Wolfgang Hildemann

Wolfgang Hildemann (1925 in Cheb/Eger – 1995 in Düsseldorf)[1] was a German composer and music teacher.[2]

Live and education

Hildemann studied at the music conservatorys of Prague and Nürnberg. There he learned by Fidelio Finke, Anton Nowakowski and Joseph Keilberth.[3] 1952 he passed the examination of the chapel master. From 1949 to 1967 he was a music teacher of the Windsbacher Knabenchor. From 1962 he taught at the Odenwaldschule in Oberhambach. Afterwards he moved to the Hugo Junkers-Gymnasium in Mönchengladbach. He also became a lecturer in church music and composition at the University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein. For a long time he also headed the music section at the Esslingen Künstlergilde.

Works

From 1975 to 1995

• 1975 Kleine Orgelmesse, OCLC 724463476
• 1976 Ritmi Dispari, Schott Musik
• 1980 Diletto musicale, Breitkopf & Härtel
• 1984 Et facta ora sexta, Musikverlag Christoph Dohr
• 1990 Liber organi bavarese, Musikverlag Christoph Dohr
• 1990 Propriums Messe, Musikverlag Christoph Dohr
• 1990 Recitativo, Aria e Toccata
• 1991 Cinque Pastorelli
• 1991 Concerti bavarese, Musikverlag Christoph Dohr[4]

Post mortem

• 2003 Klassische Ohrwürmer, Edition Tonger[5]

Style

Hildemann worked with the Twelve-tone technique.

Avards

• 1974: Johann-Wenzel-Stamitz-Preis
• 1979: Composition Prize of the City Düsseldorf
• Also: Goldene Plakette der Stadt Mönchengladbach

References

1. "Komponist: Wolfgang Hildemann". Verlag Dohr.
2. "Wolfgang Hildemann". PODIUM – Wolfgang Wendel.
3. "Biographie von Wolfgang Hildemann".
4. "Person: Wolfgang Hildemann".
5. "Hildemann: Klassische Ohrwürmer".