Werner Wolf Glaser – Wikipedia

Werner Wolf Glaser (born in Cologne (German Empire) the April 14, 1910 and died in Västerås (Sweden) the August 3, 2006 ) is a composer, conductor, pianist, music teacher, musical critic and Swedish poet of German origin.

Glaser studied at the Conservatoire de Cologne le Piano, the direction of the orchestra, and the composition with Philipp Jarnach, then studies the history of art in Bonn. He then continued his composition studies with Paul Hindemith in Berlin, where he also took psychology lessons. Between 1929 and 1931, he was conductor of the Chemnitz Opera and then came to Cologne in 1932 as choir. Persecuted by the Nazis because of his Jewish ancestry, he fled Germany via Paris in 1933. He then went to Lyngby (in) , Denmark and teaches Frederiksberg’s Volks Musikhochschule In Copenhagen (1936-43), before fleeing to Sweden in 1943. In Sweden, he directed the Southern Västmanland’s Orchestra Association From 1944 to 1959 and then took over the management until 1975 of the Västerås Music School , where he has colleagues Ivar Andrén and Gunnar Axen (in) . He writes musical reviews in musical journals and also written poems for the regional newspaper Vestmanlan Läns Tidning . He died in 2006 and was buried in the Jewish cemetery of Stockholm.

Glaser leaves a very rich work that covers different genres. His tonal language reveals the influence of Hindemith, but however he developed his own style.

Symphonic music [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Symphony n ^O 1, on. 10 (1933–34)
• Symphony n ^O 3 (1936–40)
• Orchestra trilogy n ^O 1 (1939)
• 5 pieces for orchestra (1940–42)
• Symphony n ^O 4 (1943)
• 2 short orchestral pieces (1945)
• Prelude for orchestra (1947)
• Symphony n ^O 5 (1947–49)
• Idyll, Elegy and Fanfare pour Orchestre (1954)
• Symphony n ^O 6 Short symphony of transparency (1955–57)
• Concerto for orchestra n ^O 2 (1957)
• Mourning music over a girl For string orchestra (1957)
• Symphony n ^O 7 Late action (1959)
• Symphony n ^O 8 Four dance scenes ( Four dance scenes ) (1964)
• Violin concerto (1964)
• Concerto for orchestra n ^O 3 Conflicts (1965–66)
• Transformations ( Transformations ) For orchestra (1966)
• Paradox i For string orchestra (1967)
• 3 symphonic dances for orchestra (1975)
• Symphony n ^O 9 (1976)
• Adagio for strings Quiet and restlessness (1977)
• Symphony n ^O 10 (1979–80)
• Orchestra trilogy n ^O 2 (1981)
• Symphony n ^O 11 (1983)
• Nigeria (1986), suite based on old Nigerian sculptures
• Theme and variations (1987)
• Symphony n ^O 13 (1990)

Chamber music [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Sonata for Viola and Piano (1939)
• Old Man (1943) for voice and piano
• Dance songs (1945) for voice and piano
• Calm For violin (or flute) and viola (1946)
• Capriccio No.2 For Alto and Piano (1963)
• Duo For two Viooins (1966), Recorded by the Gelland duo for Nosag
• The order of the meatus (1967) for love oboe
• Serious (1969) for oboe and harpsichord
• Absurd divertimento (1974) for soprano and wind quintet
• Summer (1975) for soprano and flute
• Summer (Version 2, 1976) for voice and piano
• March in laughter mirror (1976) for wind quintet
• By sylvestrum (1977) for flute and piano
• Bird life ( Bird life ) (1980), three rooms for soprano and string trio
• Thoughts For Alto Solo (1981)
• The fanfara per si (1983) for 3 trumpets and timpani
• Solo pour Euphonium

Harmony [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Capella concert (1960) for symphonic winds and piano
• Concerto for Concert Band (1966)
• March in windy weather) (1974)
• Symphony for wind instruments (1980)
• 3 pieces for 11 saxophones (1981) (2 soprano saxophones, 4 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, 2 baryton saxophones, and 1 low saxophone)

Choral music [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Death is great (1936) for mixed choir
• Melankolian’s songs Suite (1963)
• To dawn Suite (1964)
• Year circuit (1967) for children’s choir
• Spring mosaik (1968) for mixed choir and string quartet

Stage music [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Persephone (1960), ballet in 3 acts
• A naked kung (1971), opera in 2 acts
• Meetings (1970), room opera for vocal soloists, flute, clarinet, and string orchestra
• The five steps of man (1973), ballet

Cantats, and religious music [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Silence (1966), cantata for soprano, flute, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, drums, gong, violin, cello, and magnetic band
• PORTEN (1968), Advent cantate pour soprano and orgue
• An evening chanted (1973), cantata for vocal soloists, two mixed choirs, flute, clarinet, horn, and organ
• Meditations psalm (1972) for mixed voices and organ

• Theodore Baker and Nicolas Slonimsky ( trad. of English by Marie-Stella Pâris, pref. Nicolas Slonimsky), Biographical dictionary of musicians [« Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians »], t. first : A-G , Paris, Robert Laffont, coll. “Bouquins”, 1995 ( rompr. 1905, 1919, 1940, 1958, 1978), 8 ^{It is} ed. ( first ^re ed. 1900), 4728 p. (ISBN  2-222-06510-7 ) , p. 1474

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