Josef Anton Riedl

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Josef Anton Riedl (11 June 1929 – 25 March 2016) was a German composer.

Biography

Riedl was born in Munich in 1929 (1927 is also given as his year of birth). Following a period of studies at the

Edgar Varèse, devoted himself as a composer particularly to percussion and Lautgedichte (sound poetry).[1]

In 1950 he was co-founder of the German Section of the

NWDR in Cologne, and spent some time in 1959 in Scherchen’s experimental studio in Gravesano.[1] From 1959 until its closure in 1966 Riedl was director of the Siemens Studio for electronic music.[1] The concert series Neue Musik München / Klang-Aktionen initiated by Riedl in 1960[1] continues to this day.[citation needed] In 1967 he established the Musik/Film/Dia/Licht-Galerie group, and in 1974 in Bonn founded the Kultur Forum, which he directed until 1982.[1]

As a teacher Riedl influenced the work of musicians well-known today, such as

Bachmann Prize–winning book Muttersterben (2001) he created the music. Since 1989, Lentz performs as saxophonist in Riedl's ensemble.[2]

Riedl also contributed to film music, for example to several episodes of the 13-part Die zweite Heimat—Chronik einer Jugend (1992), the second in Edgar Reitz's Heimat series [3] He died in Murnau am Staffelsee on 25 March 2016.[4]

References

  • Dahlhaus, Carl, and Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (eds.). 1989. Brockhaus, Riemann Musiklexikon. Vol. 4, p. 48. Mainz: Schott. Also Ergänzungsband, second edition 1995 (gives 1927 as Riedl’s year of birth).
  • Frisius, Rudolf. 1994. "Diesseits und jenseits des (Musik-)Werkes: Anmerkungen zu Prozess und Werkcharakter bei Josef Anton Riedl und anderen", Positionen 20:16–20.
  • Ott, Alfons. 1963. "Riedl, Josef Anton". Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, edited by Friedrich Blume, vol. 11. Kassel: Bärenreiter.
  • Schürmann, H. G. 1982. "Riedl, Josef Anton". Das Große Lexikon der Musik, edited by Marc Honegger and Günther Massenkeil. Vol. 7. Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder.
  • Suder, Alexander L.; Messmer, Franzpeter; Köhler, Armin; Lentz, Michael; Müller, Ulrich (1 January 2013). "Band 52: Josef Anton Riedl". Komponisten in Bayern (in German). Vol. 52. .
  • Zwenzner, Michael. 2005. "Apologie des Querstands: Josef Anton Riedl als unermüdlicher Klang-Akteur". Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 166, no. 3 (June): 16–19.

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Schmidt, Dörte. 2001. "Riedl, Josef Anton". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
  2. ^ "Michael Lentz". Lyrikline.org. 15 May 1964. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. ^ IMDb credits.
  4. ^ Rohm, Helmut. 2016 Ungewöhnlicher Klangpoet: Zum Tod des Komponisten Josef Anton Riedl. BR Klassik (29 March).

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