Peter Herrmann
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| Born | 19 December 1941 Chemnitz, Germany |
| Died | 28 October 2015 (aged 73) Leipzig, Germany |
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Peter Herrmann (19 December 1941 – 28 October 2015) was a German composer and academic teacher. He composed three operas and a ballet, but mainly instrumental music both for orchestra and chamber music. His works have been performed internationally; his second string quartet was awarded a prize at the Prague Spring International Music Festival. He was professor of composition at the Musikhochschule Leipzig from 1969, serving as its rector from 1984 to 1987.
Life
Herrmann was born in 1941 in
Herrmann taught at the
Herrmann died in Leipzig at the age of 73.[1][5]
Work
Herrmann composed music of many genres.[3][4] He wrote three operas and a ballet. He composed the film music for the 1971 Zeichner – Zeuge – Zeitgenosse, a short documentary of the artist Leo Haas.[6]
Herrmann focused on music for instruments. He wrote orchestral music including four symphonies, Concerto for Orchestra, a chamber symphony, Sonatine for string orchestra, a violin concerto,[7] a trumpet concerto, two piano concertos, and two cello concertos. He composed chamber music including four string quartets, four piano trios, a piano quintet and an oboe quartet. He composed piano music and works for organ. For voices, he composed Lieder and Mater Terra, a cantata for soprano and chamber ensemble.[1][3]
Herrmann composed a work entitled Kant Pop Symphony in 2004 to celebrate the anniversary of the philosopher Immanuel Kant. It was premiered at the Musikhochschule Leipzig by a speaker of texts by Kant, a pop singer, tape, flute, oboe, jazz trumpet, saxophone, electric guitar, piano, harmonica and string quartet.[8]
Awards
- 1965: 2nd prize at the Prague Spring International Music Festival for the String Quartet No. 2, Mendelssohn Scholarship[1]
- 1969: Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig[1]
- 1979: Kunstpreis der DDR[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Peter Herrmann". komponisten-in-sachsen.de, Landesverband Sachsen (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ Hillenbrand, Markus. "Peter Herrmann (1941–2015)". Klassika (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ a b c Hillenbrand, Markus. "Peter Herrmann (1941–2015): Systematisch-chronologisches Werkverzeichnis". Klassika (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Peter Herrmann". Intermezzo (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Peter Herrmann". Leipziger Biographie (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Zeichner – Zeuge – Zeitgenosse" (in German). DEFA. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Sächsisches Staatsarchiv". sachsen.de (in German). 16 October 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Kantiger Jazz: Uraufführung der Kant Pop Symphony" (in German). Neue Musikzeitung. 9 March 2004. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
Further reading
- Peter Herrmann. In ISBN 3-7959-0436-6, p. 329.
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