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

Notes

  1. ^ Most sources name Hohburg near Wurzen as the place of birth, the German National Library gives Hohnstein.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mourning for Friedbert Streller". German Shostakovich Society. 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  2. ^ Karsten Blüthgen (28 December 2017). "A humorous music mediator has fallen silent". Musik in Dresden. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Kalliope | Verbundkatalog für Archiv- und archivähnliche Bestände und nationales Nachweisinstrument für Nachlässe und Autographen". Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  4. ^ Sergej Prokofjew und seine Zeit on WorldCat