Dietrich Erdmann

Dietrich Erdmann (20 July 1917 – 22 April 2009) was a German composer and University lecturer.

Life

Erdmann was born in Bonn. His father was the publicist and trade union official Lothar Erdmann, his mother Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke, the painter August Macke's widow . Erdmann had lived in Berlin since he was eight years old. His childhood was characterised by a family environment with a strong cultural interest.[1]

He received his first piano lessons at the age of nine. Already during his school days at the Humanistisches Gymnasium In Berlin, he paid visites to the composers Paul Hindemith, Ernst-Lothar von Knorr and Harald Genzmer.[2]

In 1931, he began his cello lessons with Pál Hermann. From 1934 to 1938, Erdmann studied choir conducting and musical composition with Kurt Thomas and conducting with Walter Gmeindl at the Universität der Künste Berlin. He completed his studies with the künstlerische Reifeprüfung in choral conducting and the private music teacher examination in musical composition. Erdmann was co-founder of the Arbeitskreis für Neue Musik at the Berlin University of the Arts.[3]

From 1947, Erdmann taught at the Pädagogische Hochschule Berlin, where he became head of the music seminar two years later. He then was appointed associate professor in 1954. 12 years later, he became Ordinarius and in 1970 finally prorector of the college. He retired in 1982.[4]

Erdmann was married to Gisela Cludius from 1940 to 1946, to Bianca Kuron from 1949 to 1958 and to Gertrud Schulz from 1959.

Erdmann died in Berlin at the age of 91.[5]

Activities

Erdmann's work encompasses a wide variety of instrumentations and almost all types of musical form: 16 Solo concerts, 12 pieces for Grand Orchestras, piano music, solo- and chamber music for Strings and wind instruments as well as Lieder, cantata and Choir music. In addition, Erdmann also composed numerous Zupfmusik works.

Awards

Work

Further reading
  • Riemann Musiklexikon. Ergänzungsband A–K. Schott, Mainz 1972, p. 228.
  • Henke Matthias: Das große Buch der Zupforchester.[8] Schwingenstein, Munich 1987. pp. 140–148.
  • Wilfried Bruchhäuser: Komponisten der Gegenwart. Deutscher Komponistenverband, Berlin 1985. p. 169
  • S. Beikler, R. Grambow: Ein Neoklassizist ist von uns gegangen. Concertino 3/2009. p. 151
  • Musik eine verbindende Kunst. Concertino 3/2009. p. 121

Recording
  • Werke für Zupforchester. Mühlheimer Zupforchester (Ltg. Detlef Tewes). Telos music records, 2002

References
  1. Erdmann, Dietrich on LMU
  2. Dietrich Hermann on Musicalics
  3. Gründungsjahr: 1935
  4. catalogue raisonné
  5. Biography
  6. http://www.dietricherdmann.de/bio.html
  7. Information Federal President's Office
  8. Das große Buch der Zupforchester on WorldCat
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