Eberhard who DIN

Eberhard who DIN (* 19. October 1911 in Spenge; † 25. May 1991 in because home in Upper Bavaria) was a German composer and music paedagogue.

lives

who DIN studied two years at the educational academy Hanover. During this time it already began with its composition studies. Afterwards it changed to Bielefeld, where he became a pupil of the Austrian composer Otto Siegl. At the same time it informed at an elementary school in its birth city Spenge. Who DIN changed finally to the Cologne college of music, where it studied school music with Philipp Jarnach. After its exam he became a teacher at the Carl Duisberg High School in Leverkusen. Starting from 1952 it led the urban school of music Leverkusen and from 1955 to 1969 held it lectures at the Robert Schumann conservatoire in Duesseldorf.

1973 became it the title of a professor and a 1986 the Order of Merit I. Class lent.

It died to 25. May 1991 in because home in Upper Bavaria at the age of 79 years and was bestattet in its place of birth Spenge. Up to its death it had in Cologne-Dell-bridges lived.

work

who DIN wrote stage music, works for school orchestras and professional orchestras, choir music and chamber music, including to a large number of works for sheet metal wind instruments. In addition he wrote writings over aspects of musical education.

The work on the school of music energized it to write numerous pieces for school requisites. Many years of its life he dedicated himself therefore to the youth music. Numerous ones of its youth operas developed during its time at the Leverkusener school of music. Regarding its motivation he explained 1983 in a radio interview: “This unit of rhythm and sound, of play and dance, of language and song - all this to summarize was my substantial request.”

Who DIN busy intensively with the school work Carl Orffs and also the European folklore affected itself its work substantially. During the war he had come among other things into the Ukraine, into Russia , Romania and France with the there people music into contact and let later numerous folkloristische elements into its compositions flow.

Responded of the medium high-German language, whose Klangbild differed for him in do good-doing good that way from the everyday colloquial language, he wrote 1950 the choir works “three mixed choirs” (OI. 24) and “three woman Mrs.” (op.26) on medium high German.

In the Leverkusener indoor swimming pool he organized the well-known “indoor swimming pool concerts”, whereby he used the good acoustics for unusual productions: thus it let play trade “water music ” from two oboes and a bassoon, while the musicians in a life boat were pulled over the water.

To its retirement who DIN, which even violin and Viola played , shifted the emphasis of its work on the chamber music.

musical szenische works for layman stages (selection)

• “of the emperor new dresses”, OI. 20, (1947)
• “Fischer and sine Fru”, OI. 30, (1951)
• “farmer calendars”, OI. 31, (1947)
• “the Rattenfänger”, OI. 53, (1958)

plays for children (selection)

• “the Heinzelmännchen”, OI. 39, (1954)
• “the fairy tale of the dancing pigs”, OI. 67, (1963)
• “circus Troll”, OI. 81, (1968)

Kantaten and choir music (selection)

• “three mixed choirs”, OI. 24, (1950)
• “three woman choirs”, OI. 26, (1950)
• “Veni redemptor gentium”, OI. 44, (1955)
• “two drinking songs”, OI. 37, (1953)
• “king Midas”, OI. 82, (1969)
• “sun singing of the Franziskus of Assisi”, OI. 107, (1976)

works for sheet metal wind instruments (selection)

• “Suite for Blechbläser”, OI. 52, (1957)
• “Hungarian Czardas Suite”, OI. 95.1, (1972)
• “serenade”, OI. 97, (1973)

chamber music (selection)

• “Slawi dance variations”, OI. 25, (1950)
• “Capriziöse Impressionen from an aquarium”, OI. 103, (1974)
• “Tanzimpressionen”, OI. 131, (1982)

methodical works

• “basic considerations to the Orff Schulwerk”, (1958)
• “rhythmic-musical exercise, a lehr and exercise book”, (1959)
• “musical basic training at the song”, (1966)

to literature

• Michael give: Between ideology and innovation. Eberhard who DIN and the meaning of music practice in school music and school of music of the post-war period. Meal 2001, ISBN 3-89206-059-2

Web on the left of

• short biography and complete list of works inclusive Hearing examples
• short biography with numerous pictures