Wolfgang Strauss (composer)

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Wolfgang Strauss (born July 22, 1927 in Dresden ; † April 5, 2018 there ) was a German composer and conductor .

Life

After graduating from high school, Wolfgang Strauss studied with Fidelio F. Finke (composition and conductor), Ernst Hintze (conducting) and Elfriede Clemen (piano) at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden . From 1951 to 1955 he was solo coach and conductor at the Leipzig Opera and then took over the position of first conductor at the Theater an der Altmark in Stendal . From 1960 he worked for radio in Berlin and in the following years he held a position of responsibility as editor-in-chief for serious music until 1979, primarily for the two radio orchestras in Berlin. Among other things, he worked out concert programs, negotiated with conductors and soloists for their realization and accompanied the RSO on its guest performances abroad. When several musicians left on a trip to Western Europe in 1979, he fell victim to a political intrigue on his return and was dismissed without notice. He then returned to his hometown Dresden, where from 1980 he found a new, fulfilling job as a lecturer at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden. After being rejected twice before the fall of the Berlin Wall, he was appointed honorary professor there in 1994. At the age of almost 70 he finally ended his teaching activity.

His musical legacy is kept in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library.

Works (selection)

Five symphonies, small symphony in C, "Suite for the night", "Ricercar", "Invitation a six conversations", "Modes for orchestra", concertante variations, Concertino for piano and small orchestra, "Hexagram", 2nd violin concerto, concert for orchestra, suite for chamber orchestra, dance variations for solo viola and orchestra, serenade for chamber orchestra, 2nd and 4th string quartet, piano trio, wind octet, love song cycle "Fessel und Flügel" based on texts by Ulrich Grasnick , piano quartet, sonatina for flute and harp

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice , in: Sächsische Zeitung of April 8, 2018.
  2. ^ Composers in Saxony: Wolfgang Strauss.
  3. ↑ Calliope | Union catalog for archival and archive-like stocks and national documentation instrument for personal papers and autographs. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Strauss, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH 5th April 2018
Place of death Dresden