Daniel Hensel (born 17 April 1978 in

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musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

and

music theorist Music theory is the study of theoretical frameworks for understanding the practices and possibilities of music. '' The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory": The first is the " rudiments", that ...

. He is known as a composer of expressive works of all musical genres whose works can be dedicated to "a thread of a tradition leading from Schubert via Mahler to Hensel's teacher Schedl in presence. .. His style contains all kinds of material, such as traditional tonal or harmonic as well as noise and electronic material. His works are published by Musikverlag Doblinger in Vienna.

Life and work

Hensel is a descendant of a family of musicians of light and rock music. His maternal family lives in the city of Buedingen since 1594. Hensel began his studies of composition in 1995 as a studentBiography on the website of the young sound forum of central europe of the Austrian composer

Gerhard Schedl Gerhard Schedl (5 August 1957 – 30 November 2000) was an Austrian composer. His works included chamber works, operas, theater pieces, symphonies, concertos, and sonatas. Early life and education Schedl was born in Vienna and began composing du ...

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. From 1999 on he studied composition with

Heinz Winbeck Heinz Winbeck (11 February 1946 – 26 March 2019) was a German composer, conductor and academic teacher. He is known for five large-scale symphonies, which he programmatically subtitled, such as " Tu Solus" and " De Profundis". As a composition ...

in Würzburg, and later with

Manfred Trojahn Manfred Trojahn (born 22 October 1949) is a German composer, flutist, conductor, writer and academic teacher. Career Trojahn was born Cremlingen in Lower Saxony and began his musical studies in 1966 in orchestra music at the music school of Brau ...

in Düsseldorf where he graduated with distinction. Postgraduate studies with Michael Obst followed at the

Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt", Weimar The University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (in German: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar) is an institution of music in Weimar, Germany. The Hochschule Franz Liszt, who spent a great deal of his life in Weimar, encouraged the founding of ...

. He concluded his studies in musical composition in Winbeck's masterclass. In 2009 Hensel began to study musicology with Peter Ackermann and wrote a dissertation on the music of

.Hensel´s dissertation project in musicology online by School of Music,

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musicology online by School of Music,

Hensel obtained his doctorate with "magna cum laude" on 13 July 2011. Hensel's music was played by artists such as

Carin Levine Carin Levine is an American classical flautist. Life Levine studied at the University of Cincinnati with Jack Wellbaum (flute) and Peter Kamnitzer (chamber music), then from 1974 at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg with Aurèle Nicolet (flute ...

and Markus Bellheim, the

Ensemble Modern Ensemble Modern is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of contemporary composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany, and made up variously of about twenty members from numerous countri ...

, the

Staatsorchester Stuttgart The Staatsorchester Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Orchestra; full name, ''Württembergisches Staatsorchester oder Orchester der Württembergischen Staatstheater'') is a German symphony orchestra based in Stuttgart. The orchestra is resident at the S ...

, and conductors such as

Manfred Honeck Manfred Honeck (born 17 September 1958, in Nenzing) is an Austrian conductor. He is currently the music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Early life Honeck was born in Nenzing, Austria, near the border with Switzerland and Liechte ...

. Several pieces were composed on behalf of festivals such as the A•DEvantgarde-Festival, young-euro.classic or Kasseler Musiktage, or institutions such as the Carl Orff Center Munich or

Staatstheater Stuttgart The Staatstheater Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Theatre) is a theatre with three locations, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Oper Stuttgart (Opera Stuttgart), Stuttgart Ballet, Stuttgarter Ballett (Stuttgart Ballet), and Schauspiel Stuttgart (Stuttgart Drama ...

and broadcast by several German radio stations. In 2007, his piece "Refexions for Orchestra" was the official German musical contribution for the handover of the EU-council presidency from Germany to Portugal. The piece was played by the young sound forum of central Europe and was conducted by

Sebastian Weigle Sebastian Weigle (born 1961, in East Berlin) is a German conductor and horn player. He is currently principal conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. Biography Weigle is a nephew of the conductor and music educator Jörg-Peter Weigle ...

. In 2008

conducted Hensel's "Chant of consecrated life" op. 18 as an "Ouverture" to the 2. Symphony of

Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic music, Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and ...

. In 2009 Hensel's arrangements of the 45th Symphony by

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

and the 8th Symphony by

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

were played by the Young Euro Classic-China-Festivalorchestra and conducted by

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in various ChineseBrochure concerning the China concert progra

and detail

cities like Shanghai and

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.<Hensels record of the German department for foreign affairs, concerning the tour through Chin

/ref> His string sextet "Klaerchen´s Song" op.20 had its W.P. by the

under Jonathan Stockhammer and was played again by the Austrian ensemble lux in the

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Vienna in December 2010. In 2011 he started to work with the German author and filmmaker

Edgar Reitz Edgar Reitz (born 1 November 1932) is a German filmmaker and Professor of Film at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung (State University of Design) in Karlsruhe. He is best-known for his internationally acclaimed Heimat (film series), ''Hei ...

and one year later he started to compose electro-acoustic music besides his acoustic works. In the same year, his dissertation concerning the music of

was published and in 2012 he edited

Emanuel Aloys Förster __NOTOC__ Emanuel Aloys Förster (26 January 1748 – 12 November 1823) was a composer and music teacher, who spent most of his life in Vienna, Austria. Early life Emanuel Aloys Förster was born in Niedersteine bei Glatz, County of Glatz ...

´s basso continuo school including

Karl Weigl Karl Ignaz Weigl (6 February 1881 – 11 August 1949) was a History of the Jews in Austria, Jewish Austrian composer and pianist, who later became a Naturalization, naturalized American citizen in 1943. Biography Weigl was born in Vienna, ...

´s biography on Förster. Hensel is a member of the German composers association, Austrian Composers Association,

ISCM The International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) is a music organization that promotes contemporary classical music. The organization was established in Salzburg in 1922 as Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik (IGNM) following the ...

-Austria and the GEMA. Since 2013 Hensel is also performing visual arts combined with his electronic pieces. In 2016 he obtained his post-doctoral lecturer's qualification in systematical musicology and has become a member of the philosophical faculty of

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (), also referred to as MLU, is a public university, public research university in the cities of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle and Wittenberg. It is the largest and oldest university in the German State o ...

. The title of the habilitation treatise is: "Modus, Klang- und Zeitgestaltung in Motetten Orlando di Lassos und Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrinas". (Mode, time-management, and sound design in motets by Orlando di Lasso and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) for which the software-developer Ingo Jache and Hensel developed the music analyzing Software PALESTRiNIZER. The treatise was published under the title "Beiträge zur Musikinformatik". 2017 Hensel also composed music for children after poems by

James Krüss James Krüss (31 May 1926 – 2 August 1997) was a German writer of children's literature, children's and picture books, illustrator, poet, dramatist, scriptwriter, translator, and collector of children's poems and folk songs. For his contributi ...

. For the last years, Hensel composed electro-acoustic works on behalf of hr2-kultur. His electro-acoustic works have received several grants and have been broadcast on

BR-Klassik BR-Klassik is the common branding of the classical music offerings of the Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), the public broadcaster of Bavaria. It is principally associated with the Munich-based radio station, created in 1980 and called Bayern 4 Klassik ...

, among others.

Personal

Hensel and the Polish sociologist Dorota Ewa Hensel have been married since 2005 and have five children. He and his wife have been spending every summer in

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, Poland, for 18 years.

Works

Op.16 ''Reflexions for orchestra'' composed for the Festival: Europe, the blue star. 2222\433\Timp\Hrp\ Strings 10\8\6\4\2 Junges Klangforum Mitte Europa,

Op.17 ''Concerto for piano and orchestra'' 2222\2\2\2\1\Timp\2Perc.\Hf\Cel\ Strings 10\8\6\4\2 WP.:06.10.08 8:00 p.m., Hochschule fuer Musik Wuerzburg Op.18 ''"Chant of consecrated life"'', for big orchestra, on behalf of the state opera Stuttgart, dedicated to Prof. Heinz Winbeck, WP.: 12.07.08, Stuttgart, Liederhalle, state orchestra of Stuttgart,

, Conductor Op.19 ''"The Young Maidservant"'' after poems by Georg Trakl, for Flute, Clarinet and String quartet WP.:02.07.10 Francfort and 02.09.10 Darmstadt, Germany, by ensemble Darmstadt, Marko Zdralek Op.20 Stringsextet ''"Klärchen´s Song"'', dedicated to Dieter Rexroth, W.P. 11.07.09, Alte Brüderkirche Kassel, by Ensemble Modern and Jonathan Stockhammer available at Musikverlag Doblinger, Vienna Op.21 ''"Echoes and chants from the interior"'', dedicated to Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne Op.22 '' Fleur du mal'', a dramatic aria for Tenor and big orchestra, dedicated to maestro

Op.23 "Cardillac-Suite", music for the silent movie "Cardillac-Suite" for

´ "Cardillac-Suite", for Cl\Kl\Hrn\Trp\3Perc\Hrp\Cel\2Vl\2Vla\2Vcl\Cb Op.24, No.1: Study No.1, Music for Computers, realized with the software

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. Op.24, No.2: Study No.2, Music for Computers, realized with the software

. Op.25 "Duo for Violin and Violoncello", "Self-destruction and swan song", WP: 19 April 2013, Alte Schmiede Vienna, by Marianna Oczkowska and Tomasz Skweres, available at Musikverlag Doblinger, Wien-München Op.28 "The apparent death", from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn", for Fl., Cl., Pf., Sopran, Vl. and Vcl, on behalf of the ÖGZM, WP: 6.23.16 at Österreichischen Kulturforum at the Austrian embassy in Berlin by Ensemble Platypus Op.29 Trio for Violin Cello and Piano Op.30 "Bohemian cemetery", for Soprano and Orchestra after a Poem by Jörg Bernig. Op.31 "Cantiones Budingensis" for Computer. Op.32 "Burn, Witch burn!" an electroacoustic composition on behalf of the hr2-kultur Op.33 "Deaf for the wild rage of life!", Commissioned by the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg, Beethoven-Spiegelung IV, for 8 woodwinds, double bass, and live electronics Op.34 "Tale from someone who set out to learn to dream", three little pieces for orchestra. Op.35 "But where there is danger, there is also what is saving" an electroacoustic composition on behalf of hr2-kultur Op.36 "All The King's Tags", an electroacoustic composition commissioned by hr2-kultur Op.37 "Claustrophobia", an electroacoustic composition commissioned by the Hessian Cultural Foundation Op.38 1st symphony "A song in the higher choir. From the deep I call LORD to you"; electroacoustic; dedicated to the memory of my father; Speaker

Jörg Bernig Jörg Heinz Bernig (born 17 January 1964) is a German poet, novelist and essayist. Biography Jörg Bernig is a descendant of Sudeten German refugees. He studied at the University of Leipzig from 1985 to 1990 (German and English) after completing ...

and Anna-Maximiliane Geraldine Hensel; funded by NEUSTART KULTUR "Stipendienprogramm 2021" of the GERMAN German federal ministry for culture and GEMA; Original broadcast on September 22, 2022, at 10:05 p.m. on BR Klassik, composed 2021-2022, based on a eulogy by Anna-Maximiliane Geraldine Hensel and poems from "wüten gegen die stunden" by

Op.39 "sonus spatium", 2. movement for J.B. Bach's third Brandenburg-Concerto Op.40 "Trauer", for high soprano, harmonium, harp, celesta, and live electronics, based on

Stefan George Stefan Anton George (; 12 July 18684 December 1933) was a German symbolist poet and a translator of Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Hesiod, and Charles Baudelaire. He is also known for his role as leader of the highly influential liter ...

's "Trauer I", funded by NEUSTART KULTUR "Scholarship Program 2022" of the German federal ministry for culture and the

Deutscher Musikrat The (DMR, ''German Music Council''; ) is an umbrella organization for music associations and the 16 music councils of the German federal states.musikrat.deÜberblick über Organisationsstruktur des DMR(retrieved on 10 May 2019) It represents over ...

, composed Aug-Sept 2022 Op.41 "Energies..." for small clarinet, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and piano, funded by NEUSTART KULTUR "Scholarship Program 2022" German federal ministry for culture and the

, composed Sept.-Dec. 2022 for the 150th birthday of

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher and writer. He was among the first Modernism (music), modernists who transformed the practice of harmony in 20th-centu ...

Op.42 "EM-Suite", commissioned by hr2-kultur, electroacoustic work in seven movements, composed February–March 2023 Op.43 "Sinfonietta", composed May to June 2023

Movies

Study No.1 Sonic Visualization of op.24 No.1 Study No.1 Picturization as a video animation of op.24. No.1 Study No.2 Picturization as a video animation of op.24. No.2

Awards

* 2007 Gmünd/Carinthia at "Die musikalische Welt des Wassers", undoped promotional award "Recommendation" for the second stringquartet "Im Nebel" * 2020 International Eisenach Bach Composition Prize 2020, undoped promotional award "Recommendation" for the orchestra piece "Tale from someone who set out to learn to dream", op.34

Publications

*''Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Epigone oder Originalgenie, verquere Erscheinung oder großer Komponist?'', Stuttgart:

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2011, *''Von der Einheit in der Vielfalt oder der Lust am Subjektiven: Die Musik Gerhard Schedls, dargestellt an seiner Instrumentalmusik'', Stuttgart:

2011, *''Anleitung zum General-Bass (1805), einschließlich der Biographie: Karl Weigl: Emanuel Aloys Förster (1913)'', Hensel, Daniel (Ed.), Stuttgart

2012, * ''Beiträge zur Musikinformatik, Modus, Klang- und Zeitgestaltung in Lassus- und Palestrina-Motetten''. Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden 2017, (Print), (electronic) * ''Elementar-Lehrbuch der Harmonie- und Generalbasslehre'', Reprint der Ausgabe Linz 1841, mit handschriftlichen Eintragungen Anton Bruckners, kommentiert und mit einer Studie versehen von Daniel Hensel, hrg. von Andreas Lindner/Klaus Petermayr, Linz 2017, .

Essays

* "Simon Sechter, seine Fundamentalbass-Theorie und ihre Auswirkungen auf die musikalische Konstruktion im Werk Anton Bruckners", in: Bruckner-Jahrbuch 2011 - 2014, hrg. von Andreas Lindner und Klaus Petermayr, Linz 2015, . * ''Das Handexemplar Bruckners des "Elementar-Lehrbuchs der Harmonie- und Generalbasslehre von Johann August Dürrnberger".'', in: Andreas Lindner und Klaus Petermayr (Hrsg.): ''Brucknerjahrbuch 2015–17.'' Linz 2017, . * ''Der Neapolitaner und andere tonale Aspekte in Weberns op.10, Nr.4.'' In: Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, Band 76, Dezember 2019, Heft 4, pp 307–314. * ''Modale Klangstrukturen in Madrigalen Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrinas und ihre Analyse durch die Software PALESTRiNIZER'' In: ''

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,'' Band 79, Juni 2022, Heft 2, pp 153–171 * ''Bergs Op. 2 – ein weiterer Versuch einer semantischen Analyse auf Basis der Harmonik'' In: ''

'', Band 79, Oktober 2022, Heft 3, pp 189–206

Articles

* Hensel, Daniel:

, in: Komponisten der Gegenwart (KDG), 65. Nflg, 12/19, edition text+kritik München 2019 * Hensel, Daniel:

, in: Komponisten der Gegenwart (KDG), 66 Nflg, 1/20 edition text+kritik München 2020

Radio

* "I've done my job ...

. A broadcast by Daniel Hensel on hr2-kultur" (original: Ich hab' meine Arbeit getan..."

, eine Sendung von Daniel Hensel, auf hr2-kultur). * „Musik is an addiction“ – The composer

, A broadcast by Daniel Hensel on hr2-kultur.

Discography

Streaming and digital publishing * Duo für Viola und Tuba op.7, Garth Knox, Gérard Buquet * Fünf kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 3, No. 1 (20 Years-Edition)

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- EP, András Hamary * Electroacoustic Music 10 Years Edition (2022 Remaster), EP, Überblick, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify * DANIEL HENSEL „BURN, WITCH BURN!“, Album, Streaming * Daniel Hensel, „Musik der Pandemie“, Album, Tr.1. Sinfonie No.1 „Ein Lied im höhern Chor“, Tr.2 Claustrophobia, Streaming * Daniel Hensel, "Requiem der jungen Hoffnungen", op.6, on Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify * Daniel Hensel, Ad LXVI Annorum, Single, Streaming

Scholarships

* 2006 by Paul und Käthe Kick Foundation * 2007 Scholarship by GEMA-Foundation * 2007 Scholarship by "Musikalische Akademie Würzburg e.V. -- Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der Hochschule für Musik Würzburg e.V." * 2008 by Wolfgang Fischer und Maria Fischer-Flach Stiftung: Scholarship * 2011 by Paul und Käthe Kick Foundation * 2019 by "Förderung und Hilfsfonds" of DKV * 2020 by "Förderung und Hilfsfonds" of DKV * 2020 by InnerWheel * 2021 by "Hessische Kulturstiftung" * 2021 GEMA scholarship as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR scholarship program for the composition of the 1st symphony * 2022 DMR grant as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR grant program

References

External links

Musikverlag Doblinger publishing company

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German composers association
Hensel in music information center Austria

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