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– Thu 24 Jul: DI ALTRI ASTRI for Sax alto and Piano (Premiere) Sala Colitto,Termoli,Italy
– Sat 26 Jul: Koorconcert, Tiramisu zomerkoor Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
– Sun 27 Jul: Lines and Waves in Blue Deep for 5 accordions (wp) Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA
– Mon 28 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Astronomical Observatory, Loiano, Italy
– Tue 29 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Church in Piazza Giovanni XIII, Tolè di Vergato, Italy

– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008

Birthdays:
– Elliott Goldkind
– Wilfred Josephs
– Robert John Farnon
– Ernest Bloch
– Paolino Vassallo
Dying days:
– Alan Rawsthorne
– Max von Schillings
– Léon Walpot
– Padre Davide da Bergamo Felice Moretti
– Johann Gottfried Eckard
Events:
– (1964) Alberto Ginastera: Premiere of Don Rodrigo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– (1938) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Friedenstag, in Munich, Germany.
– (1828) Nicoló Paganini: Premiere of violin concerto no. 3 in E major, in Vienna, Austria.

– Pierre Even (18 Jul)
– Clara Schumann (17 Jul)
– Barney Childs (17 Jul)
– István Anhalt (17 Jul)
– Lowell Dijkstra (17 Jul)
– Lisa Ragsdale (17 Jul)
– Amy Scurria (16 Jul)
– Diana Rotaru (16 Jul)
– Benedictus Buns (16 Jul)
– Johannes Brahms (15 Jul)

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Born: 26 March 1904 — Bernkastel-Kues (Mosel) — Germany

Died: 7 October 1984 — Bad Orb — Germany

Mostly church music:

• Masses
• Te Deum
• Magnificat
• Motets
• Songs for choir
• Works for choir and orchestra

Furthermore:

• Music for organ
• Chamber music
• Music for the piano
• Opera
• Concertos
• Symphonies

German composer and Musicologist. He studied musicology at the University of Innsbruck, and church and school music at the Musikhochschule of Cologne.

He was an organist and conductor at Trier. Subsequently, he became a teacher and assistent director at the Musikhochschule of Cologne.

Moreover he was reader at the University of Bonn, and conductor of the Bachverein of Cologne.

References

1. Sylvia van Ameringen, Elseviers Encyclopedie van de muziek, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1962.
2. Th. Willemze, Componistenlexicon, Het Spectrum, Utrecht 1981.

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[In German] Hermann Schroeder, geb. am 26. März 1904 in Bernkastel-Kues (Mosel), gest. am 7. Oktober 1984 in Bad Orb, studierte 1926-1930 an der Kölner Musikhochschule bei Heinrich Lemacher und Walter Braunfels (Komposition), Hans Bachem (Orgel), Hermann Abendroth (Dirigieren) und Dominicus Johner (Gregorianischer Choral). Er war zunächst Musiklehrer am Gymnasium und an der Rheinischen Musikschule in Köln (1930-38), dann Domorganist in Trier (1938/39). Von 1946-1981 lehrte er als Professor an der Musikhochschule in Köln Musiktheorie (zusammen mit H. Lemacher veröffentlichte er Lehrbücher über Harmonielehre, Kontrapunkt und Formenlehre) und war 1947-62 Dirigent des Kölner Bach-Vereins. Er erhielt u.a. den Robert-Schumann-Preis der Stadt Düsseldorf (1952), den 1. Preis des Orgelwettbewerbs in Haarlem/Holland (1955), den Kunstpreis des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz (1956) und die Ehrendoktorwürde der Universität Bonn (1974).

Schroeder zählt zu den bedeutendsten deutschen Orgelkomponisten des 20. Jahrhunderts. Seine Musik verbindet Elemente des Mittelalters (Fauxbourdon, Ostinatotechnik, Gregorianik) und polyphone Satztechniken der Bach-Zeit mit der motorischen Rhythmik und freitonalen, von Hindemith beeinflußten modernen Harmonik. Einen besonderen Schwerpunkt bildet die Kammermusik für Orgel mit anderen Instrumenten.

[In English] Hermann Schroeder, born on 26 March 1904 in Bernkastel-Kues (Mosel), died on 7 October 1984 in Bad Orb, studied at the Cologne Musikhochschule (1926-30) with Heinrich Lemacher and Walter Braunfels (composition), Hans Bachem (organ), Hermann Abendroth (conducting) and Dominicus Johner (Gregorian chant). He was music teacher in Cologne (1930-38) and cathedral organist in Trier (1938/39). From 1946-1981 he taught music theory at the Cologne Musikhochschule and was director of Colognes Bach Society (1947-1962). With H. Lemacher, Schroeder has published several textbooks on harmony, counterpoint and musical form, which have gained wide currency in German-speaking countries. In 1952 he was awarded the Robert Schumann Prize of the city of Düsseldorf, in 1955 the first prize in the organ competition at Haarlem/the Netherlands, in 1956 he received the Arts Prize from the state of Rheinland-Pfalz (1956) and in 1974 he was appointed honorary doctor by the University of Bonn.

Schroeder is one of the most important German composers of the 20th century for organ. His music combines elements of the Middle Ages (fauxbourdon, ostinato technique, Gregorian modes), 20th-century polyphony and the linear, atonal writing of Hindemith. The chamber music for organ and other instruments constituted a special field of his musical activity.

(Contribution by Rainer Mohrs <Rainer.Mohrsschott-musik.de>)

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