Wilfried Hiller (born 15 March 1941) is a German composer. He became known above all for his stage works for families, children and young people.
Life and work
Hiller was born the son of the teacher August Hiller and his wife Josepha Hiller, née Hauser, in the Swabian town of
Weißenhorn
Weißenhorn is a town in the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria. Weißenhorn is located about 22 km southeast of Ulm.
History
Archaeologic finds prove that the area of Weißenhorn was once a settlement of the Alamanni. Also Roman artifacts an ...
near Ulm. In 1944, the year of the war, his father was killed in Russia and Wilfried became a half-orphan at the age of three. Hiller himself described early childhood experiences in connection with his composition ''Alkor'' thus:
Training
After attending the , he took up piano studies with Wilhelm Heckmann at the Augsburg
Leopold Mozart Centre in 1956. From 1958 to 1961, Hiller wrote his first play with music ''(Die Räuber von Hiller)'' as well as piano compositions and
chamber music and worked as an
organist
An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists. In addition, an organist may accompany congregational h ...
and ballet
répétiteur
A (from the French verb meaning 'to repeat, to go over, to learn, to rehearse') is an accompanist, tutor or coach of ballet dancers or opera singers. A feminine form, , also appears but is comparatively rare.
Opera
In opera, a is the perso ...
.
From 1962, he took part in the
Darmstädter Ferienkurse
Darmstädter Ferienkurse ("Darmstadt Summer Course") is a regular summer event of contemporary classical music in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. It was founded in 1946, under the name "Ferienkurse für Internationale Neue Musik Darmstadt" (Vacation Co ...
for
Neue Musik and was a guest student of
Pierre Boulez,
Bruno Maderna
Bruno Maderna (21 April 1920 – 13 November 1973) was an Italian conductor and composer.
Life
Maderna was born Bruno Grossato in Venice but later decided to take the name of his mother, Caterina Carolina Maderna.Interview with Maderna‘s th ...
and
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th and early 21st-century ...
. During this time he also became acquainted with his later publisher
Peter Hanser-Strecker and the composer
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Karl Amadeus Hartmann (2 August 1905 – 5 December 1963) was a German composer. Sometimes described as the greatest German symphonist of the 20th century, he is now largely overlooked, particularly in English-speaking countries.
Life
Born in ...
. At Hartmann's suggestion, Hiller began studying music at the
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
The University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater München), also known as the Munich Conservatory, is a performing arts conservatory in Munich, Germany. The main building it currently occupies is ...
in 1963. Here he studied
music composition
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with
Günter Bialas
Günter Bialas (19 July 1907 – 8 July 1995) was a German composer.
Life
Bialas was born in Bielschowitz (today Bielszowice, a subdivision of Ruda Śląska) in Prussian Silesia. His father was the business manager of a German theatre, and hi ...
, opera direction with
Heinz Arnold
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,
percussion
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and
timpani
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with Ludwig Porth and Hanns Hölzl, and
music theory with Hermann Pfrogner.
As Hiller made known in 2013, he was a victim of sexual abuse at
Seminar St. Joseph of the Stephan-Gymnasium.
From 1967 Hiller worked as a percussionist in various orchestras, such as the
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (german: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, BRSO) is a German radio orchestra. Based in Munich, Germany, it is one of the city's four orchestras. The BRSO is one of two full-size symphony orchestr ...
, the
Bavarian State Opera
The Bayerische Staatsoper is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bayerische Staatsorchester.
History
The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under Ele ...
and the
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
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. In 1968, he founded the concert series "Musik unserer Zeit".
In 1968 he met
Carl Orff
Carl Orff (; 10 July 1895 – 29 March 1982) was a German composer and music educator, best known for his cantata '' Carmina Burana'' (1937). The concepts of his Schulwerk were influential for children's music education.
Life
Early life
Carl ...
, who strongly influenced him in the following years. Hiller worked closely with Orff as his student until his death in 1982 and has chaired the Carl Orff Foundation since 2008.
Hiller's works for
music theatre
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were decisively influenced by his collaboration with his wife, the actress
Elisabet Woska, from 1971 onwards.
Collaboration with Michael Ende
His meeting with the writer
Michael Ende
Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (12 November 1929 – 28 August 1995) was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is known for his epic fantasy ''The Neverending Story'' (with its 1980s film adaptation and a 1995 animated television ...
in 1978 marked the beginning of a fruitful artistic partnership and close friendship that lasted until Ende's death in 1995 and led to a whole series of successful stage works such as ''
Tranquilla Trampeltreu,'' ''
Der Goggolori'' and ''
Das Traumfresserchen''.
Hiller has a special relationship with compositions for children and young people. In an interview on the occasion of his 60th birthday, he answered the question of how he manages as a composer to appeal equally to children and adults:
: "By simply writing for the child that you have remained yourself... The decisive factor for success is that you get to the point musically, and how the children react, whether they go along enthusiastically – or whether they are bored. Children can be merciless judges."
Hiller considers young listeners and viewers to be self-confident and intelligent and does not want to bore them with a reduced theme or tonal language – neither the multi-layered and dense, yet easily comprehensible
libretti
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Michael Ende's nor his music are "simple" in this sense.
One hundred percent understanding of the text and a clear message are important when composing for children, according to Hiller. The turtle ''Tranquilla Trampeltreu'' in the musical fable of the same name, for example, is rewarded for her stubbornness, perseverance and self-discipline despite her unpunctuality – she arrives a whole generation too late for the royal wedding of the lion Leo XXVIII.
Hiller also thinks that musical theatre works for children should definitely contain passages that can be remembered:
''"
Earworm
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melodies should be allowed, even though they are considered taboo and people look crossly at you
f you write them But there is something to this sentence by
Darius Milhaud
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: "He who cannot write a melody that one can remember cannot be called a composer."''
According to Hiller's and Ende's experience, the performance duration of a should not exceed 80 to 85 minutes.
After Ende's death, Hiller first worked with
Herbert Asmodi
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* Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert
Name
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Places Antarctica
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* Herbert Sound, Graham Land
Australia
* Herbert, ...
''(The Story of the Little Blue Mountain Lake and the Old Eagle),'' then, since 1997, with
Rudolf Herfurtner. He also drew on literary models by
Theodor Storm
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Life
Storm was born in the small town of Husum, on the ...
''(
The Rider on the White Horse
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),''
Christian Morgenstern
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''(Heidenröslein)'' and
Wilhelm Busch
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Busch drew on the tropes of f ...
''(Der Geigenseppel)''. In addition to the numerous stage works, there are also a large number of
chamber musical works,
concertos, choir and orchestral works.
By his own account, Hiller is the most frequently performed living German stage composer. His works for children and young people in particular fill a gap in the repertoire, as musically complex children's operas that are nevertheless popular with children are rare, but are urgently needed by the growing number of children's opera projects in the context of increased youth work in opera houses. His works are therefore performed in numerous productions in German-speaking countries. For example, a production of ''Traumfresserchen'' was shown in the children's opera tent on the roof of the
Vienna State Opera
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for several seasons to a consistently sold-out audience.
Hiller's church opera ''Augustinus – Ein klingendes Mosaik'' about
St Augustine
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premiered in Munich on 19 March 2005.
From 2009, Hiller took over as the new artistic director of the
Internationale Orgelwoche Nürnberg (ION). He continues to be artistic director of the
Diabelli-Contest, an international composers' competition.
Music editor and sound engineer
In addition to his work as a freelance composer, Hiller worked as a music editor and
sound engineer
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at the
Bayerischer Rundfunk
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from November 1971 to March 2006. At first, his programmes included upmarket
light music and, from 1974, symphonic music; later he was editor for special programmes. In addition, Hiller composed music for the 30-part series ''Klangbaustelle Klimperton'' for and was the organiser of the ''Musica-Viva'' studio concerts under
Wolfgang Fortner
Wolfgang Fortner (12 October 1907 – 5 September 1987) was a German composer, composition teacher and conductor.
Life
Fortner was born in Leipzig. From his parents, who were both singers, Fortner very early on had intense contact with music.
...
. In addition, he founded the series ''musik unserer zeit,'' from which the ''Münchner Musiknächte'' later emerged, as well as the festival ''Orff in Andechs.''
As an editor at Bayerischer Rundfunk, he was responsible for the following series, among others:
* Münchner Musikgeschichte in Straßennamen
* Dirigenten bei der Probe
* Musik meiner Wahl
* Komponisten machen Programm
* außereuropäische Musik
* musik unserer zeit
* Nachtakzente
* Concerto bavarese
* Festival traditioneller Musik
Hiller is on the board of the Jean Sibelius Society and the Kulturkreis Gasteig. In 1989, he became a member of the
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, and in 1993 he was appointed composition teacher at the
Richard Strauss Conservatory Munich. Since November 2005, he has been president of the . Hiller is a member of the board of trustees of the . Numerous of his students have obtained scholarships there (
Nélida Béjar,
Dieter Dolezel, Christoph Garbe,
Eva Sindichakis,
Markus Zahnhausen).
Work
Stage work
Operas and other works for music theatre:
* ''An diesem heutigen Tage'' (premiere 9 January 1974 on
ZDF
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), monodrama for actress and percussion, libretto: Elisabet Woska after
Mary Stuart's letters
* ''Niobe'' (1978), in
ancient Greek
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* ''Ijob'' (premiere 15 July 1979, Theater im Marstall, München), monodrama for tenor, based on the biblical
Book of Job in the translation by
Martin Buber
Martin Buber ( he, מרטין בובר; german: Martin Buber; yi, מארטין בובער; February 8, 1878 –
June 13, 1965) was an Austrian Jewish and Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism ...
; 2nd version: premiere 22 February 1984, Französische Kirche, Bern
* ''Liebestreu und Grausamkeit'' (1981), after
Wilhelm Busch
Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (14 April 1832 – 9 January 1908) was a German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter. He published wildly innovative illustrated tales that remain influential to this day.
Busch drew on the tropes of f ...
* ''
Der Goggolori. Eine bairische Mär mit Musik'' (premiere 3 February 1985, Theater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich), libretto in bavarian by Michael Ende
* Vervollständigung von ''Chaplin-Ford-Trott'' from the ''Wachsfigurenkabinett'' by
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Karl Amadeus Hartmann (2 August 1905 – 5 December 1963) was a German composer. Sometimes described as the greatest German symphonist of the 20th century, he is now largely overlooked, particularly in English-speaking countries.
Life
Born in ...
(1988)
* ''Die Jagd nach dem Schlarg'' (1988), libretto: Michael Ende after
Lewis Carroll
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* ''Der Rattenfänger'' (1993), libretto: Michael Ende
* ''Die Geschichte vom kleinen blauen Bergsee und dem alten Adler'' (1996), libretto:
Herbert Asmodi
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* Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert
Name
* Herbert (given name)
* Herbert (surname)
Places Antarctica
* Herbert Mountains, Coats Land
* Herbert Sound, Graham Land
Australia
* Herbert, ...
* ''Heidenröslein'' (1996), after
Christian Morgenstern
Christian Otto Josef Wolfgang Morgenstern (6 May 1871 – 31 March 1914) was a German author and poet from Munich. Morgenstern married Margareta Gosebruch von Liechtenstern on 7 March 1910. He worked for a while as a journalist in Berlin ...
and
Johannes Brahms
* ''Der Schimmelreiter'' (1998), libretto by
Andreas K. W. Meyer after
Theodor Storm
Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (; 14 September 18174 July 1888), commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German writer. He is considered to be one of the most important figures of German realism.
Life
Storm was born in the small town of Husum, on the ...
* ''Eduard auf dem Seil'' (1998), libretto:
Rudolf Herfurtner – Opera about
Eduard Mörike
Eduard Friedrich Mörike (8 September 18044 June 1875) was a German Lutheran pastor who was also a Romantic poet and writer of novellas and novels. Many of his poems were set to music and became established folk songs, while others were used by ...
* ''Der Geigenseppel'' (2000), melodrama for puppets after
Wilhelm Busch
Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (14 April 1832 – 9 January 1908) was a German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter. He published wildly innovative illustrated tales that remain influential to this day.
Busch drew on the tropes of f ...
's poem (Text by Elisabet Woska), commissioned by the cultural programme in the German Pavilion at the World's Fair
Expo 2000
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in Hannover
* ''Wolkenstein'' (premiere 6 March 2004, Opera Nürnberg, director:
Percy Adlon
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) – Opera about
Oswald von Wolkenstein
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He w ...
* ''
Augustinus – Ein klingendes Mosaik'' (premiere 19 March 2005,
St. Luke's Church, Munich – Church opera about St Augustine, text: Winfried Böhm.
* ''Der Sohn des Zimmermanns'' (premiere 16 March 2010,
Würzburg Cathedral
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– Church opera about Jesus, text: Winfried Böhm, dramaturgical collaboration: Elisabet Woska.
* Momo (premiere 2018,
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
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, Munich), libretto by
Wolfgang Adenberg
Music theatre for children and young people:
* ''Vier musikalische Fabeln nach Texten von Michael Ende,'' szenisch oder als Hörspiel aufzuführen
** ''Der Lindwurm und der Schmetterling oder Der seltsame Tausch'' (1980, premiere 11 January 1981, Theater am Haidplatz des Stadttheaters Regensburg)
** ''
Tranquilla Trampeltreu, die beharrliche Schildkröte'' (premiere 9 July 1981, Stadtmuseum München)
** ''Die Ballade von Norbert Nackendick oder Das Nackte Nashorn'' (premiere 23 September 1982, Rheinisches Marionettentheater, Düsseldorf)
** ''Die Fabel von Filemon Faltenreich oder Die Fußballweltmeisterschaft der Fliegen'' (premiere)
* ''Die zerstreute Brillenschlange'' (1981) for narrator, clarinet and
drone
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* Unmanned aerial vehicle
* Unmanned surface vehicle, watercraft
* Unmanned underwater vehicle or underwater drone
Drone, drones or The Drones may also refer to:
...
, text: Michael Ende
* ''Josa mit der Zauberfiedel'' (1985)
* ''
Das Traumfresserchen'' (premiere 5 February 1991, Theater Bremen), libretto: Michael Ende
* ''Peter Pan'' (1997), after
J. M. Barrie
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* ''Die Waldkinder'' (1997–1998), "Taschenoper", libretto: Rudolf Herfurtner
* ''Pinocchio'' (premiere 12 October 2002, ), after the novel ''
Pinocchio
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'' by
Carlo Collodi
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Early life
Co ...
* ''Momo'' (premiere 16 December 2018,
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
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Munich), after the
eponymous novel by Michael Ende.
Stage Music and Music for Puppet Theatre:
* ''Die Räuber von Hiller'' (1975)
* ''Wunschpunsch'' (1990)
* ''
Das Gauklermärchen'' (1998)
* ''Momo'' (2002)
Vocal work
* ''Der Leuchtturm'' (1962–1963) for aaritono and
Hammered dulcimer, Neubearbeitung 1997
* ''Let Thy Song Be Love'' (1969) for soprano and piano
* ''Schulamit'' (1977–1990) for solo singer, choir and orchestra
* ''Muspilli'' (1978) for baritone and instruments
* ''Ein Frosch sah einstmals einen Stier'' (1979), for solo singers, choir and orchestra
* ''Trödelmarkt der Träume'' (1984), song cycle
* ''Klangbaustelle Klimperton'' (1996), music for school radio broadcasts
* Sappho-Fragmente' (1997) for girls' choir, flute and cello
* ''Merseburger Zaubersprüche'' (1997) for children's choir and brass, setting of the
Merseburger Zaubersprüche
* ''Servietten-
Haiku
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'' (1997) for soprano and chamber ensemble.
* ''Aias'' (2001) for mezzo-soprano, baritone, narrator and orchestra
* ''Heilige Nacht'' (2001) for male sextet, speaker and instruments
* ''Michael-Ende-Liederbuch'' (2002) for girls' choir, cello and percussion
* ''Gilgamesh'' (2002) for baritone and instruments, after the
Epic of Gilgamesh
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Orchestral work
* ''Fanfare'' (1970) for trumpets, timpani and bass drum
* ''Nachtgesang'' (1974)
* ''München'' (1990), Suite
* ''Hintergründige Gedanken des erzbischöflichen Compositeurs
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber ( bapt. 12 August 1644, Stráž pod Ralskem – 3 May 1704, Salzburg) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. Biber worked in Graz and Kroměříž before he illegally left his employer, Prince-Bishop Karl L ...
beim Belauschen eines Vogelkonzertes'' (1991)
* ''
Chagall
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-Zyklus'' (1993) for clarinet and chamber orchestra
* Pegasus 51'' (1995) for jazz percussion and symphony orchestra
* ''Fanfare'' (1996) for brass and timpani
* ''Enigma Canon'' (2000), arrangement after
Johann Sebastian Bach
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* ''Via Dolorosa'' (2001)
* ''Bavariations'' (2002)
* Tarot XVI'' (2002) for strings and zither
* ''Cappella Sistina'' (2009) Roman frescoes for orchestra, soprano and Quartetto lontano
Chamber music
* ''Movements for a Big Cat'' (1968) for oboe and bassoon
* ''Pas de deux'' (1978) for two pianos
* ''Natura morta con saltiero'' (1983), quintet
* ''Lilith'' (1987) for four strings and piano
* ''Notenbüchlein für Tamino'' (1990) for eight flutes
* ''Niobe'' (1995), piano trio
* ''Devil's
Toccata
Toccata (from Italian ''toccare'', literally, "to touch", with "toccata" being the action of touching) is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtu ...
'' (1995) for violin and four percussionists
* ''Liocorno di Bomarzo'' (1997) for organ and
alphorn
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* ''Book of Stars'' (from 1999) for one, two or three pianos
* ''Duetti amorosi'' (2000/2001) for octet
* ''Der Tod ist eine schöne Frau'' (2000) for violin and piano
Solo pieces
* ''Elegy'' (1966) for oboe
* ''Rhythmizomenon'' (1966) for piano
* ''Katalog für Schlagzeug I-V'' (1966–1975)
* ''Phantasy'' (1982) for piano after a cycle of pictures by
Wilhelm Busch
Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (14 April 1832 – 9 January 1908) was a German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter. He published wildly innovative illustrated tales that remain influential to this day.
Busch drew on the tropes of f ...
* ''Toccata diabolica'' (1993) for organ
* ''Scherzo'' (1994) for cello
* ''Toccata cabbalistica sopra la-sol'' (1994) for organ
* ''Tarot XVI'' (2002) for organ
* ''Ophelia'' (2003) for violin
Awards
* 1968: Richard-Strauss-Preis der Stadt Munich
* 1971:
* 1977: Brünner Preis, Anerkennungspreis der Stadt Salzburg für sein Werk ''Niobe''
* 1978: Stipendiat der Deutschen Akademie Rom
Villa Massimo
Villa Massimo, short for Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo ( it, Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo), is a German cultural institution in Rome, established in 1910 and located in the Villa Massimo.
The fellowship of the German Academy in Rom ...
* 1978:
Schwabing Art Prize
Since 1961, the Schwabing Art Prize has been awarded annually by the city of Munich to persons or institutions that have their seat in the Munich district Schwabing or whose achievements have been made "in the spirit of Schwabing tradition". It is ...
für Musik
* 1988: Raiffeisen-Förderpreis
* 1997: Werner-Egk-Preis, Kunstpreis der Stadt
Donauwörth
Donauwörth () is a town and the capital of the Donau-Ries district in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is said to have been founded by two fishermen where the rivers Danube (Donau) and Wörnitz meet. The city is part of the scenic route called "Roman ...
* 2000:
Bayerischer Poetentaler
Bayerischer Poetentaler is a Bavarian literary prize of the writers guild ''Münchner Turmschreiber''.
Winners
Source:
1961–1969
* 1961: Joseph Maria Lutz – Eduard Stemplinger – Alfred Weitnauer
* 1962: Benno Hubensteiner – Ernst ...
, Literatenpreis der
* 2008:
Bayerischer Verdienstorden
The Bavarian Order of Merit (german: Bayerischer Verdienstorden) is the Order of Merit of the Free State of Bavaria. It is awarded by the Minister-President of Bavaria as a "recognition of outstanding contributions to the Free State of Bavaria ...
* 2010:
Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst
* 2013: Oberbayerischer Kulturpreis
Further reading
* Richard Braun among others: ''Harenberg, Komponisten-Lexikon. 760 Komponisten und ihr Werk.'' Harenberg, Dortmund 2001 , page 426f.
* Wilfried Hiller: ''Leben.'' ''Opus'' und ''Dokumente'' au
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* Gunter Reiß (ed.): ''Theater und Musik für Kinder. Beiträge und Quellen zu Herfurtner, Hiller, Ponsioen, Schwaen, zum Kinderschauspiel und Figurentheater.'' (''Kinder- und Jugendkultur, -literatur und -medien.'' Vol. 12). Lang, Frankfurt among others. 2001, .
* ''Tranquilla Trampeltreu'' (Schallplattencover). Deutsche Grammophon Junior Stereo 2546 058, 1981.
* Gunter Reiß: ''Auf dem „Trödelmarkt der Träume“. Der Komponist Wilfried Hiller.''
''Auf dem "Trödelmarkt der Träume" – der Komponist Wilfried Hiller''
on WordCat Schott, Mainz 2011, .
* Andrea Grandjean-Gremminger: ''Oper für Kinder. Zur Gattung und ihrer Geschichte – Mit einer Fallstudie zu Wilfried Hiller'' (''Kinder- und Jugendkultur, -literatur und -medien.'' Band 56). Lang, Frankfurt among others, 2008, .
* Theresa Kalin, Franzpeter Messmer (ed.): ''Wilfried Hiller'', monograph (''Komponisten in Bayern.'' Vol. 56). Verlag Hans Schneider, Tutzing 2014, .
Interviews:
* Bayern Alpha: ''Wilfried Hiller im Gespräch mit Susanne Schmerda.'
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(PDF; 47kB)
* GEMA-Nachrichten 163: ''Durch Phantasie das Bewusstsein verändern.'' Interview with Wilfried Hiller
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20th-century classical composers
German composers
German opera composers
1941 births
Living people
People from Neu-Ulm (district)