Harald Genzmer

Infobox Person
name = Harald Genzmer


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birth_date = February 9, 1909
birth_place = Bremen, Germany
death_date = death date and age|2007|12|16|1909|2|9
death_place = Munich, Germany
occupation = Composer

Harald Genzmer (February 9, 1909 – December 16, 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 hy 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 of the premiere of the 1955 Sinfonietta for Strings, slating it as a work destined only for oblivion,from the Sueddeutsche Zeitung. 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. He enjoyed that!

Among his notable students was the Egyptian composer Gamal Abdel-Rahim.

He died on December 16, 2007 in Munich.

Worklist

Compositions

Orchestral works

* 1942 "Musik für Streichorchester" cite web|title=Gateway Bayern OPAC|url=http://bvba2.bib-bvb.de/V|accessdate=2007-09-20]
* 1946 Erstes Concertino, for piano and strings with flute
* 1948 "Konzert für Klavier und Orchester"
* 1950 "Konzert für Violoncello und großes Orchester"
* 1954 "Konzert für Flöte und Orchester" cite web|title=National Library of the Netherlands|url=http://www.kb.nl|accessdate=2007-09-20]
* 1955 "Sinfonietta", for strings
* 1957 rev.1970 "1. Sinfonie", for full orchestra
* 1957. "Kammerkonzert", for oboe and string orchestra.
* 1958 2. Sinfonie, for strings
* 1959 "Prolog", for orchestra
* 1959 "Konzert für Violine und Orchester."
* 1960 "Divertimento giocoso" for two woodwind instruments and string orchestra
* 1963 "Concertino Nr. 2", for piano and strings
* 1963 "2. Orchesterkonzert"
* 1964 "Introduktion und Adagio", for strings
* 1965 "Der Zauberspiegel", ballet-suite for orchestra
* 1965 Concerto for harp and strings
* 1967 Concerto for viola and orchestra cite web|title=Hamburg GBV Library OPAC|url=http://gso.gbv.de/|accessdate=2007-09-25]
* 1967 "Sonatina prima", for strings
* 1970 "Sinfonia da Camera"
* 1970 "Konzert", for organ and orchestra
* 1971 "Sonatina seconda", for strings
* 1974 "3. Konzert", for piano and orchestra
* 1976 "Miniaturen", for strings
* 1977-1978 "Musik für Orchester", after a fragment by Friedrich Hölderlin
* 1978 "Konzert", for percussion instruments and orchestra
* 1979 "Sinfonia per giovani", for large school orchestra
* 1980 "2. Konzert", for organ and strings
* 1983 "Konzert", for two clarinets and strings
* 1984 "Konzert", for four horns and orchestra
* 1984 "Konzert", for cello, contrabass and strings
* 1985 "Konzert", for trumpet and strings
* 1985 "2. Konzert", for trumpet and strings
* 1986 "3. Sinfonie"
* 1987 "Cassation", for strings
* 1990 "Vierte Sinfonie", for large orchestra
* 1996 Concerto for contrabass and string orchestra
* 1998 Concertino für Flöte, Oboe (Flöte) und Streichorchester
* 1998 Concerto for three trumpets and string orchestra
* 1998 "5. Sinfonie", for large orchestra
* 2002 "3. Sinfonietta", for string orchestra
* "2. Sinfonietta", for string orchestra
* "Concertino", for clarinet and chamber orchestra
* "Erstes Concertino", for piano and string orchestra, with obbligato flute
* "Festliches Vorspiel", for orchestra
* "Kokua", dance suite for large orchestra
*# Tarantella
*# Burleske
*# Kokoa
*# Dytiramba
* "Konzert", for two pianos and orchestra
* "Konzert", for two guitars and orchestra
* "Konzert", for flute, harp and strings
* "Pachelbel-Suite", for orchestra
* "Prolog II", for orchestra

Works for orchestra of wind-instruments

* 1968 "Divertimento" for symphonic wind ensemble
* 1969 "Konzert", for cello and winds
* 1974 "Ouvertüre für Uster"
* "Konzert", for trumpet, winds, harp and percussion
* "Parergon zur "Sinfonia per giovani", for saxophone orchestra

Dramatic works

* 1965 "Der Zauberspiegel", ballet - libretto: Hans Stadlmair

Liturgical music

* 1962 "Jiménez-Kantate", for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra
* 1969-1970 "Mistral-Kantate", for soprano
* 1973 "Deutsche Messe", for mixed chorus and organ
* 1975-1976 "Oswald von Wolkenstein", cantata for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra
* 1978 "Kantate (The mystic trumpeter)", for soprano (tenor), trumpet and strings
* 1979 "Geistliche Kantate", for soprano solo, men's chorus, organ and percussion
* 1981 "Kantate 1981 nach engl. Barockgedichten", for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra
* "Adventsmotette "Das Volk, das im Finstern wandelt"(Jesaja 9)", for men's chorus and organ
* "Hymne - zum Fest des St. Antonius von Padua "Der Geist Gottes, des Herrn, ruht auf mir", for men's chorus

Choral works

* "Drei Chorlieder vom Wein", for men's chorus
* "Lied des Vogelstellers "Der Vogel, der im Fluge ruht", for mixed chorus
* "Tropus ad Gloria", for mixed chorus
* "Wach auf, wach auf", for mixed chorus
* "Zwei geistliche Festsprüche", for men's chorus and organ
*# Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Psalm 117)
*# Lasset das Wort Christi

Vocal music

* 1961-1963 "Fünf Lieder", on texts by Luis de Camões, for baritone and piano

Piano works

* 1938 1. Sonate.
* 1940 1. Sonatine.
* 1942 2. Sonate.
* 1943 "Sonata in D", for piano four-hands
* 1948 Suite for piano
* 1959 3. Sonatine. cite web|title=Library of Congress OPAC|url=http://catalog.loc.gov|accessdate=2007-09-20]
* 1960-1962 "Préludes"
* 1963 "Dialoge"
* 1965 "Studien", for piano four-hands
* 1975 "Konzert", for piano and percussion
* 1978 "4 Elegien", for piano and percussion
* at least five piano sonatas (sonata 5 published in 1985) cite web|title=Cornell OPAC|url=http://catalog.library.cornell.edu|accessdate=2007-09-20]

Organ works

* 1952 rev. 2000 "Konzert" (for organ solo)
* 1956 "Zweite Sonate"
* 1963 "Dritte Sonate"
* 1966 "Adventskonzert"
* 1968 "Die Tageszeiten"
* 1974 "Weihnachtskonzert"
* 1974 "Konzert", for organ and percussion
* 1981 "Fantasie"
* 1982 "Osterkonzert"
* 1983 "Pfingstkonzert"
* 1980-1981 "Impressionen"
* 1996-1997 "Sinfonisches Konzert : no. 2"
* 2002 "Präludium, Arie und Finale"
* "Erste Sonate"
* "Lento misterioso II"
* "Tripartita in F"
* "Triptychon"
* Sonata for trumpet and organ (published around 1971)
* Sonata for cello and organ

elected chamber works

* 1939 First Sonata for Flute and Piano [cite web|title=Description of Genzmer First Flute Sonata|publisher=Theodore Presser|url=http://www.presser.com/e-Store/Cart/shop.cfm?SearchOn=RE20003|accessdate=2007-11-13]
* 1941 Sonate für Altblockflöte und Klavier
* 1945 Second Sonata (in E minor) for Flute and Piano
* 1947 Trio for flute, viola and harp
* 1949 Streichquartett Nr. 1
* 1953 Sonatine für Violine und Piano
* 1954 3. Violinsonate
* 1955 Second sonata for viola and piano
* 1957 Wind quintet
* 1957 Sonate für viola
* 1967 1. Sonatine für Violoncello und Klavier
* 1973 Sonatine für Viola und Klavier
* 1974 Quartett für Klarinette, Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
* 1978 Capriccio für Marimbaphon
* 1981 Sonate für Violoncello Solo
* 1981 Sonatine für Kontrabaß und Klavier
* 1982 2. Sonatine für Violoncello und Klavier
* 1983 Acht Fantasien für Vibraphon
* 1983-1984, revised 1991 Sonate für violine solo
* 1986 Sonate für Gitarre
* 1988 Trio für Klarinette, Violoncello und Klavier
* 1990 Sonate für Flöte und Harfe
* 1992 Pan : für Querflöte solo oder Altquerflöte in G solo
* 1995 Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
* 1997 Sonate für Klarinette (B♭) und Klavier
* 1999 Fantasie-Sonate: für Flöte und Gitarre
* 2002 Improvisationen für Altblockflöte solo
* Sonatas for cello and piano (first sonata published in 1954, another composed 1963 cite web|title=CF Peters Genzmer Page|url=http://www.edition-peters.com/php/artist_details.php?artist=GENZMER&section=store|publisher=C. F. Peters USA|accessdate=2007-11-13] )

External links

* [http://www.schott-music.com/shop/artists/1/7266/ Harald Genzmer page]