Dietrich Erdmann

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Born: July 20, 1917 - Bonn, Germany Died: April 22, 2009 Life Dietrich Erdmann was a German composer. Growing up in the environments of fine arts as well as of music, he studied cello with Paul Herrmann and music theory and composition with Paul Hindemith (1931), Ernst-Lothar von Knorr (1932) and Harald Genzmer (1933). During his college years at the Berlin Musikhochschule [conservatory] between 1934 and 1938, he gained insights into different areas of orchestration while studying with Kurt Thomas (choral conducting and composition) and Walter Gmeindl (orchestral conducting). He completed his studies with an artistic diploma in choral conducting and the "private-music-teacher exam" in composition. Already during those years, Dietrich Erdmann emerged as a strong supporter of contemporary music as the founder of the "Arbeitskreis für Neue Musik" [Focus Group New Music] in 1935. Shortly after Erdmann was drafted to the army, his father, the well-known social democrat Lothar Erdmann, was murdered in the concentration camp Sachsenhausen. This event became not only very important for his political consciousness, but also for his believe that art and music should develop beyond (and not support) political agendas. This seems important also with regard to his position against the avant-garde, because most developments in avant-garde are politically motivated. During his military years (1938-1945) Erdmann - who resorted to a ruse--received two "vacations" for composition studies wi

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Dietrich Erdmann: Musik für Saxophon

Dietrich Erdmann: Konzertante Zupfmusik

Erdmann: Berliner Komponistenporträt

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Dietrich Erdmann: Musica multicolore per Orchestra

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Sad Steps - Music of Tragedy and Grief

Dietrich Erdmann: Kammermusik mit Streichern

Unitá in Musica

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Bass Clarinet

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Renate Rusche: Bass Clarinet

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Saxophone and Piano

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Konzerte schlesischer Komponisten des 20. Jahrhunderts

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Yoriko Ikeya-Fuchino - Berlinisches Tagebuch, Thorofon CTH2244

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