Erwin Dressel
Erwin Dressel (10 June 1909, in Berlin – December 1972, in Berlin) was a German composer and pianist.
Following the success of his incidental music for Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Dressel wrote many operas for the . He also arranged music for the radio, concertized as a pianist and wrote orchestral music, including four symphonies; as well as concertos for various instruments (including one for two saxophones).
Selected works[]
- Opera
- Armer Columbus, opera, Op.23 (1927); libretto by Arthur Zweiniger
- Der Bär, burlesque opera in 1 act; libretto by Robert Wolfgang Schnell
- Der Kuchentanz, tragic opera in 3 acts (1927–1928); libretto by Arthur Zweiniger
- Die Laune des Verliebten, lyric opera in 1 act; libretto by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Der Rosenbusch der Maria, Legend in 4 scenes (1929); libretto by Arthur Zweiniger
- Das Urteil von Zalamea, opera in 3 acts, 6 scenes, Op.50; after Lope de Vega and Arthur Zweiniger
- Die Zwillingsesel, opera in 3 acts; libretto by Arthur Zweiniger
- Orchestral
- Abendmusik for chamber orchestra, Op.33
- Balladesker Marsch
- Capriccio ritmico
- Caprice fantastique
- Cassation
- Deutsche Märchen-Suite for chamber orchestra, Op.36
- Französische Ouvertüre
- Heitere Begegnungen
- Ouverture zu einem Märchenspiel, Op.47
- Rondoburleske
- Serenade II in E♭ major for string orchestra
- Symphony in D♭ major
- Concertante
- Concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra
- Concerto for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and orchestra
- Concerto for saxophone and orchestra, Op.27
- Duo-Konzert (Double Concerto) for soprano and alto saxophones and chamber orchestra
- Chamber music
- Bagatellen (Bagatelles) for saxophone and piano
- Canto variato for cello and piano
- Partita for alto saxophone (or clarinet, or viola) and piano (1965)
- Sonata for alto saxophone and piano, Op.26
- String Quartet (1928)
- Suite for violin and piano
- Trio miniature for clarinet, horn and bassoon
- Piano
- Piano Sonata
- Zehn Klavierstücke (10 Piano Pieces)
- Vocal
- Von allerlei Tieren ein lustig Musizieren, Song Cycle for voice and piano, Op.39
References[]
- Joseph Clark, "Dressel, Erwin" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. New York: Macmillan Publishers Limited (1980): 5 629
Categories:
- 1909 births
- 1972 deaths
- German classical composers
- German classical pianists
- Male classical pianists
- German opera composers
- Male opera composers
- Musicians from Berlin
- 20th-century classical composers
- 20th-century classical pianists
- German male classical composers
- 20th-century German composers
- German pianists
- German male pianists
- 20th-century German male musicians
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