Friedbert Streller
Friedbert Streller (21 December 1931 – 24 December 2017) was a German musicologist and composer.
Life[]
Born in Hohburg[A 1] near Wurzen, Streller studied music education, musicology and composition with Fred Lohse at the University of Leipzig from 1950 to 1956.[1] He then taught himself as a lecturer in Magdeburg, Halle and from 1963 to 1993 at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden.[1] He published biographical studies on Aram Khachaturian, Paul Hindemith, Sergei Prokofieff and Dmitri Shostakovich in addition to his work as a music critic.[2] From 1959, he also worked as a composer, writing symphonies, the first of which is dedicated to Shostakovich, string quartets, concertos, suites and motets.[citation needed] Streller was a formative member in the German Shostakovich Society.[1]
Streller died in Dresden[1] at the age of 86.
Streller's estate is preserved in the Saxon State and University Library Dresden.[3]
Work[]
Publications[]
- Sergej Prokofjew. VEB Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1960.
- Aram Chatschaturjan. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1968.
- Dmitri Schostakowitsch. Für Sie porträtiert. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1982.
- Revolte und Aufbruch. Musikhistorische Studien zum Expressionismus in Deutschland. Universität Halle, 1988.
- Paul Hindemith. Für Sie porträtiert. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1985.
- Erwin Schulhoffs Beziehungen zu Berlin. In Traude Ebert-Obermeier: Studien zur Berliner Musikgeschichte. Vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Henschel, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-362-00328-1.
- Sergej Prokofjew und seine Zeit.[4] Laaber Verlag, 2003, ISBN 9783890075549.
- Schostakowitschs späte Hinwendung zum Lied. In: Schostakowitsch-Aspekte – Analysen und Studien, Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2014, ISBN 9783936637298.
- Neoklassizismus oder verordneter Traditionsbezug? Schostakowitschs Adaption Bachscher Themen und Formen. In Schostakowitsch, Prokofjew und andere Komponisten – Studien und Analysen. Schostakowitsch-Studien vol. 11, Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2014, PDF, ISBN 9783936637304
Compositions[]
- Sonatina for vibraphone and piano (1959)
- Thomas Müntzer Suite for organ (1989)
- Passion according to St. John for speaker, soli, choir and organ (1999)
- 1st Symphony in memoriam D. Shostakovich (2004)
- Web.-Side. Three portraits on themes by Carl Maria von Weber for flute and piano (2006).
- 2nd Symphony Down and High in three movements
- Symphonia da Requiem (3rd Symphony) in two movements (2006)
- 4th Symphony, the jazzy one, in three movements (2008)
- Psalm motet Herr Hilf for mixed choir (2009)
- 5th Symphony Pastorale in three movements (2010)
- Sym-Phonia historique (6th Symphony), play off by Bruckner, Ligeti and Hindemith (2012).
- Moses's Thorn Bush. A Biblical Sonata for Organ (2012)
- Franciscan Ode (7th Symphony) for soli, choir, two flutes, strings and percussion (2014)
Further reading[]
- Michael Ernst (2017-12-28). "Dresdner Komponist Friedbert Streller gestorben". Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- Birgit Grimm (29 December 2021). "Den richtigen Ton gefunden". Sächsische Zeitung. Archived from the original on 2017-12-28. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
Notes[]
- ^ Most sources name Hohburg near Wurzen as the place of birth, the German National Library gives Hohnstein.
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Mourning for Friedbert Streller". German Shostakovich Society. 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Karsten Blüthgen (28 December 2017). "A humorous music mediator has fallen silent". Musik in Dresden. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Kalliope | Verbundkatalog für Archiv- und archivähnliche Bestände und nationales Nachweisinstrument für Nachlässe und Autographen". Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Sergej Prokofjew und seine Zeit on WorldCat
External links[]
- Literature by and about Friedbert Streller in the German National Library catalogue
- Works by or about Friedbert Streller in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Nachlass Friedbert Streller in der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden
- "Vita und Werkverzeichnis". Komponisten in Sachsen. 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- "Trauer um Friedbert Streller". Deutsche Schostakowitsch Gesellschaft. 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- Karsten Blüthgen (28 December 2017). "Ein humorvoller Musikvermittler ist verstummt". Musik in Dresden. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- Friedbert Streller discography at Discogs
- 20th-century German composers
- 21st-century German composers
- 20th-century classical composers
- 20th-century German musicologists
- Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber faculty
- German music critics
- 1931 births
- 2017 deaths
- People from Wurzen