Enjott Schneider
Enjott or NJ Schneider ( born May 25, 1950 in Weil am Rhein, until 1998 Norbert Jürgen Schneider ) is a German composer, musicologist and university professor.
General
Enjott Schneider is a German film composer. He lives and works in Munich, where he since 1979 - held a professorship at the Academy of Music - according to studies and musicology doctorate in Freiburg. First, there was a professor of music theory, but which was later converted into the first film music professorship in Germany. Students of Enjott cutters are formed as a film composer.
Life and work
In his youth, Schneider learned many instruments, among others, violin, piano, accordion, trumpet and organ. At the age of 19 he took in Huningue (France ) to an organist. He also worked as a keyboardist in the rock band Cactus. From 1975 he worked as a church musician in Hinterzarten (Black Forest). In 1969, he began studying music theory, music education, organ and trumpet at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau. At the same time he studied at the University of musicology, German literature and linguistics and a doctorate in 1977 with Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht Dr. phil.
In 1988 he established the studio Augenklang, which was replaced by the Greenhouse Studio 1997. Around 1993 he taught at the Film Institute in Pune ( India) and in 1996 at the Academy of Music in Munich professor of composition for film and television.
Schneider's compositions include a wide range: works for orchestra, organ, chamber music, vocal and stage works. His numerous publications deal with music theory, music education, new music and music in audiovisual media.
Enjott Schneider serves on the board of the Society for Musical Performing and Mechanical Reproduction Rights ( GEMA), since March 2012 as chairman. On his personal website, he sums up his philosophy in one sentence "Music is art - contrasting commercialism and capitalism. " In a blog entry he says: If today, " intellectual property" is called into question, then it's not 'just' about composers or GEMA problems, but it is an indicator that we need to feudal again and fall back dictatorial mentality structures - our freedom of expression [ s] and the opinion goes in the aggressive - kapi [t ] alistischen regimentation of the people by corporations, internationalized capital and profit maximization is based. "
On June 25, 2013 Schneider was elected president of the German Composers' Union.
Selected Works
Music for Films
Music for television films and series
Music for documentaries
- 2002: Stalingrad - The attack
- 2004: The Miracle of Bern. The true story
- 2006: The Darn Third Gate - Wembley 1966: The True Story
- 2007: The Olympic murder. München72 - The True Story
- 2008: Franz Josef Strauss - a German history
- 2009: KRUPP - Myth and Truth
- 2010: A Prince for Victoria
- 2011: ROYAL AFFAIRS: Carl Gustaf and Sweden
- 2012: Three Lives: Axel Springer - Publishers - enemy - private man
Stage Works
- The Salome principle ( 1983)
- Albert why?, Chamber opera for seven singers, playback electronics and nine instrumentalists (1998)
- Diana - Cry for Love, Memorial for soloists, chorus, ballet and orchestra (2001/ 02)
- Signalman Thiel, opera in eight scenes based on the eponymous novella study by Gerhart Hauptmann ( 2003)
- Zero four - can not get around to God, musical for the 100th anniversary of the football club FC Schalke 04
- Neapolitan - I am a child of imagination, opera in two acts (2005)
Orchestral works
- Evolution, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra ( 1991)
- Teatrissimo, Ratatouille for Orchestra ( 1997)
- Bell Symphony, " Ode to Life" ( Symphony No. 1 ), based on texts from the Buchenwald concentration camp (1998 /99)
- Sisyphus ( Symphony No. 2 ) (2000 )
- Vivaldissimo, Concerto for Two Trumpets, Strings and Harpsichord ( 2000)
- Echo, Concerto for Organ and String Orchestra ( 2002)
- Changes, Concerto for Sheng and Orchestra ( 2002/ 03)
- The Tinguely Machine for 12 brass players and symphonic orchestra (2004)
- Job, Concerto for Organ and Orchestra ( 2007)
Other works
- Toccata " Brother of Sleep " for organ ( music for the film adaptation of the novel sleep brother of Robert Schneider, 1994)
- Ali and the magic pitcher, A musical tale for children, text by an African fairytale set up by Peter Andersen ( 2002)
- Accompanying music for some movies like Dr. Doolittle silhouette and its animals, Cinderella - Cinderella, Thumbelina - Thumbelina, Puss -in- Boots - Puss in Boots
- A setting of the Canticle of St. Francis of Assisi for mixed choir ( world premiere on 30 March 2008 in Inkamana (South Africa), German première on 25 July 2008 in the Regensburg Cathedral, both times sung by the cathedral choir )
- Oratory of St. Augustine for soloists, chorus and orchestra, premiered on November 15, 2009 in the parish church of St. Augustin Ingolstadt
- Dominus et resurrexit ascendit, oratorio for Easter and Ascension, premiered on April 25, 2011 in the parish church of St. Pantaleon in Cologne
Publications (selection)
- Church Music - An art form from dying? In: PRO - News, November 2005 (Issue 172 ), pp. 16-21 republished in: Church Music Forum, May-June 2006.
- Composing for film and television. Schott -Verlag 1997. 3rd edition 2005, ISBN 3-7957-8708-4.
- The art of sharing. Time - rhythm - number. In 1991.
- Manual II soundtrack music in the documentary film. Ölschläger, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-88295-132- X.