Helmut Degen
Helmut Degen ( born January 14, 1911 in Aglasterhausen; † October 2, 1995 in Trossingen ) was a German composer, organist and conductor.
Life
Degen studied from 1930 at the Rheinische Music School in Cologne and from 1933 at the Rheinische Friedrich- Wilhelms- University of Bonn, where he wrote his dissertation on the librettist of the Baroque Friedrich Christian Bressand. In 1933 he founded a youth orchestra in Cologne for New Music and worked as an organist in the Old churches. From 1937 he taught music theory at the Musikhochschule in Duisburg (since 1987 a department of the Folkwang -Hochschule ), from 1942 on Landerziehungsheim Buchenau at Hersfeld. In 1947 he moved to the University of Music Trossingen and in 1954 was appointed professor.
Music
His style is reminiscent of Paul Hindemith and he uses techniques similar to the twelve-tone technique. With youth and folk music works, he tried more widely access to contemporary music easier. In addition, he served as editor of early music.
Selected Works
- Concerto for Organ and Orchestra ( 1938)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1940 ); Willy Müller, South German music publisher
- Christmas music on Come, ye shepherds (1941 ) for organ; bears tab
- Small Christmas Music for Strings and Winds ( 1942); PJ Tonger
- The flanderische fool, Ballet ( 1942)
- Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra ", 1944
- Sonata for Flute and Viola ", 1944
- Little Concerto (1944-1945)
- Chamber Symphony (1947 ); bulkhead
- Concert Etudes (1948 ); bulkhead
- Commit thou thy way; Cantata (1948 )
- Suter, oratorio (1950 )
- Unison pieces for violin or viola or cello solo ( 1950); Heinrichshofen Verlag
- Handbook of Morphology: Fundamentals of musical shaping (1957 ); Bosse
- 10 pieces for violin and viola; Willy Müller, South German music publisher
- Johannes - Passion (1961-1962)
- Capriccio for accordion and cello (1970 )
- Genesis - Revelation, oratorio (1973 )
- Metamorphoses for Cello and Piano ( 1980)
- Concerto for 12 cellos (1982 )
- Scherzando Capriccio for Piano