Dietrich Erdmann (20 July 1917 – 22 April 2009) was a German composer and university lecturer.
Life Erdmann was born in Bonn. His father was the publicist and trade union official Lothar Erdmann, his mother Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke, the painter August Macke's widow. Erdmann had lived in Berlin since he was eight years old. His childhood was characterised by a family environment with a strong cultural interest.Erdmann, Dietrich on LMU
He received his first piano lessons at the age of nine. Already during his school days at the Humanistisches Gymnasium In Berlin, he paid visits to the composers Paul Hindemith, Ernst-Lothar von Knorr and Harald Genzmer.Dietrich Hermann on Musicalics
In 1931, he began his cello lessons with Pál Hermann. From 1934 to 1938, Erdmann studied choir conducting and musical composition with Kurt Thomas and conducting with Walter Gmeindl at the Universität der Künste Berlin. He completed his studies with the in choral conducting and the private music teacher examination in musical composition.
Erdmann was co-founder of the Arbeitskreis für Neue Musik at the Berlin University of the Arts.Gründungsjahr: 1935
From 1947, Erdmann taught at the , where he became head of the music seminar two years later. He then was appointed associate professor in 1954. Twelve years later, he became Ordinarius and in 1970 prorector of the college. He retired in 1982.catalogue raisonné
Erdmann was married to Gisela Cludius from 1940 to 1946, to Bianca Kuron from 1949 to 1958 and to Gertrud Schulz from 1959.
Erdmann died in Berlin at the age of 91.Biography
Activities Erdmann's work encompasses a wide variety of instrumentations and almost all types of musical form: 16 concertos, 12 pieces for grand orchestras, piano music, and solo and chamber music for Strings and wind instruments, as well as lieder, cantatas and choir music. In addition, Erdmann composed numerous (music for plucked instruments) works.
Awards Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany am Bande (15 January 1987). Information Federal President's Office 1988: . 1990: Honorary member of the 1993: Honorary Chairman of the Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband Berlin 1998: Humboldt-Plaketten. 2002: .
Work 1946: Der Maien for soprano, choir, flute and string quartet 1956: Concertino for piano and small orchestra 1965: Sonata for oboe and piano 1971: Dialoghi for Violoncello and piano 1979: Mandolin Concerto 1982–1983: Prisma for viola and piano 1984: Resonanzen for Saxophone-Quartet 1986: Concertino for viola (or English horn or clarinet) and ensemble of plucked instruments 1990: Double Concerto for bassoon, contrabassoon and orchestra
Further reading Nico Schüler. "Art. Erdmann, Dietrich," In: MGG Online, ed. by Laurenz Lütteken. Kassel, Stuttgart, New York: Bärenreiter. 2016. Nico Schüler. "Dietrich Erdmann," in: Komponisten der Gegenwart. ed. by Hanns-Werner Heister & Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer, 39. Nachlieferung. Munich: edition text+kritik, 2009. 2 S. Adelheid Krause-Pichler and Nico Schüler (Eds.): Die Gleichheit von Neu oder Alt. Dietrich Erdmann - Leben und Werk. Freiburg: ConBrio, 1997. ISBN 978-3930079933. Riemann Musiklexikon. Ergänzungsband A–K. Schott, Mainz 1972, . Henke Matthias: Das große Buch der Zupforchester.Das große Buch der Zupforchester on WorldCat Schwingenstein, Munich 1987. . Wilfried Bruchhäuser: Komponisten der Gegenwart. Deutscher Komponistenverband, Berlin 1985. S. Beikler, R. Grambow: Ein Neoklassizist ist von uns gegangen. Concertino 3/2009. Musik eine verbindende Kunst. Concertino 3/2009.
Recording Werke für Zupforchester. Mühlheimer Zupforchester (Ltg. Detlef Tewes). Telos music records, 2002
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