Gottfried Glöckner

Gottfried Glöckner
Born (1937-06-24) 24 June 1937 (age 87)
Chemnitz
EducationHochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Choral conductor
  • Music educator
SpouseHelga Glöckner-Neubert
AwardsHanns Eisler Prize

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

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. ^ a b c "Gottfried Glöckner". Edition Choris Mundi. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  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. ^ Adesiyan, Frauke (14 November 2017). "Abschied wie von einem Sommer". moz.de (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2020.