Gottfried_Glöckner

Gottfried Glöckner

Gottfried Glöckner

German composer and music educator

Gottfried Glöckner (born 24 June 1937) is a German composer, choral conductor and music educator.

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Life

Born in Chemnitz, Glöckner attended the Zwickau Conservatory.[1] Afterwards he worked as a music teacher in Bad Liebenwerda and Frankfurt (Oder). From 1970 to 1974 he studied composition with Manfred Weiss at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden.[1] He worked as a freelance composer and choral conductor in Frankfurt (Oder).[2] Glöckner's compositions were published by bellmannmusik, Edition Choris Mundi and Verlag Neue Musik [de]. His Concerto for Orchestra was first performed in Havana in 1984.[1]

He was married to the writer Helga Glöckner-Neubert until her death in 2017.[3]

Awards

Compositions

  • Alle Kinder können sich verstehen for children' choir and piano
  • Bratschenstücke (Viola pieces) for viola and piano (2011)
  • Concertino for accordion and wind quintet
  • Erste Liebe for medium voice and piano
  • Flötentrio for flutes
  • Fünf Intermezzi for clarinet and piano
  • Kleine Suite for accordion solo
  • Konzert für Orchester
  • Musik zur Weihnachtszeit for small ensemble
  • Philosophen und die Liebe for medium voice and piano
  • Präludium und Passacaglia
  • Sieben Stücke for horn and piano
  • Sonata for flute and piano
  • Sonatine for clarinet and piano

References

  1. [1]
    "Gottfried Glöckner". Edition Choris Mundi. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Musiker-Ehepaar trägt sich in das Goldene Buch der Stadt Frankfurt (Oder) ein" (in German). Frankfurt (Oder). 1 March 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. [3]
    Adesiyan, Frauke (14 November 2017). "Abschied wie von einem Sommer". moz.de (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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