Günter Bialas
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Günter Bialas (19 July 1907 – 8 July 1995)[1] was a German composer.
Life
Bialas was born in Bielschowitz (today Bielszowice, a subdivision of
In 1939, he became a
For his compositions, Bialas was recognized with many prizes and honors, including the Großer Preis für Musik des Landes NRW (1954), the Münchner Musikpreis (1962), the
After his death in 1995, a street in his adopted hometown of Glonn was named Bialas-Straße in his honor and marked with a sign bearing his biographical details.
Bialas is considered to have been one of the most influential composition instructors in postwar Germany. The legacy of his open, liberal, and undoctrinaire attitudes to teaching may be appreciated in the stylistic variety of those who were his students or mentorees, including Nicolaus A. Huber, Peter Michael Hamel, Wilfried Hiller, Heinz Winbeck, Ulrich Stranz, Michael Denhoff, Manfred Kluge , and Gerd Zacher.
Selected works
- Opera
- Hero und Leander (premiered 1966, Mannheim)
- Die Geschichte von Aucassin und Nicolette (premiered 1969, Munich)
- Der Gestiefelte Kater (premiered 1976, Schlosstheater Schwetzingen)
- Aus der Matratzengruft (premiered 1992, Kiel)
- Ballet
- Meyerbeer-Paraphrasen (premiered 1974, Hamburg)
- Oratorio
- Im Anfang (1961), interpretation of
- Lamento di Orlando (1983–85) for baritone, mixed choir, and orchestra
- Cantata
- Indianische Kantate (1949), based on the composer's original poems, for baritone, chamber choir, 8 instruments, and drums
- Preisungen (1964), based on text by Martin Buber, for baritone and orchestra
- Orchestra
- Romanzero (1955)
- Seranata (1955)
- Sinfonia Piccola (1960)
- Waldmusik (1977)
- Der Weg nach Eisenstadt (1980), fantasies on Haydn
- Marsch-Fantasie (1987)
- Ländler-Fantasie (1989)
- Concertante
- Concerto Lirico (1967) for piano and orchestra
- Introitus - Exodus (1976) for organ and orchestra
- Music for Piano and Orchestra (1990)
- Cello ConcertoNo. 2 (1992)
- Trauermusik (Funeral Music) for viola and orchestra (1994)
- Chamber music
- Music for Eleven Strings (1970)
- 5 String Quartets (1935, 1949, 1968, 1986, 1991)
- Harp Quintet (1983)
- 2 Saxophone Quartets (Six Bagatelles, 1986; Kunst des Kanons, 1991)
- Piano Trio (1981)
- Herbstzeit (1982) for string trio and piano
- Nine Bagatelles (1984) for wind trio, string trio, and piano
- Fünf Duette (5 Duets) for viola and cello (1988)
- Piano
- Lamento, vier Intermezzi und Marsch (1986)
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
- Komponisten in Bayern, Band 5: Günter Bialas. Verlag Schneider-Tutzing, 1984. ISBN 3-7952-0431-3.
- Kein Ton zuviel – Günter Bialas in Selbstzeugnissen und im Spiegel seiner Zeit. Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1997. ISBN 3-7618-1396-1.
- Meyer, Gabriel E. Günter Bialas Werkverzeichnis. Bärenreiter-Verlag, 2003. ISBN 3-7618-1565-4.
External links
- Biography and work list (Bärenreiter-Verlag)
- Denhoff, Michael. "Günter Bialas zum 80. Geburtstag" ("Günter Bialas on his 80th birthday"; 1987).
- Günter Bialas discography at Discogs