Gottfried Glöckner (born 24 June 1937) is a German composer, choral conductor and music educator.

Life

Born in Chemnitz, Glöckner attended the

Zwickau Zwickau (; is, with around 87,500 inhabitants (2020), the fourth-largest city of Saxony after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz and it is the seat of the Zwickau District. The West Saxon city is situated in the valley of the Zwickau Mulde (German: ...

Conservatory. Afterwards he worked as a music teacher in

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and Frankfurt (Oder). From 1970 to 1974 he studied composition with Manfred Weiss at the

Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber The Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber (Carl Maria von Weber College of Music; also/formerly known as Dresden Conservatory or Dresden Royal Conservatory) is a university of music in Dresden, Germany. History The Hochschule opened ...

in Dresden. He worked as a freelance composer and choral conductor in Frankfurt (Oder). Glöckner's compositions were published by bellmannmusik, Edition Choris Mundi and . His Concerto for Orchestra was first performed in Havana in 1984. He was married to the writer Helga Glöckner-Neubert until her death in 2017.

Awards

* 1986:

Hanns Eisler Prize The Hanns Eisler Prize was an East-German music award, named after the composer Hanns Eisler. It was awarded by Radio DDR – with advisory participation of the music section of the Akademie der Künste der DDR in Berlin (East) and the (VDK) � ...

Compositions

* ''Alle Kinder können sich verstehen'' for children' choir and piano * ''Bratschenstücke'' (Viola pieces) for viola and piano (2011) * ''Concertino'' for accordion and wind quintet * ''Erste Liebe'' for medium voice and piano * ''Flötentrio'' for flutes * ''Fünf Intermezzi'' for clarinet and piano * ''Kleine Suite'' for accordion solo * ''Konzert für Orchester'' * ''Musik zur Weihnachtszeit'' for small ensemble * ''Philosophen und die Liebe'' for medium voice and piano * ''Präludium und Passacaglia'' * ''Sieben Stücke'' for horn and piano * Sonata for flute and piano * Sonatine for clarinet and piano

References

External links

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Werke von Gottfried Glöckner
at Verlag Neue Musik

at Bellmann Musikverlag {{DEFAULTSORT:Glockner, Gottfried 1937 births Living people Musicians from Chemnitz 20th-century German composers 20th-century classical composers German music educators