Kurt Schwaen

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Kurt Schwaen (June 21, 1909 – October 9, 2007), was a German composer.

Schwaen studied piano, organ and composition under Fritz Lubrich. From 1929 to 1933 he studied at the universities of Berlin and Breslau. He served in the Second World War.

After the war he returned to Berlin. He worked with Ernst Busch and Bertolt Brecht. He composed in several genres, producing a cantata for children entitled King Midas. From 1962 to 1978 he was president of the East German National Folk Music committee. He later settled in Berlin-Mahlsdorf, where he died at the age of 98.

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[edit] Musical works

[edit] Orchestral

  • Sinfonietta KSV 142 (1957)
  • Sinfonietta piccola KSV 374 (1974, rev. 1977)
  • 3 Tanzsuiten (Nr.1 KSV 14, 1947, Nr.2 KSV 67, 1952, Nr.3 KSV 200, 1960)
  • Ostinato 56 KSV 122 (1956)
  • Jeu parti KSV 482 (1985)
  • Piano Concerto no.1 KSV 259 (1963, rev. 1964)
  • Piano Concerto no.2 "Vietnamesisches Konzert" KSV 515 (1987)
  • Concert pour la jeunesse KSV 620 (1999)
  • Violin Concerto KSV 433 (1979)
  • Concerto for Clarinet, Trumpet and Orchestra KSV 174 (1959)

[edit] Operas

  • Die Horatier und die Kuratier (children's opera) KSV 104 (1955/56)
  • Pinocchios Abenteuer (children's opera), KSV 322 (1969/70, rev. 1997)
  • Fetzers Flucht KSV 167 (1959)
  • Leonce und Lena KSV 204 (1960/61)

[edit] Other

  • König Midas (cantata) KSV 144 (1958)

[edit] Chamber music

  • Volksliederstreichquartett KSV 143 (1958)
  • Quartettino für Streichquartett KSV 615 (1998), rev. als Divertimento KSV 656 (2005)
  • Piano Trio Nr.1 KSV 319 (1969)
  • Piano Trio Nr.2 KSV 413 (1969/78)
  • Piano Trio Nr.3 KSV 460 (1982)
  • Piano Trio Nr.4 KSV 474 (1983)
  • Piano Trio Nr.5 "en miniature" KSV 509 (1987)
  • „Tänzerische Impressionen“ KSV 522 (1988)
  • „Fern und nah. Neue Nationaltänze“ KSV 556,1 (1991)
  • „Concertino. Hommage à Bartók“ für Violoncello und Klavier KSV 558 (1991)
  • zahlreiche andere Werke für unterschiedliche Besetzungen

[edit] Piano music

  • 5 Tanzbilder KSV 8 (1940)
  • Movimenti KSV 457 (1957–82)
  • Vietnamesische Impressionen KSV 546 (1990/91)
  • Nocturne lugubre KSV 568 (1992)
  • Nachlese KSV 638 (2002)
  • Duo carattere KSV 601 (1997)

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