Wolfgang G. Haas

Wolfgang G. Haas, trumpeter, lecturer, publisher

Wolfgang Georg Haas (mostly Wolfgang G. Haas ) (born June 9, 1946 in Cologne ) is a German trumpeter , music teacher and publisher .

Life

Wolfgang G. Haas studied at the Hochschule für Musik Köln with Adam Zeyer (1911–1995), Hermann Schroeder and at the musicological institute Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel with Edward H. Tarr . Further teachers were Henry Müller (solo trumpeter in the Gürzenich Orchestra), Walter Holy, Franz Willy Neugebauer , Helmut Schneidewind (all of the WDR radio orchestras). He won the “Jugend musiziert” competition three times. After various orchestral and ensemble activities with the staff music corps of the German Armed Forces , with Musica Negativa, Brass Art, Trumpet and Organ Cologne, with the Edward H. Tarr Brass Ensemble, the Gürzenich Orchestra and the Trio con Voce Colonia, he is mainly active as a soloist . His activity is particularly focused on the natural trumpet / baroque trumpet and piccolo trumpet and historical performance practice as a whole. He is a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts “Santa Isabel de Hungria” in Seville. Since 2011 he has been a founding member of the international ADE trio, with Heinz Kraschl (viola), Salzburg and Prof. Juan Rodríguez Romero (piano, harpsichord), Seville.

Professional activity

Wolfgang G. Haas has made more than 100 recordings with (baroque) trumpets and prongs , and his concert tours have taken him through Europe and Asia.

From 1969 to 2009 Wolfgang G. Haas was a lecturer at the Rheinische Musikschule Köln and led a trumpet class for baroque and modern trumpet, chamber music for wind instruments and the symphonic wind orchestra. He is also a guest lecturer in various international courses and master classes (including Weikersheim (MJD), Mallorca (Spain)). From 1974 to 2003 he was a (founding) member of the Ensemble Trompete und Organ Köln together with the Altenberg (near Cologne) cathedral organist Paul Wißkirchen. During this time there was a lively concert activity with many internationally known colleagues. From 2011 he is a member of the international ADE trio with Heinz Kraschl, viola and Juan Rodríguez Romero , harpsichord / piano.

Since 1985 he has headed the Wolfgang G. Haas - Musikverlag Köln e. K. The focus here is on the work of Stanley Weiner , Gerhard Deutschmann , Franz Möckl , Bernhard Krol , Hans-Ludwig Schilling , Jiří Laburda , Juan Rodríguez Romero , Pavel Josef Vejvanovský , Theodor Leschetizky , Taras Yachshenko , Manfred Gerigk OP as well as first editions of the music of 17./18. Century from European libraries. The publishing house houses works by leading editors, including Edward H. Tarr , Burhard Muth, Paul Wisskirchen. In addition, the musicological book series Cologne Music Contributions are published in German and the Cologne Music Series series in English. Since 1999 the publishing house has been expanded to include the CD product range and the Haas Classic Cologne label. The focus is on series of works with "Pictures of an Organ", "Orchestra Pictures", "Composer Portrais", "Secrets of Music". The Brass Journal plus magazine appears quarterly.

Discography

• Paul Wisskirchen, Wolfgang G. Haas: Trumpet and Organ Cologne . Audio CD, Tmk Media Production & Distribution (TMK)
• Wolfgang G. Haas, trumpet ensemble Cologne: The post horn. Historical signals and pieces of music . Audio CD, Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications
• Irmtraud Tarr, Wolfgang G. Haas, Joseph de Torres y Vergara, Jose Lidon: Mexican & Spanish Organ Music - Mexican & Spanish Organ Music - on Jordi Bosch's organ in Santanyi (Mallorca) . Audio CD

Sound documents and writings

Audio documents

• Alessandro Scarlatti : Complete arias for soprano, trumpet and organ: Christiane Rost, soprano, Wolfgang G. Haas, trumpet, Paul Wisskirchen, organ.
• Festival International of the Trompeta de Calvia: Wolfgang G. Haas; György Geiger; Edward H. Tarr, Trumpets with the Orquestra Camerata Budapest Director: Juan Rodrígues Romero. Works by Tomaso Albinoni; John Humphries; Giuseppe Torelli; Georg Philipp Telemann a . a.
• From Altenberg Cathedral
• Trumpet and organ Cologne: Wolfgang G. Haas, trumpet, Paul Wißkirchen, organ: Various recordings:
  • Episode 1: Schilling; Jiří Laburda; Lindbeg; Krol; Hermann Schroeder; Weiner. Cologne 1998, HaasClassicCologne (HCC 98 002).
  • Episode 3: Catelinet; Johann S. Bach; Jean Langlais ; Rameau et al. a. Cologne 2001, HaasClassicCologne (HCC 2001 007)
  • Episode 4: Gottfried Reiche ; Simon Stubley ; John Stanley ; John James; Georg Friedrich Handel ; Jeremiah Clarke ; William Boyce ; Giuseppe Aldrovandini ; Giuseppe Jaccini ; Johann Sebastian Bach ; Jean-Philippe Rameau , Cologne 2001, HaasClassicCologne (HCC 2001 008).
  • Episode 5: Marc Antoine Charpentier ; Georg Philipp Telemann ; Henry Purcell ; Jean-Joseph Mouret ; John Humphries ; Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber ; Pavel Josef Vejvanovský , Max Reger ; Stanley Weiner et al. a., Cologne 2006, HaasClassicCologne (HCC 2006 005).
• Secrets of Music II: 2 trumpets and organ: Wolfgang G. Haas, Edward H. Tarr trumpets, Rolf Müller, Paul Wißkirchen, organ with works by Pavel Josef Vejvanovský , Vincenzo Albrici , Domenico Gabrielli , Antonio Vivaldi , Francesco Onofrio Manfredini , Gerhard Deutschmann , Bernhard Krol , Hermann Schroeder , Robert Musiól. (HCC 2004 012).

Fonts

• Albert Hiller: Trumpet music from three centuries (around 1600 – after 1900). Cologne Music Contributions ( ISSN  0939-4583 ) Volume 1–3, Cologne 1991.
• Stanley Weiner : Autobiography. Cologne Music Contributions ( ISSN  0939-4583 ) Volume 4, Cologne 1995.
• Stanley Weiner : Catalog of Works (WeinWV). Cologne Music Contributions ( ISSN  0939-4583 ) Volume 5, Cologne 1995.
• Hermann Ludwig Eichborn : Girolamo Fantini . Cologne Music Contributions Volume 6, Cologne 1998, with an essay by Edward H. Tarr , ISBN 3-928453-08-4 .
• Hermann Ludwig Eichborn : The old clarin playing on trumpets. Cologne Music Contributions Volume 7, Cologne 1998, with an essay by Edward H. Tarr , ISBN 3-928453-09-2 .
• Jiří Laburda : Laburda Catalog raisonné (LavWV). Cologne Music Contributions Volume 9, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-928453-11-4 .
• Franz Möckl : Möckl catalog raisonné (MWV). Cologne Music Contributions Volume 14, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-928453-15-7 .
• Gerhard Deutschmann : Deutschmann Werkverzeichnis (DWV). Cologne Music Contributions Volume 15, Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-928453-19-X .
• Franz-Georg Rössler : Rössler Catalog of Works Music (RÖWV). Cologne Music Contributions Volume 24, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-928453-24-6 .

Web links

• Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Cologne e. K.
• Works by and about Wolfgang G. Haas in the catalog of the German National Library
• worldcat.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ido-festival.de ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ music.mcgill.ca , accessed on September 26, 2012
3. ↑ koelner-wochenspiegel.de: Chamber music from the baroque to today, ADE-Trio made a guest appearance in Zündorf , accessed on September 26, 2012