Armin Schibler (

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am Bodensee, 20 November 1920 – Zurich, 7 September 1986) was a

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Biography

After attending high school in the town of

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, he studied music under Walter Frey and Paul Müller in Zurich. From 1942 to 1945, he was the pupil of

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. He later went to England to perfect his training where he would meet notable contemporaries

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, Edmund Rubbra and Michael Tippett. In 1948 and 1953, Schibler attended the Summer Courses at Darmstadt, where he met and worked with Wolfgang Fortner, Ernst Křenek,

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and

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. From 1944, he was the professor of music at the Zurich Literary School.

Selected works

As a composer of operas, orchestral choirs, Lieder and chamber music, his works are characterized by harmonious pacing and a preference for counterpoint. He also used serial composition. *''Fantasie'' for viola and chamber orchestra, Op. 15 (1945) *''Der spanische Rosenstock'' (''Le rosier espagnol'') (1947–1950), opera in 3 acts after the novel by

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; libretto by Max Allenspach *''Kleines Konzert'' for viola solo, Op. 9d (1951) *''Weil alles erneut sich begibt'' for low voice, viola and piano, Op. 23 (1949) *''Ballade'' for viola and piano, Op. 54 (1957) *''Klavierkonzert'' for piano and orchestra, Op. 71 (1961) *''Konzertante Fantasie'' for alto saxophone and small orchestra, Op. 95 (1978)

External links

Site dedicated to the composer
*Sound recordings of works of the composer from the archives of

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