Burkhard Meier
Burkhard Meier (2 July 1943 – 17 January 2001) was a German music educator and composer.
Life[]
Born in [1] Meier studied choir conducting at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin and music education and German at the University of Greifswald.[1] He received further lessons from , Günter Kochan and Ruth Zechlin.[1] From 1976 to 1979 he studied composition with Wolfgang Hohensee at the "Hanns Eisler" Music Academy.[1] From 1967 he taught music theory and school music in Greifswald and was appointed professor in 1989.[1] In 1990 he became director of the Institute for Musicology and Music Education at the University of Greifswald.[2][3] From 1997 he was professor for practical school piano playing, and musical composition at the Rostock University of Music and Theatre.
,He was a co-founder of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern regional association of the
and its chairman from 1996 to 2000.Meier died in Greifswald at the age of 67.[2]
Awards[]
- 1984: Hanns Eisler Prize[1]
- 2000: Landeskulturpreis Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[1]
Works[]
- Die Nachtigall, children opera (after Hans Christian Andersen, 1968, Premiere: 1969)[4]
- Liederzyklus Lob des Sisyphus (1984)[1]
- Kausalitäten für Bläserquintett (1987)[1]
- Musik für Orchester (1987)[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Schüler, Nico (2019). "Meier, Burkhard". In Heister, Hanns-Werner; Sparrer, Walter-Wolfgang (eds.). Komponisten der Gegenwart (in German).
- ^ a b Suppan, Armin (2009). "Meier, Burkhard". Das Blasmusik-Lexikon: Komponisten – Autoren – Werke – Literatur (in German).
- ^ "Bekenntnisse zum Rhythmischen". Kulturkalender der Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Zu DDR-Zeiten verbotene Kinderoper wieder auf der Bühne – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
External links[]
- Literature by and about Burkhard Meier in the German National Library catalogue
- Burkhard Meier, Munzinger Online/Komponisten der Gegenwart, in Munzinger-Archiv (Burkhard Meier Start of article freely available)
- Literature about Burkhard Meier in the State Bibliography (Landesbibliographie) of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- German music educators
- 20th-century German composers
- 20th-century classical composers
- University of Greifswald faculty
- 1943 births
- 2001 deaths
- People from Eberswalde