- Johannes Driessler
Johannes Driessler (b. January 26, 1921,
Friedrichsthal ,Saarland - d.Detmold , May 3, 1998) was a German composer, organist, and lecturer.Driessler studied composition and organ in
Cologne at the Musikhochschule from 1939 to 1940. In November 1940, Driessler enlisted in the military; in 1944 he married Gertrude Ledermann. AfterWorld War II , he became a teacher in 1945 inSchondorf am Ammersee . In 1946, he became a lecturer at the Northwest German Academy of Music in Detmold. Here he began writing much church music. He left the academy in 1953 to focus on composition, but returned in 1954, becoming a professor in 1958 and Vice Chancellor in 1959, a post he would retain until 1972.He was awarded the
Westphalian Music Prize in 1959 and in 1962 the "Kunstpreis des Saarlandes".Works
*"Sinfonia Sacra"
*"Dein Reich komme", Oratorio op. 11 (1950)
*"Claudia amata", Lyric Opera op. 17 (premiered 1952 Münster)
*"Prinzessin Hochmut", fairy-tale opera op. 21 (premiered 1952 Kassel)
*"Der Unfried", opera (premiered 1957)
*"Doktor Lucifer Trux", opera (premiered 1958)
*"Sonata for cello and piano" op. 41 No. 2
*"Three small pieces for cello and piano" op. 8
*"Duo for violin and cello"
*"Fantasy for cello and piano" op. 24 No. 2
*"Sonata for solo viola" (1946)
*"20 Choral sonatas" op. 30 (1955)
*"Altenburger Messe" op. 33 (1955)
*"Ikarus", sinfonia da camera (1960)
*"Symphony No. 3", op. 63 (1969)
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