Willi Löffler
Willi Löffler (born May 18, 1915 in Gornsdorf ; † April 8, 2000 in Bichl ) was a German composer , arranger, publisher and conductor .
Life
Willi Löffler (pseudonym: Harald Cosmar) was the son of a conductor . He began to play the piano at the age of 9 and became a student of Prof. Reinhardt after he had finished school. In addition to cello and trombone as secondary instruments, he also studied all theoretical music subjects. When he was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1937, he had to give up his studies as a trombonist, but began to compose and arrange more and more during this time. Since 1947, the year he returned from captivity, Löffler worked as an arranger for publishers and entertainment bands (mainly big bands). In 1951 Willi Löffler settled in Upper Bavaria and also increasingly wrote for brass music. With his march “Ad Astra” he won first prize out of 600 applicants at the International Composition Competition in London in 1955. Numerous compositions for brass music followed , which brought new impulses to conventional brass music literature through its then modern instrumentation. His “Dixie Parade” became a popular standard work for all wind orchestras in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1968 Willi Löffler moved to Bichl near Bad Tölz and founded Color-Musikverlag there, in which he distributed his own works and arrangements.
Concert band works
- Ad Astra, 1955, concert march
- Artist show, modern overture
- Bella Musica, cheerful overture
- Bolero concertant
- Colorit, impressionistic sketch
- Esprit, 1970
- Queen of Hearts, Overture, 1962
- Melody and Rhythm, 1972
- Romance Rubato, for trumpet and wind orchestra, 1962
- Sunny days, concert waltz, 1959
- Suite International No. 1 and 2, 1968
- Tango Ruby, 1968
- Tarantella Siciliana
- City meeting point, Rhapsody, 1965
- Prelude Grandioso, 1971
- Wiener Rundschau
source
The new lexicon of brass music , ed. by Wolfgang u. Armin Suppan. 4th ed. Lexicon of brass music. - Freiburg-Tiengen: brass music publ. Schulz, 1994.
Web links
- Compositions and recordings by Willi Löffler in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Löffler, Willi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cosmar, Harald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, arranger, publisher and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gornsdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 2000 |
| Place of death | Bichl |