Bernd Alois Zimmermann

Born: 20 March 1918, Bliesheim (Germany)
Died: 10 August 1970, Königsdorf (Germany)

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Music

Main-Works, edited mainly by Schott’s Soehne, Mainz/Germany

• Symphonic works, ballets, cantatas, for Orchestra
• Concertos for violin, viola, cello, oboe, trumpet, for 2 pianos
• Sonatas and works for solo instruments: violin, viola, cello, flute, pianoforte
• Chamber music, electronic works
• Opera “Die Soldaten” after J.M.R. Lenz (1958-1960)
• Requiem für einen jungen Dichter (1967/69)
• His last work: “Ich wandte mich und sah an alles Unrecht, das geschah unter der Sonne” (1970)

(Contribution by Eckart Schloifer <schloifergmx.de>.)

Biography

Bernd Alois Zimmermann was born on 20 March 1918 in Bliesheim near Cologne. After 1937 he studied music at the Musikhochschulen in Cologne and Berlin as well as German and philosophy at the universities of Bonn, Cologne and Berlin. His most influential teachers of composition were Heinrich Lemacher and Philipp Jarnach in Cologne. From 1957 (being appointed professor in 1961) he taught composition and conducted a seminar in film, theatre and radio music at the Cologne Hochschule für Musik.

He was a scholarship student at Villa Massimo in Rome in 1957 and 1963, received the "Großer Kunstpreis von Nordrhein-Westfalen" in 1960, was granted membership of the West Berlin Academy of Arts (1965), and was awarded the Prize of Arts of the City of Cologne in 1966.

Zimmermann’s work covers compositions for orchestra (including a symphony, ballet music and concertos), his famous opera "Die Soldaten" and other vocal music, chamber music, solo works, as well as electronic music. The world premiere of his opera "Die Soldaten" (composed 1958-60 following the principles of "pluralistic sound composition) in Cologne in 1965 was a sensational success. Another well-known work is the "Requiem für einen jungen Dichter" (premièred in 1969 by the WDR Cologne). Though relatively few in number, the compositions of Zimmermann hold a key position in the history of post-war German music. He not only absorbed the disciplines of serialism and the rigours of the Darmstadt avant-garde, but also merged these influences with jazz and with quotations from earlier composers in a way that strikingly anticipates post-modern techniques.

On 10 August 1970, in Königsdorf near Cologne, Zimmermann decided to put an end to his life.

(Contribution by Eckart Schloifer <schloifergmx.de>.)

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Kiri Sings Berlin
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Zimmermann: Die Soldaten
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Intercomunicazione
from: Deutsche Grammophon

Zimmerman: Cello Concerto; Impromptu; Antiphonen; Photoptosis
from: Cpo Records

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Alea
from: Hat Hut

Thomas Indermühle plays 4 Oboe Concertos
from: Camerata

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