Friedbert Streller (21 December 1931 – 24 December 2017) was a German

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 composer.

Life

Born in

Hohburg Hohburg is a former municipality in the Leipzig district in Saxony Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the cou ...

Most sources name Hohburg near Wurzen as the place of birth, the German National Library gives Hohnstein. near

Wurzen Wurzen () is a town in the district Leipzig (district), Leipzig Land (voting) and Muldental (number plates), in Saxony, Germany. It is situated next to the river Mulde, here crossed by two bridges, 25 km east of Leipzig, by rail N.E. of Leipzig L ...

, Streller studied music education, musicology and composition with Fred Lohse at the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by Frederick I, Electo ...

from 1950 to 1956. He then taught himself as a lecturer in

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; ) is the Capital city, capital of the Germany, German States of Germany, state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is on the Elbe river. Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archbishopric of Mag ...

, Halle and from 1963 to 1993 at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden. He published biographical studies on

Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet Armenians, Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Music of the Soviet Union#Classical music of the Soviet Union, Soviet composers. Khachaturian was born and rai ...

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American 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 advo ...

, Sergei Prokofieff and

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer. Shostak ...

in addition to his work as a music critic. From 1959, he also worked as a composer, writing

symphonies A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning c ...

, the first of which is dedicated to Shostakovich, string quartets, concertos, suites and motets. Streller was a formative member in the German Shostakovich Society. Streller died in

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

at the age of 86. Streller's estate is preserved in the

Saxon State and University Library Dresden The Saxon State and University Library Dresden (full name in ), abbreviated SLUB Dresden, is located in Dresden, Germany. It is both the regional library () for the Federal Republic of Germany, German State of Saxony as well as the academic libr ...

Work

Publications

* ''Sergej Prokofjew''. VEB Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1960. * ''Aram Chatschaturjan''. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1968. * ''Dmitri Schostakowitsch''. Für Sie porträtiert. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1982. * ''Revolte und Aufbruch''. Musikhistorische Studien zum Expressionismus in Deutschland. Universität Halle, 1988. * ''Paul Hindemith''. Für Sie porträtiert. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1985. * ''Erwin Schulhoffs Beziehungen zu Berlin''. In Traude Ebert-Obermeier: Studien zur Berliner Musikgeschichte. Vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Henschel, Berlin 1989, . * ''Sergej Prokofjew und seine Zeit''.''Sergej Prokofjew und seine Zeit''
on WorldCat Laaber Verlag, 2003, . * ''Schostakowitschs späte Hinwendung zum Lied''. In: Schostakowitsch-Aspekte – Analysen und Studien, Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2014, . * ''Neoklassizismus oder verordneter Traditionsbezug?'' Schostakowitschs Adaption

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or ...

scher Themen und Formen. In Schostakowitsch, Prokofjew und andere Komponisten – Studien und Analysen. Schostakowitsch-Studien vol. 11, Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2014
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Compositions

* ''Sonatina'' for vibraphone and piano (1959) * ''Thomas Müntzer Suite'' for organ (1989) * ''Passion according to St. John'' for speaker, soli, choir and organ (1999) * ''1st Symphony in memoriam D. Shostakovich'' (2004) * ''Web.-Side.'' Three portraits on themes by

Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and Music criticism, critic in the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Best known for List of operas by Carl Maria von Weber, h ...

for flute and piano (2006). * 2nd Symphony ''Down and High'' in three movements * ''Symphonia da Requiem'' (3rd Symphony) in two movements (2006) * 4th Symphony, ''the jazzy one'', in three movements (2008) * Psalm motet ''Herr Hilf'' for

mixed choir A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

(2009) * 5th Symphony ''Pastorale'' in three movements (2010) * ''Sym-Phonia historique'' (6th Symphony), play off by Bruckner, Ligeti and Hindemith (2012). * ''Moses's Thorn Bush''. A Biblical Sonata for Organ (2012) * ''Franciscan Ode'' (7th Symphony) for soli, choir, two flutes, strings and percussion (2014)

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Nachlass Friedbert Streller
in der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Streller, Friedbert 21st-century German composers 20th-century German classical composers 20th-century German musicologists Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber German music critics 1931 births 2017 deaths People from Wurzen