from the Historical Archives of the City of Cologne and the WDR. The composer's personal estate was probably lost in the collapse of the Historical Archives of the City of Cologne in March 2009.

Operas

  • Leonce and Lena (TV opera based on Georg Büchner), Cologne 1962
  • Nothing new from Perugia, Cologne 1964
  • We are looking for the dead (Manuel Thomas), Cologne 1966, new version Cologne 1968

Incidental music

  • The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare), 1949
  • The Oedipus of Sophocles, Cologne 1968
  • Toller (Dorst), Cologne 1968
  • Wallenstein (Schiller), Cologne 1970
  • Maria Magdalena (Hebbel), Cologne 1972
  • Egmont (Goethe), 1975
  • Urfaust (Goethe), Cologne 1976
  • Faust II (Goethe), Cologne 1977
  • Libussa (Grillparzer), Vienna 1978
  • Prometheus (Müller), Cologne 1978
  • Hamlet (Shakespeare), Cologne 1979
  • Die Humanisten (Jandl), Cologne 1980
  • King Lear (Shakespeare), Cologne 1982
  • The Persians (Aeschylus), Stuttgart 1983
  • The bride of Messina (Schiller), Stuttgart 1985
  • Faust (Goethe), Cologne 1983
  • Iphigenie (Euripides), Stuttgart (no year)

Orchestral works

  • Violin Concerto 1948, WP Darmstadt 1949
  • Choral Symphony (text by Manuel Thomas)
  • Offenbachiana (suite for orchestra)

Ensemble / chamber music

  • Suite for flute and strings, 1941
  • String quartet (unfinished, burned in tank operation in Russia in 1945)
  • Little evening music for flute, violin and viola (premiered in Darmstadt 1947)
  • Sonata for flute, violoncello and. Piano (Premiere Darmstadt 1948)
  • Divertissement for flute, violin and viola, 1951
  • Three Italian sonnets for flute, bass clarinet, 2 violas and 2 cellos, 1954
  • Sonata for viola and organ, 1954
  • Piano Sonata, 1956
  • Christmas music for brass
  • Concerto for horn and orchestra, 1966
  • Trio for flute, violin and violoncello, 1974
  • "... I'll stay with you" for soprano, baritone violin, cello and piano (premiere 1984)
  • Petersham 2049, music f. 4 saxophones, op.25, 1985
  • V. String quartet with solo soprano (using diary texts from Anais Nin, WP 1988)
  • Clarinet quintet

Vocal music

  • Six chants based on texts by old Spanish poets f. Alto, viola and harpsichord, 1950
  • Seven chansons based on Jacques Prévert f. 1 voice and piano, 1955
  • Awards I in 7 parts f. Baritone, horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 3 timpani and organ, 1968/69
  • Awards III in 7 parts f. Baritone, horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 3 timpani and organ, 1971/72
  • Piano and orchestral songs (based on texts by Manuel Thomas)
  • Rome cycle for baritone and piano, (based on texts by Manuel Thomas)
  • The dreaming sing of silence (based on texts by Signe Piehler), 1982
  • Choral symphony (based on texts by Manuel Thomas), 1977-1985
  • Epitaph, cello and piano (no year)
  • Irish chants, vocals and piano (n.d.)

Sacred choral works

  • "The Dead of War", Requiem f. Soprano and baritone solo, choir a. Orchestra (1950)
  • Psalm 129 "De Profundis" for solo soprano, 4-8st. Choir and percussion (1955, WP Cologne 1956)
  • Mass for 4-6 part a cappella choir (1963)
  • Missa brevis for boys' voices and 3-6-part male choir (1967)
  • Deutsche Messe "Lord, send us into your world" (1969)
  • "Be welcome to us, Herre Christ" Christmas music for 2 solo voices, acc. Choir and instr. (1971)
  • »Prizes« (in 5 parts) f. Soprano, baritone and choir (1968–1972)
  • "What do we have to do with you, Jesus?", German mass songs (1974)
  • Great Credo based on texts from the Roman Liturgy and texts by Wilhelm Willms for soprano, 2 mixed choirs, 2 trumpets, bass trumpet, 3 Baschet instruments (1975, premiered in Cologne 1976)
  • Sacred choral music for Ash Wednesday
  • Father noster
  • Three Easter Motets (1987)
  • Ecce sacerdos / priest's song ("Lord bless") (4th mixed choir)
  • Corpus Christi procession (mixed choir and 6 wind instruments ad lib.)

Film music

  • White Nights (text template: Fyodor Dostojewski ), 1957 (WDR)
  • My friend Harvey, (1959, television)
  • A dream game (North and West German Broadcasting Association Cologne), first broadcast: October 15, 1959
  • Herodes and Mariamne (Hebbel), 1964 (ARD)
  • To Damascus, (1966, television)
  • Rotmord, 1968 (Director: Peter Zadek )
  • Oscar Wilde, (1977 television)

Radio play music

  • Outside the door (Wolfgang Borchert), NDR 1949
  • Faust - the tragedy first part (Goethe), three LPs, 1952
  • Penthesilea (Kleist) WDR 1955
  • The arithmetic problem (Jacques Perret), WDR 1957
  • David Copperfield (Charles Dickens), WDR 1957
  • The lucky shoes (Andersen), SDR 1974
  • Puss in Boots Pinocchio (Malerba), SDR 1977
  • Life without a climax, WDR / RIAS Berlin, 1986

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Historical Archive of the City of Cologne, Findbuch Best. 1711 Haentjes (not published, preliminary version December 2008).
  2. ↑ Extract from the music database of the WDR archive, 2008.
  3. ↑ https://www.tobias-broeker.de/rare-manuscripts/gl/haentjes-werner/
personal data
SURNAME Haentjes, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Bocholt
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 2001
Place of death Cologne