Wolfgang Hufschmidt

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Wolfgang Hufschmidt (born March 15, 1934 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ; † July 18, 2018 in Essen ) was a German composer, church musician, professor and university rector.

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Wolfgang Hufschmidt studied church music and composition with Siegfried Reda at the Folkwang University in Essen from 1954 to 1958 . He then worked as a church musician in several Protestant parishes in Essen. From 1968 Hufschmidt was initially a lecturer for music theory, from 1971 professor for composition at the Folkwang University in Essen. From 1988 until his retirement in 1996 he was rector of the university.

Wolfgang Hufschmidt's compositions based on texts by Günter Grass occupy a special position . The first is the Ricercar, composed for the flautist Aurèle Nicolet . For speaker and alto flute. Theme and five counterpoints in six chapters and 24 sections after the chapter "Faith, Hope, Love" from the novel Die Blechtrommel by Günter Grass (1966). At the premiere, Grass himself took on the role of speaker. Above all, however, the Meißner Te Deum was important for Hufschmidt , a composition commissioned for the millennium of the Meißner Dom , in which he contrasted Martin Luther's Te Deum translation with an antiphonical text by Grass, which Grass had written especially for this composition.

The jazz pianist and composer Thomas Hufschmidt and the flautist Markus Hufschmidt are sons of Wolfgang Hufschmidt. One of his brothers is the actor Dieter Hufschmidt .

Memberships

In 1983 Hufschmidt co-founded the "Association for Musical Performances and Publications". In the same year he also founded the "edition V", a "publishing house for composers". In 1989 he was a founding member of the “Society for New Music Ruhr”. From 1994 he was President of the International Hanns Eisler Society, which he had also co-founded, and from 1996 Chairman of the Choreographic Center NRW.

Awards

Works

Compositions (selection)

The first compositions date from 1958 to 1968, when Hufschmidt was active as a church musician in Essen.

  • Meissener Tedeum (1967) based on the “Tedeum laudamus” German by Martin Luther and an antiphonic text by Günter Grass for soprano, large twelve-part choir, strings, brass, organ and percussion, bass baritone, small four-part choir, wind quintet, piano and percussion tape. On behalf of the "International Heinrich Schütz Society" on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of Meissen Cathedral. Bärenreiter, Kassel / Basel / Paris / London / New York 1968 (ba 6013).
  • Ricercar. For speaker and alto flute. Theme and five counterpoints in six chapters and 24 sections after the chapter "Faith, Hope, Love" from the novel "The Tin Drum" by Günter Grass (1966). Pfau, Saarbrücken 1992 (330-009).
  • Ricercar (1979). For flute solo. Concert version. Pfau, Saarbrücken no year (330-017).
  • Songs without words. (1985/1986)
  • AGITATOR. (1997/1998)

Fonts

  • Structure and semantics. Texts on music 1968–1988. With a foreword by Stefan Fricke and an article by Wolfgang Pilz. Pfau, Saarbrücken 1994 (= source texts on the music of the 20th century , edited by Stefan Fricke and Wolf Frobenius at the Musicological Institute of the Saarland University, Saarbrücken, volume 2.1).
  • In the field of tension of the mighty - A report on the premiere of the Meissen Teeum in 1968. In: Triangel - The program journal of the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. Issue 10, 2nd year (October 1997). Concept, Leipzig 1997.
  • "Brought the devil into church"? Wolfgang Hufschmidt to Günter Grass. Essen, May 30, 1968. In: Triangel - The program journal of the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. Issue 10, 2nd year (October 1997). Concept, Leipzig 1997.

The Meissner Teeum. A German-German dialogue composition for the 1000th anniversary of the Meissen Cathedral (1968). In: Matthias Herrmann (ed.): The Dresden church music in the 19th and 20th centuries. Laaber 1998, ISBN 3-89007-331-X . Pp. 517-530. (= Music in Dresden , 3rd)

  • “Do you want to spin your lyre for my songs?” On the semantics of the musical language in Schubert's Winterreise and Eisler's Hollywood songbook. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Pfau, Saarbrücken 1997.
  • Think in terms of sound. Pfau, Saarbrücken 2004.
  • In: Encounter in Meißen (with repetition). In Hartmut Haenchen 60 - Festschrift for the 60th birthday. Published by the staff of the Dresden Music Festival, printing and publishing company Christoph Hille, Dresden 2003. pp. 26–29. On-line

CD recordings

  • Meissner Te Deum. Based on the Te Deum Laudamus by Martin Luther and an antiphonical text by Günter Grass. First performance (concert on May 26, 1968) and re-performance (October 3, 1997). Cybele, 2003 (SACD 860.201).
  • Wolfgang Hufschmidt - portrait. ( Trio II - Seven Inventions of Colors and Images / Songs without Words - 24 piano pieces for tape. / Angel of History (II) - Flute tones No. XVI. ) CD. Cybele, 1995.

documentary

Wolfgang Hufschmidt is one of the "7 Brothers" from the documentary of the same name by Sebastian Winkels (Germany 2003).

Literature (selection)

  • Christfried Brödel : “... who should I praise? thank whom? ”After 30 years, the first performance of the Meissen Te Deum by Wolfgang Hufschmidt in the Meissen Cathedral. In: Der Sonntag , No. 41, October 12, 1997.
  • Hanspeter Krellmann: Luther, Günter Grass and the “Te Deum Laudamus”. A work by Wolfgang Hufschmidt - West German premiere. In: Neue Musikzeitung , December / January 1969/1970.
  • Anselm Weyer: Günter Grass and the music. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-631-55593-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas Jacob: Folkwang mourns the loss of former rector Prof. Wolfgang Hufschmidt. Folkwang University of the Arts, July 19, 2018, accessed on July 23, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Barbara Lieberwirth: Should I praise the chaos? A German-German dialogue composition after 30 years. In: Neue Musikzeitung . 1997, accessed July 24, 2018 .
  3. ^ Anselm Weyer: Günter Grass and the music . Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-631-55593-8 .
personal data
SURNAME Hufschmidt, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and church musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Mülheim an der Ruhr
DATE OF DEATH 18th July 2018
Place of death eat