Werner Wolf Glaser

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Werner Wolf Glaser (born April 14, 1913 in Cologne , † March 29, 2006 in Västerås , Sweden ) was a German-Danish-Swedish composer , art historian , psychologist and conductor .

Life

Werner Wolf Glaser was born on April 14, 1913 in Cologne as the second son of the pianist Julie Glaser (née Wolff) and her husband Viktor Glaser. The mother promoted the musical education of the son. In 1929 Glaser passed the entrance examination at the Cologne Music Academy and was taught by Peter Dahm , Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg and Philipp Jarnach , among others . Glaser studied piano , conducting and composition at the Cologne University of Music , after which he went to Bonn to study art history . Finally he continued his composition studies in Berlin - among others with Paul Hindemith - and took up further studies in psychology . From 1929 to 1931 he was conductor at the Chemnitz Opera and in 1932 came to Cologne as choir director . During the time of National Socialism he was expelled from Germany as a Jew . He emigrated via Paris in August 1934 with the help of the Danish flutist Johan Bentzon to Lyngby , Denmark , and became a lecturer at the Frederiksbergs Folk Music Academy in Copenhagen . In 1943 he received Danish citizenship. After the threat of deportation of the Danish Jews to concentration camps, Werner Wolf Glaser and his family belonged to the Jews who were brought to safety in Sweden on October 6, 1943 in a rescue operation in fishing boats.

From 1944 to 1959 he was the conductor of the Södra Västmanlands Orkesterförbund and was director of the Västerås Musikskola until 1975 , where he worked with Ivar Andrén and Gunnar Axén . He also wrote music reviews for the regional daily newspaper “Vestmanlans Läns Tidning”.

Glaser, who received Swedish citizenship in 1951, left behind a fairly extensive oeuvre in many genres: including nine books of poetry , the lyrical work Orfeues undergang and texts for numerous choral works, as well as around 560 compositions, including 13 symphonies, 14 string quartets and six operas , a large number of chamber music, youth and teaching works. The Hindemith school is recognizable in his tonal language, but he developed his own style.

Stumbling block for Werner Wolf Glaser in Cologne in front of the house at Utektiven Strasse 9 , relocated on September 10, 2018

In 1993 he was awarded the Medal of Merit of the Royal Stockholm Academy of Music for his lifetime achievement .

Werner Wolf Glaser died on March 29, 2006 in Västerås and was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Stockholm. Wolf Glaser had been married to Renate Eiser since 1934 and had four children with her: Jo Svend (born 1936), Etienne (born 1937), Per Ivar (born 1942) and Juliette (born 1948).

In Germany, Kolja Lessing is committed to maintaining his work.

Commemoration

On September 10, 2018, seven stumbling blocks were laid in front of two residential buildings in Cologne as part of the art and memory project by the artist Gunther Demnig . The stumbling blocks are reminiscent of Werner Wolf Glaser and his wife Renate (née Eiser), of their parents Viktor and Julie Glaser (née Wolff) - the mother died after the deportation in 1943 in the Sobibor concentration camp , the in-laws Salomon and Sara Selma Eiser ( born Isaacson) and to his brother Georg Glaser, who was murdered in 1944 in the Auschwitz extermination camp .

Works

Works for orchestra

  • 1933–1934 Symfoni nr 1 Sinfonia 1 op.10
  • 1935–1936 Symfoni No. 2 Chamber Symphony op. 14
  • 1936–1940 Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. III
  • 1939 Trilogia per orchestra
  • 1940–1942 Fem stycken for orchestra
  • 1943 Symfoni nr 4 Sinfonia nr. 4
  • 1945 Two short orchestral pieces
  • 1947 prelude for orchestra
  • 1947–1949 Symfoni no 5 Sinfonia no 5
  • 1954 Idyll, elegi och fanfar for orchestra
  • 1955–1957 Symfoni nr 6 Sinfonia breve della transparenza
  • 1957 Konsert Concerto per orchestra II
  • 1957 Sorgmusik över en flicka for string orchestra
  • 1959 Symfoni nr 7 Azione tardante
  • 1964 Fyra dans-scener - Symfoni nr 8
  • 1964 concert for violin and orchestra
  • 1965–1966 Conflitti - Orkesterkonsert no 3
  • 1966 Förvandlingar for piano and orchestra
  • 1967 Paradosso I Concertante music for string orchestra
  • 1975 Tre symfoniska danser for orchestra
  • 1976 Symfoni nr 9
  • 1977 Adagio per archi "Rest and Restlessness"
  • 1979–1980 Symfoni no 10
  • 1981 Trilogia per orchestra II
  • 1983 symphony nr 11
  • 1986 Nigeria Suite based on ancient Nigerian sculptures
  • 1987 Tema con variazioni
  • 1989 Symfoni no 12
  • 1990 Symfoni no 13

Chamber music

  • 1943 Gamle man for one voice and piano
  • 1945 Dansvisa for one voice and piano
  • 1966 Le Tombeau d'une Dame for flute and organ
  • 1967 Ordo Meatus for oboe d'amore solo
  • 1969 Serioso for oboe and harpsichord
  • 1974 Absurt divertimento for soprano and wind quintet
  • 1975 Sommar for soprano and flute
  • 1976 Sommar Version II for one voice and piano
  • 1976 March i skrattspegel for wind quintet
  • 1977 Per Sylvestrum for flute and piano
  • 1980 Fågelliv Vie d'oiseau Three pieces for soprano and three strings
  • 1983 Fanfara by ASEA for 3 trumpets and timpani
  • 1997 Solo per eufonio Solo for euphonium

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1960 Concerto della Capella for symphonic wind orchestra and piano
  • 1966 concert for wind orchestra
  • 1974 March i blåsväder (invitation to march)
  • 1980 Symphony for wind instruments for symphonic wind orchestra
  • 1981 3 pieces for 11 saxophones for saxophone orchestra (2 soprano saxophone, 4 alto saxophone, 2 tenor saxophone, 2 baritone saxophone, bass saxophone)

Choral music

  • 1936 Death is great for a mixed choir
  • 1963 Melankolians visor suite
  • 1964 Dagen Suite
  • 1967 Årskrets for children's choir
  • 1968 Vårmosaik for mixed choir and string quartet

Stage works

  • 1960 Persefone Ballet in three acts
  • 1971 En naken kung opera in two acts
  • 1970 Möten chamber opera for solos, flute, clarinet and string orchestra
  • 1973 Les cinq pas de l'homme ballet

Oratorios, cantatas and sacred music

  • 1966 Tystnad cantata for soprano, flute, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, drums, gong, violin, violoncello and tape
  • 1968 Porten Advent cantata for soprano and organ
  • 1973 En aftonkantat cantata for solos, two mixed choirs, flute, clarinet, horn and organ
  • 1972 Meditation psalm for mixed voices and organ

literature

  • Anna-Greta Anderberg: The composer and music teacher Werner Wolf Glaser - a cultural personality of the German emigration: With esp. Berücks. s. Activity in Sweden , Stockholm: Universitet 1970 (ms.)
  • Otfried Richter: Werner Wolf Glaser (1913–2006) - exile composer and music teacher . Stages of life and excerpts from works with a detailed exchange of letters with Sigurd Raschèr and Philipp Jarnach. In: Würzburger Hefte on music education . tape 5 . Margraf, Weikersheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-8236-1671-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Otfried Richter:  Glaser, Werner Wolf. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  2. ↑ a b c d Otfried Richter:  Werner Wolf Glaser in the Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians of the Nazi Era (LexM), as of March 30, 2017
  3. ↑ Manfred Reinnarth: "Ghettohaus": Stolen stumbling blocks are not replaced . In: Kölnische Rundschau . ( rundschau-online.de [accessed September 25, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Glaser, Werner Wolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Danish-Swedish composer, art historian and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 2006
Place of death Västerås , Sweden