Bertold Hummel
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Bertold Hummel (born November 27, 1925 in Hüfingen, died August 9, 2002 in Würzburg) was a German composer of modern classical music.
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[edit] Life
Bertold Hummel was born November 27th, 1925 in Hüfingen (Baden). He studied at the Academy of Music in Freiburg from 1947 to 1954, taking composition with Harald Genzmer, and 'cello with Atis Teichmanis. He toured as a 'cellist and composer between 1954 and 1956, worked as choirmaster in Freiburg, as well as for the Südwestrundfunk Baden-Baden broadcasting station from 1956 to 1963. He became a teacher of composition at Würzburg in 1963 where he directed the Studio for New Music for the next 25 years. After becoming a professor in 1974, he was president of the Würzburg College of Music from 1979 to 1987 (and was an honorary president after 1988), and in 1982 he became a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. Hummel travelled as a guest lecturer, and received performances of his work in countries all over the world. He died August 9, 2002 in Würzburg.
[edit] Awards
In 1956 he received a scolarship from the Federal Association of German Industry; in 1960 the City of Stuttgart awarded him a prize in composition; in 1961 he was given the Robert Schumann prize in Düsseldorf; in 1968 he received a scholarship from the Cité des arts internationale of Paris; in 1988 the City of Würzburg awarded him a cultural prize; in 1996 he won the Friedrich Baur Prize of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts, and in 1998 he was awarded the Culture Prize of the German Catholics.
[edit] Major works
- Oratorio: The Shrine of the Martyrs (Op. 90, 1989)
- Chamber Opera: The Emperor's New Clothes (Op. 10, 1955)
- Ballet:
- The Last Flower (Op. 55a, 1975)
- Scenes from Faust (Op. 72a, 1979)
- Symphonies:
- Symphony No. 1, for Strings (Op. 20, 1959)
- Symphony No. 2, "Reverenza" (Op. 30, 1966)
- Symphony No. 3, "Jeremiah" (Op.100, 1996)
- Visions for large orchestra, after the Apocalypse of St. John the Evangelist (Op. 73, 1980)
- Sinfonietta for large wind orchestra (Op. 39, 1970)
- Concerto for percussion and orchestra (Op. 70, 1978)
