Jörg Herchet (born 20 September 1943) is a German composer.
Life
Born in
Dresden
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, Herchet grew up as the son of a driver and a worker in modest circumstances. As a pupil he received
recorder
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and
cello
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lessons, later piano and singing lessons. Already at that time he composed his first smaller compositions.
From 1962 to 1965 he studied
musical composition
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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 with
Johannes Paul Thilman
Johannes Paul Thilman (11 January 1906 – 29 January 1973) was a German composer.
Life
Thilman, who actually wanted to become a teacher, encountered music at the age of 18 and taught himself initially. After a private lesson with Paul Hindemit ...
and
Manfred Weiss, cello with Clemens Dillner and piano with Ilse Brähmer. The use of a
Franz Kafka
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text in his composition ''Interfragmentarium zum werke von franz k. für klavier und alt'' led to distortions with the Hochschule, whereupon Herchet continued his composition studies at the
Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler"
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in East-Berlin with
Rudolf Wagner-Régeny
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from 1967 to 1969. His diploma thesis on ''The importance of music-theoretical writings by
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* Schönberg am Kamp, a town in the district of Krems-Land, Lower Austria
Belgium
* Schönber ...
and
Hindemith
Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ' ...
for the development of a compositional theory'' was rejected on the grounds that a compositional theory "must lead to
Hanns Eisler
Hanns Eisler (6 July 1898 – 6 September 1962) was an Austrian composer (his father was Austrian, and Eisler fought in a Hungarian regiment in World War I). He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany, for his long artisti ...
and not to
Pierre Boulez
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Born in Mont ...
". He also studied musicology (among others with
Georg Knepler
Georg Knepler (21 December 1906 – 14 January 2003) was an Austrian pianist, conductor and musicologist.
Life
Born in Vienna, Knepler was a son of the composer and librettist and nephew of the music publisher and impresario . He studied pi ...
) at the
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...
.
After Herchet first worked as an assistant in the book trade and received organ lessons from Gerald Stier and
Herbert Collum
Herbert Collum (18 July 1914 − 29 April 1982) was a German organist, harpsichordist, composer and Conducting, conductor.
Life
Born in Leipzig, Collum received high school education between 1921 and 1929. He continued from 1930 to 1934 at the ...
from 1969 to 1970, he became a master student of
Paul Dessau
Paul Dessau (19 December 189428 June 1979) was a German composer and conductor. He collaborated with Bertolt Brecht and composed incidental music for his plays, and several operas based on them.
Biography
Dessau was born in Hamburg into a ...
from 1970 to 1974. In 1974, Herchet moved back to Dresden and lived there as a freelance composer. With works whose instrumentation Herchet gradually enlarged, he gradually became known. The orchestral composition ''komposition für flöte und orchester'' from 1976 was his first great success. His ''komposition für trombone, bariton und orchester'' was premiered during the 1980
Donaueschinger Musiktage
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.
From 1981 he received teaching positions for composition and composition at the Hochschule für Musik "Carl Maria von Weber". In 1992 he was appointed professor for composition and
analysis
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. His students include
Thuon Burtevitz
Thuon Burtevitz, (born 27 August 1973) is a German composer.
Life
Born in Halle (Saale), Burtevitz first studied philosophy at the Technical University of Dresden, then changed to the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber as a student of Jà ...
,
Michael Flade
Michael Flade (born in 1975) is a German composer.
Life
Born in Dessau, Flade was a pupil of Hans Jürgen Wenzel in the . From 1993 he studied musical composition with Jörg Herchet, music theory with Manfred Weiss (composer), Manfred Weiss as ...
,
Reiko Füting
Reiko Fueting (born 1970 in Königs Wusterhausen) is a German composer living in the United States.
Life and career
Reiko Fueting was born in 1970 in Königs Wusterhausen, just outside of Berlin in the former East Germany. He studied compositi ...
, Johannes Korndörfer,
Sergej Newski, Tobias Eduard Schick,
Bernhard Schneyer
Bernhard Schneyer (born 26 February 1968) is a German composer, conductor and music educator.
Life
Schneyer was born in Wernigerode. Music has played an important role in his life since he was five years old. So from the age of six he received ...
,
Theodor Schubach,
Karoline Schulz
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, Johannes Voit, and Lydia Weißgerber. Herchet retired in 2009 and now lives in
Weinböhla
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The municipality can be reached from Dresden by Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe
Dresdner Ver ...
.
Awards
* 1993: Internationaler Bodensee-Kulturpreis für Musik
* Since 1995: Member of the
Sächsische Akademie der Künste
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Purpose
The Academy is a statutory corporation to promote the arts in Saxony, make proposals for its prom ...
Compositions (selection)
* Composition 1 for organ (1981)
* ''Namen Gottes''. Composition 3 for organ (Zyklus; 1990–)
* ''Das geistliche Jahr.'' (Kantatenzyklus zum geistlichen Jahr; 1978–)
* ''Bußkantate'' Composition for soprano, alto, baritone, choir, harp, percussion and organ (to the text by Jörg Milbradt, 1978), premiered by dedicatee and Erich Schmidt.
* Composition for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano (1978), premiered in Berlin 1979 by the
* ''Nachtwache.'' Composition for musical theatre (1987)
* ''Abraum.'' Composition for musical theatre (1996/1997).
libretto
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Jörg Milbradt (nach Motiven aus ' by
Gerhart Hauptmann
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), premiered in 1997 in Leipzig, conductor
Lothar Zagrosek
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* Composition for flute (also
alto flute
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) and orchestra (1976)
* ''Cantata para la Fiesta de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe'' (Cantata for the
Our Lady of Guadalupe
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festival) (2013) text: Jörg Milbradt, after Valeriano, Antonio: Nican Mopohua/Traducción del Nuatl al Castillano por Mario Rojas Sanchez. Puebla 1989. Partially premiered on 2 April 2013 in
Puebla
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(Mexico). World premiere of the complete work on 7 May 2014 in Dresden.
Discography
* CD Komposition 1 für 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncello.
Arditti Quartet
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.
Wergo
WERGO is a German record label focusing on contemporary classical music. It was founded in 1962 by German art historian and music publisher (1903–1975) and the musicologist Helmut Kirchmeyer. Their first release, filed under "WER 60001", was S ...
1986.
* CD Namen Gottes: Orgelwerke. Gary Verkade.
Querstand 2008.
* CD Das geistliche Jahr 1. Vier Kantaten. Meißner Kantorei 1961. . Querstand 2012.
* CD Das geistliche Jahr 2. Vier Kantaten. Meißner Kantorei 1961. Christfried Brödel, . Querstand 2013.
* CD Das geistliche Jahr 3. Drei Kantaten. Meißner Kantorei 1961. Christfried Brödel; Matthias Geuting. Querstand 2017.
* CD Seligpreisungen. Komposition I für Orgel Stück VIII. , Organ. Querstand 2013.
Bibliography
*
Christoph Sramek
Christoph Sramek (born 6 September 1950) is a German music historian and music critic.
Life
Born in Chemnitz, Sramek passed his Abitur in 1969 in Burgstädt. He also obtained a skilled worker degree as bricklayer.
From 1969 to 1973 he studied ...
: ''Die töne haben mich geblendet''.
Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad
Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad (born 27 November 1962) is a German musicologist, publisher, music producer and editor.
Life
Born in Schmölln, Kamprad grew up near the Thuringian town Altenburg. From 1985 to 1990 he studied musicology at the Leipzig Uni ...
publishing house, Altenburg 2003.
* Über Herchet-Aufführungen des Dresdner Kreuzchores, in
Matthias Herrmann Matthias Herrmann (born 14 October 1955) is a German musicologist and university professor.
Life
Born in Mildenau, Herrmann became a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor conducted by Kreuzkantor Rudolf Mauersberger, later Martin Flämig. He then stu ...
's ''Dresdner Kreuzchor und zeitgenössische Chormusik. Ur- und Erstaufführungen zwischen Richter und Kreile'',
''Dresdner Kreuzchor und zeitgenössische Chormusik : Ur- und Erstaufführungen zwischen Richter und Kreile''
on WorldCat Marburg 2017, (Schriften des Dresdner Kreuzchores, Vol. 2)
*Patrick Beck: ''Am Fixpunkt der Seele – Gespräch mit Jörg Herchet.'' In Ostragehege
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, Zeitschrift für Literatur und Kunst, issue 52, Dresden 2008.
* Felicitas Nicolai: ''… the fact that I couldn't find a home in the church at all hurt me very much .... Jörg Herchet talking about his cantata cycle "Das geistliche Jahr" dated 22 August 1995.'' In Matthias Herrmann's ''Die Dresdner Kirchenmusik im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert.'' Laaber, Laaber 1998, . . (''Musik in Dresden'', 3)
References
External links
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Jörg Herchet
at Breitkopf & Härtel
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Jörg Herchet
in "Archiv für Zeitgenössische Komponisten" of the
Jörg Herchet
on SLUB Dresden
Jörg Herchet (*1943): nicht haftend (1998)
(YouTube)
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1943 births
Living people
Musicians from Dresden
20th-century German composers
21st-century German composers
German music educators
20th-century German male musicians
21st-century German male musicians