Harald Genzmer

Olympic medal record
Art competitions
Bronze 1936 Berlin Solo and chorus
Harald Genzmer
Born 9 February 1909
Bremen, Germany
Died 16 December 2007
Munich, Germany
Occupation Composer

Harald Genzmer (9 February 1909 16 December 2007) was a German composer of contemporary classical music.

Biography

Born in Blumenthal, near Bremen, Germany, he studied composition with Paul Hindemith at the Berlin Hochschule für Music beginning in 1928.

From 1938 he taught at the Volksmusikschule Berlin-Neukölln. During the early part of the second world war he served as a military band clarinetist. When his pianistic abilities were noticed by the Musikmeister, he was put on detached duties as a pianist/accompanist for "Lazarettenkonzerte", concerts for recuperating wounded officers.He was based for some time near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where he made the acquaintance of Richard Strauss. When the war ended, he was offered a post at the Munich Musikhochschule. This was blocked by the American authorities, and so, from 1946 to 1957 he taught at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau.

From 1957 to 1974 he taught at the Munich Hochschule für Musik. Above his piano hung a framed critique from the Sueddeutsche Zeitung of the premiere of the 1955 Sinfonietta for Strings, stating it as a work destined only for oblivion. Sharing the frame was a cutting from a few years later, reporting that in the previous year it had been the most performed work for string orchestra in Europe.

Among his notable students are Bertold Hummel, the Egyptian composer Gamal Abdel-Rahim and the British composer John McCabe.[1]

He died on December 16, 2007 in Munich.

Compositions

Orchestral works

Works for orchestra of wind-instruments

Dramatic works

Liturgical music

Choral works

Vocal music

Piano works

Organ works

Selected chamber works

References

  1. Anonymous (13 February 2015), "Composer and pianist John McCabe dies aged 75", BBC News (BBC), retrieved 14 February 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 "Gateway Bayern OPAC". Retrieved 2007-09-20.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Hamburg GBV Library OPAC". Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "National Library of the Netherlands". Retrieved 2007-09-20.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 "Cornell OPAC". Retrieved 2007-09-20.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 "CF Peters Genzmer Page". C. F. Peters USA. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 "Library of Congress OPAC". Retrieved 2007-09-20.
  8. "Description of Genzmer First Flute Sonata". Theodore Presser. Retrieved 2007-11-13.

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