Johannes Fritsch
Johannes Georg Fritsch (27 July 1941 – 29 April 2010) was a German composer.
At the age of seven, Fritsch found a violin in the attic of his uncle's house in
He studied music,
Although he had begun to compose at the age of 17, Fritsch regards as his first real composition the Duett für Bratsche (Duet for Viola), for viola and tape, which had a succès de scandale when he performed it at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse in 1962—one newspaper review called him a kühner Kratzer (audacious scraper).[1]
In 1966 Fritsch received the Förderpreis (Monetary Award) of the Federal State of North Rhine–Westphalia, and in 1971 the Prize of the Paris Biennale. Since the 1970s there have been further awards, such as the Förderpreis of the City of Cologne, and the Robert-Schumann Prize of the City of Düsseldorf.
In 1970 Fritsch was one of the founders of the Feedback Studio of Cologne (together with
From 1984 he was Professor of Composition at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, where his students have included Volker Staub, Caspar Johannes Walter, Juan María Solare, Josef Rebbe, Branimir Krstic and many other composers and improvisors.
He died at the age of 68 on 29 April 2010 after a long illness.[4]
References
- ^ a b Schürmann 1976, p. 20.
- ^ a b Lichtenfeld 2001.
- ^ Schürmann 1976, p. 21.
- ^ Anon. 2010.
Cited sources
- Anon. 2010. "Die Sinnlichkeit der Elektronik: Nachruf: Der Komponist Johannes Fritsch ist tot—In Darmstadt hinterlässt er viele Spuren". Echo online (3 May). (Accessed 3 May 2010)
- Lichtenfeld, Monika. 2001. "Fritsch, Johannes (Georg)". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers; New York: Grove's Dictionaries.
- Schürmann, Hans G. 1976. "Lockerung von Phantasie oder Energieverläufe in der Zeit. Ein Gespräch mit Johannes Fritsch und Rolf Gehlhaar." Musica 30, no. 1 (January–February): 20–25.
External links
- Edition Johannes Fritsch (German, English)
- Literature on and by Johannes Fritsch (in German) in the catalogue of the German National Library
- Johannes Fritsch, The Living Composers Project, biography, works list
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