Helmut Degen (born 14 January 1911 in Aglasterhausen – died 2 October 1995 in Trossingen) was a German composer.
Degen studied composition with
Wilhelm Maler
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Philipp Jarnach
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; and score and instrumentation with
Ernst Gernot Klussmann at the
Rheinische Musikschule in Cologne and the
University of Bonn
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, writing his dissertation on Baroque librettist
Friedrich Christian Bressand. He later taught theory at the
Duisburg Conservatory and later at the
Hochschule für Musikerziehung in
Trossingen
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, becoming a professor in 1954.
His works include educational chamber music in modern style. His style resembles Hindemith and uses methods similar to
12-tone composition.
Selected works
* Concerto for organ and orchestra (1938)
* Sonata for viola and piano (1940); Willy Müller, Süddeutscher Musikverlag
* ''Kleine Weihnachtsmusik'' (Short Christmas Music) for strings and woodwinds (1942); P. J. Tonger
* ''Der flanderische Narr'', Ballet (1942)
* ''Kleines Konzert'' (Short Concerto) for violin and chamber orchestra (1944–1945)
* ''Kammersinfonie'' (Chamber Symphony) for small orchestra (1947); Schott
* ''Konzert Etüden'' (Concert Etudes) (1948); Schott
* ''Suter'', Oratorio (1950)
* ''Unisono-Stücke'' for violin, or viola, or cello solo, or unison ensemble (1950); Heinrichshofen's Verlag
* ''Stück'' from ''Die grosse Reihe'' for viola solo (1954); Willy Müller, Süddeutscher Musikverlag
* ''Handbuch der Formenlehre: Grundsätzliches zur musikalischen Formung'' (1957); Bosse
* ''10 Stücke'' (10 Pieces) for violin and viola; Willy Müller, Süddeutscher Musikverlag
* ''Johannes-Passion'' for soprano, tenor and chorus a cappella (1961–1962)
* Sonata for flute and viola (1963); N. Simrock
* ''Capriccio'' for accordion and cello (1970)
* ''Genesis-Offenbarung'', Oratorio (1973)
* ''Metamorphosen'' for cello and piano (1980)
* Concerto for 12 cellos (1982)
* ''Capriccio scherzando'' for piano
* Serenade for string orchestra
* String quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello
* String quintet for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos
* String sextet for 2 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos
* String quartet
References
* Laux Musik und Musiker der Gegenwart (Essen 1949) pp. 57–64
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1911 births
1995 deaths
20th-century German composers