Bertold Hummel (27 November 1925 – 9 August 2002) was a German composer of modern classical music.

Life

Bertold Hummel was born in

Hüfingen Hüfingen ( Low Alemannic: ''Hifinge'') is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Breg, 4 km south of the source of the Danube. History Hüfingen has the historical distin ...

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. He studied at the Academy of Music in

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

from 1947 to 1954, taking composition with Harald Genzmer, and cello with Atis Teichmanis. He toured as a cellist and composer between 1954 and 1956, worked as choirmaster in Freiburg, as well as for the

Südwestrundfunk Südwestrundfunk (SWR; ''Southwest Broadcasting'') is a regional public broadcasting corporation serving the southwest of Germany , specifically the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. The corporation has main offices ...

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broadcasting station from 1956 to 1963. He became a teacher of composition at Würzburg in 1963 where he directed the Studio for New Music for the next 25 years. After becoming a professor in 1974, he was president of the Würzburg College of Music from 1979 to 1987 (and was an honorary president after 1988), and in 1982 he became a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. Hummel travelled as a guest lecturer, and received performances of his work in countries all over the world. He died on 9 August 2002 in Würzburg.

Awards

In 1956, Hummel received a scholarship from the Federal Association of German Industry. In 1960, the city of

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the Sw ...

awarded him a prize in composition. He was given the Robert Schumann prize in

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in 1961. In 1968, he received a scholarship from the ''Cité des arts internationale'' of Paris. In 1988, the city of Würzburg awarded him a cultural prize. He won the Friedrich Baur Prize of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts in 1996 and the Culture Prize of the German Catholics in 1998.

Major works

* Oratorio: ''The Shrine of the Martyrs'' (Op. 90, 1989) * Chamber Opera: ''The Emperor's New Clothes'' (Op. 10, 1955) * Ballet: ** ''Episodes'' (Op. 23, 1962) ** ''The Last Flower'' (Op. 55a, 1975) ** ''Scenes from Faust'' (Op. 72a, 1979) * Symphonies: ** Symphony No. 1 for strings (Op. 20, 1959) ** Symphony No. 2 "Reverenza" (Op. 30, 1966) ** Symphony No. 3 "Jeremiah" (Op.100, 1996) * ''Visions'' for large orchestra, after the Apocalypse of St. John the Evangelist (Op. 73, 1980) * Sinfonietta for large wind orchestra (Op. 39, 1970) * Concerto for percussion and orchestra (Op. 70, 1978) * Eight fragments from letters of Vincent van Gogh (Op. 84, 1985) 5 masses; cantatas; motets; song-cycles; chamber music; organ works; electronic compositions and music for children.

External links

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Bertold Hummel at Boosey and Hawkes

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