Günter Neubert (11 March 1936 – 18 November 2021) was a German composer and tonmeister.

Life

Born in

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, after his

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at a secondary school in Crimmitschau in 1954, Neubert studied school music at the

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig () is a public university in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatorium der Musik (Conservatory of Music), it is the oldest univ ...

from 1954 to 1955 and from 1955 to 1960

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at the

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. He completed his studies in 1960 with the

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and diploma. From 1959 to 1965 he was a guest auditor with Rudolf Wagner-Régeny. From 1965 to 1967 he was its aspirant and acquired the

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for

music theory 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 "Elements of music, ...

at the Berlin Musikhochschule. From 1968 to 1971 he was for

musical composition Musical composition can refer to an Originality, original piece or work of music, either Human voice, vocal or Musical instrument, instrumental, the musical form, structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new pie ...

with Wagner-Régeny and

Paul Dessau Paul Dessau (19 December 189428 June 1979) was a German composer and conductor. He collaborated with Bertolt Brecht and composed incidental music for his plays, and several operas based on them. Biography Dessau was born in Hamburg into a m ...

at the

Academy of Arts, Berlin The Academy of Arts () is a state arts institution in Berlin, Germany. The task of the Academy is to promote art, as well as to advise and support the states of Germany. The academy's predecessor organization was founded in 1696 by Elector F ...

. From 1960 to 1961, Neubert was assistant Tonmeister at the

Rundfunk der DDR Rundfunk der DDR (, 'GDR Broadcasting'; from about 1948 to 1972 Deutscher Demokratischer Rundfunk, 'German Democratic Broadcasting') was the collective designation for radio broadcasting organized by the State Broadcasting Committee in the East ...

in Berlin. From 1961 to 1991 he worked as sound director at the radio station in Leipzig. From 1978 to 1989 and from 1999 to 2006 he was

Lecturer Lecturer is an academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis. They may also conduct re ...

at the Leipzig Academy of Music. From 1978 to 1989 he was also a lecturer at the

Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber The Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber (or Dresden University of Music Carl Maria von Weber; also/formerly known as Dresden Conservatory or Dresden Royal Conservatory) is a university school of music, university of music in Dresden, ...

. In 1987 he became private docent. In 1990 he became a member of the board of the , which he headed from 1998 to 2000. Finally he worked as a sound engineer at the

Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (; "Central German Broadcasting"), shortened to MDR (; stylized as mdr), is the public broadcaster for the federal states of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. Established in January 1991, its headquarters are in Leipzig, wi ...

from 1992 to 2000. From 1992 to 1995 he was a member of the board of directors of the . Here he directed the series ''Das Außergewöhnliche Konzert'' and created the ''Förderpreis für junge Komponisten und Musikwissenschaftler''. From 1995 to 2001 he was a member of the and chairman of the Saxony regional association of the German Composers' Association. In 1996 he was a founding member of the

Sächsische Akademie der Künste The Sächsische Akademie der Künste (Saxon Academy of Arts) is a German cultural organisation for the state of Saxony, based in Dresden. Purpose The Academy is a statutory corporation to promote the arts in Saxony, make proposals for its pro ...

. Since 2009 he has been chairman of the ''Grieg-Begegnungsstätte Leipzig'' (Notenspur-Station 3 of the ). He is a member of the board of trustees of the "Hans Stieber Foundation", which regularly awards the Hans Stieber Prize. He is also on the board of trustees of the Freunde und Förderer des MDR Rundfunkchores e. V". From 2001 to 2005 he composed an

oratorio An oratorio () is a musical composition with dramatic or narrative text for choir, soloists and orchestra or other ensemble. Similar to opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguisha ...

with texts by

Karl May Karl Friedrich May ( , ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his novels of travels and adventures, set in the American Old West, the Orient, the Middle East, Latin America, China and Germany. He als ...

and

Isaiah Isaiah ( or ; , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', "Yahweh is salvation"; also known as Isaias or Esaias from ) was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named. The text of the Book of Isaiah refers to Isaiah as "the prophet" ...

, which was premiered in Dresden on 22 November 2006.

Prizes and awards

* 1980: Hanns Eisler Prize of the

* 1984:

Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig From 1959 to 1989, the city of Leipzig awarded the Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig, which was given for outstanding merits in the artistic field to persons who promoted the reputation of the city beyond the region: architects, visual artists, compos ...

* 1985: Composition Prize for the International Composition Seminar of the (Switzerland) Foundation. * 2011: 2nd prize in the composition competition for the theme year "Reformation and Music" of the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland * 2015: Helmut-Bräutigam-Preis der Stadt Crimmitschau

Compositions

Chamber music

* 1959: ''Fünf Kinderstücke'' for piano. UA 2006 Dresden * 1961: ''Kleine heitere Suite''. 8 miniatures for 6 wind instruments and percussion * 1963: ''Zwölf Stücke'' for harpsichord * 1963: ''Musik für Streichquartett'' in 5 mouvements. UA 1997 Salzburg. Stadler Quartett * 1964: ''Sonate'' for horn and piano. UA

Peter Damm Peter Damm (born 27 July 1937, Meiningen, Thüringen) is a German horn player. He began his musical education aged eleven, on the violin, and started playing the horn in 1951 and graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy in 1957. In 1959 he was ap ...

, Gunther Hauer * 1965: ''Sonate'' for piano * 1965: ''Musik für Flöte solo'' * 1966: ''Fünf kurze Charakterstudien'' for piano UA 2006 Dresden * 1968: ''Drei Vortragsstücke'' for trumpet and piano * 1968: ''Musik für Bläserquintett''. UA 1968 Leipzig * 1969: ''Klavierstück für Wagner-Régeny''. UA * 1969: ''Klavierstück für

''. UA * 1971: ''Intermezzo eines Liebhabers''. Capriccio for four cellos (using a theme from ''

Der Rosenkavalier (''The Knight of the Rose'' or ''The Rose-Bearer''), Op. 59, is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from Louvet de Couvrai's novel ''Les amours du cheva ...

''). UA 1971 Rostock * 1973: ''Konzertante Kammermusik'' * 1975: ''Kaminstück für

Matthias Claudius Matthias Claudius (15 August 1740 – 21 January 1815) was a German poet and journalist, otherwise known by the pen name of "Asmus". Life Claudius was born at Reinfeld, near Lübeck, and studied at Jena. He spent the greater part of his life i ...

'' for guitar solo * 1978: ''Vier Impressionen nach Barlach'' for piano * 1978: ''Goccia-Capriccio per flauto e chitarra''. UA 1978 Leipzig * 1979: ''Kammersinfonie'' für Nonett. UA 1981 Leipzig (Small hall of the

Gewandhaus Gewandhaus () is a concert hall in Leipzig, the home of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Today's hall is the third to bear this name; like the second, it is noted for its fine acoustics. History The first Gewandhaus (''Altes Gewandhaus'') The ...

) * 1980: ''Makrokosmos I (Planetariumsmusik)'' for 4 instruments, percussion and multi-channel. UA 1980 Schkeuditz / Leipzig. Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler * 1982: ''Musikalische Essays nach Grüty''. UA 1982 Berlin. Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler * 1983: ''Triptychon'' (in memory of

Max Beckmann Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (February 12, 1884 – December 27, 1950) was a German painter, drawing, draftsman, printmaker, sculpture, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the m ...

) for English horn, viola, double bass and guitar. UA 1984 Leipzig. Leipziger Consort. Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler * 1984: ''Kontraste'' for double bass solo. UA 1987 Leipzig * 1984: ''Partita über das Da pacem'' for organ solo. UA 1984 Altenburg (Schlosskirche) * 1985: ''Meditation über eine Tonreihe aus dem letzten Choral der Matthäus-Passion von J.S. Bach'' for organ solo. UA 1985 Göttingen (St. Jacobi) * 1986: ''Dithyrambus'' for two percussionists. UA 1986 Berlin * 1986: ''Kreuzspiel'' for harp solo * 1986: ''Mors et vita''. Composition for 3 sound groups and tape playback after texts by

Friedrich Hölderlin Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (, ; ; 20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a Germans, German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticis ...

s. UA 1988. Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler * 1993: ''Ritmo e canto''. Trio pieces for flute, bassoon and harpsichord. UA 1993 Leipzig * 1994: ''Wachet auf'' for trumpet and organ. UA 1994 Münster (Nicolai-Kirche) * 1996: ''Triptychon II'' for English horn, bassoon, viola and guitar. UA 1996 Leipzig ( Alte Handelsbörse). Ensemble Sortisatio * 1995: ''Reflexionen für zwei Hörner''. UA 1995 ( Landestheater Altenburg) * 1997: ''Schlagspieldialog''. UA 1997 Leipzig (

Museum der bildenden Künste The Museum der bildenden Künste (German: "Museum of Fine Arts") is a museum in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It covers artworks from the Late Middle Ages to Modernity. History Museum Foundation and First Museum The museum dates back to the f ...

) * 2000: ''Silbermann-Hymnus'' for two organists. UA 2000 Freiberg (Petrikirche) * 2000: ''Stufen zu einem königlichen Thema - Septetto super Thema Refugium''. UA 2000 Leipzig (Alte Handelsbörse). Rheinisches Bach-Collegium * 2002: ''Cantus e Toccata'' for two violins and piano. UA 2002 Bamberg (Auditorium Maximum der Universität) * 2003: ''Requiem per organum (Sonata da chiesa)''. UA 2003 Dresden (Kreuzkirche). Martin Schmeding * 2008: ''String quartet Nr. 2''. UA 2008 Leipzig (Gewandhaus). Gewandhausquartett * 2010: ''New Dances in mutation'' for woodwind quintet(2010). UA 2011 Leipzig (Gewandhaus-Bläserquintett) * 2011: ''Szene'' für Altsaxophon und Conga (2011). UA 2012 Chemnitz * 2011: ''Drei Solfeggien'' for flute solo. UA 2012 Rheinsberg * 2012: ''Ein fröhlich Ding''. Scene freely based on a poem by

Friedrich von Logau Friedrich von Logau (January 1605 – 24 July 1655) was a German poet and epigrammatist of the Baroque era. Life He was born the son of Georg von Logau, Estate (land), estate owner in Brochocin, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Brockut near Niemcza, ...

for two violins with small percussion instruments * 2015: ''Animal maris cantans - Der singende Fisch''. Small radio play scene for piano quartet with small percussion instruments after a tale by Werner Heiduczek. UA 2016 Hoyerswerda * 2016: ''Irini - Frieden'' for piano solo. UA 2016 Dresden

Orchestral work

* 1967: ''Streichermusik'' in three parts. UA 1969 Dresden * 1969: ''Orchestermusik'' on a thema by

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...

. UA 1971 Karl-Marx-Stadt (Opernhaus) * 1971: ''Konzertante Suite'' for violin and small orchestra. UA 1971 Leipzig (Altes Rathaus) * 1978: ''Concerto ritmico per pianoforte ed orchestra''. UA 1978 Borna * 1979: ''Notturno - Nachtgedanken'' for 19 string players. UA 1979 Eisenach (Wartburg) * 1981: ''Partita'' for two wind choirs and orchestra. UA 1982 Frankfurt an der Oder * 1985: ''Sinfonie in einem Satz (Sinfonia infernale)''. UA 1986 Berlin * 1989: ''Orchestermusik I: Das verschenkte Weinen''. UA 1990 Halle. * 1989: ''Choral-Metamorphosen zu "Sonne der Gerechtigkeit"'' for large orchestra. UA 1990 Leipzig (Gewandhaus) * 1989: ''Orchestermusik II: Das verschenkte Weinen''. UA 1993 Gera * 1990: ''Konzert für Kontrabass und Orchester''. UA 1996 Chemnitz (Opernhaus) * 1997: ''Brücken''. UA 1997 Weimar * 2007: ''Fünf Kurze Charakterstücke'' for small string orchestra. UA 2007 Göttingen

Lieder / Vocal chamber music

* 1961: ''Drei Lieder'' for baritone and piano. Text:

Jacques Prévert Jacques Prévert (; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the Poetic realism, poetic ...

* 1964: ''Fünf Psalmengesänge'' for soprano and a keyboard instrument (piano, organ) * 1966: ''Zwei Lieder'' for soprano, piano and guitar (ad lib.). Text:

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 ...

. UA 2006 Dresden * 1967: ''Tag-Nacht-Gesänge'' for soprano and piano. Text: Hans Franck * 1971: ''Variationen über ein Stücklein aus der „Musikalischen Rüstkammer“'', Leipzig anno 1719, for soprano and nine instruments. UA 1971 Leipzig * 1974: ''Heine-Liedsong'' for tenor and piano. UA 1999 Berlin * 1987: ''Memento'' for mezzo-soprano, baritone, speaker and instrumental ensemble. Text: Friedrich Wolf. UA 1987 Berlin (Akademie der Künste). Musica-Viva-Ensemble Dresden * 1992: ''Morgenlied, Abendlied'' for alto recorder, soprano and piano (1992). Text:

Caspar David Friedrich Caspar David Friedrich (; 5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840) was a German Romanticism, German Romantic Landscape painting, landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and anti ...

. UA 2005 Markkleeberg * 1993: ''Lass mich rühren deine Seele'' for baritone, flute, harp and string quartet. Text: John Gracen Brown. UA 1994 Dresden * 1998: ''Zwischen den Welten. Ode an einen weit Entfernten'' for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble. UA 1998 Leipzig ( Alte Handelsbörse).

Annette Jahns Annette Jahns (24 June 195811 September 2020) was a German operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto, and opera director, based at the Semperoper in Dresden. She appeared at international opera houses and festivals, with a focus on contemporary music ...

, Musica-Viva-Ensemble Dresden * 2006: ''Liebeslied'' for mezzo-soprano and piano. Text: Werner Heiduczek. UA 2006 Leipzig (Stadtbibliothek) * 2006: ''Glockensprüche'' after texts of the 100th psalm for bass, tubular glockenspiel and organ. UA 2006 Leipzig- Schleußig, Bethanienkirche,

Gotthold Schwarz Gotthold Schwarz (born 2 May 1952) is a German Bass-baritone and conductor. Based in Leipzig, he started as a member of the Thomanerchor and has conducted the Gewandhausorchester. Between 2016 and 2021, he was the 17th Thomaskantor after Johann ...

, Johann Georg Baumgärtel, Stephan Paul Audersch * 2010: ''Am offenen Fenster''. Five songs for mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano. Text: Werner Heiduczek. UA 2010 Leipzig (Moritzbastei) * 2010: ''Auff die Liebste''. Seven songs for baritone and piano. Text: Paul Fleming. UA 2010 Dresden (Sächsische Akademie der Künste) * 2012: ''Dahin''. Five songs for baritone and piano. Text: Manuela Sandhop. UA 2012 Weimar

Choral work

* 1962: ''Benediktbeurer Liebeslieder'' for mixed choir ''

a capella Music performed a cappella ( , , ; ), less commonly spelled acapella in English, is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Rena ...

''. Recording 1964/65 Rundfunkchor Leipzig * 1968: ''Passions-Gesänge'' for mixed choir ''a capella'' * 1969: ''Volksliedbearbeitung'' for three female voices, flute, oboe, clarinet, guitar (1969) 6´ * 1976: ''Begegnungen'' for two mixed choirs ''a capella''. Text by Wolfgang Jähnig. UA 1976 Leipzig (Altes Rathaus) * 1977: ''Der Wettstreit''. Small cantata using the song ''Der Kuckuck und der Esel''. UA 1977 Leipzig (Altes Rathaus) * 1982: ''Drei Vogelchöre'' for children choir ''a capella''. Text: Dieter Mucke,

Hoffmann von Fallersleben August Heinrich Hoffmann (, calling himself von Fallersleben, after his hometown; 2 April 179819 January 1874) was a German poet. He is best known for writing "", whose third stanza is now the national anthem of Germany, and a number of popular ...

* 1987: ''Zwei Motetten'' for mixed choir ''a capella'' * 1987: ''An die´Menschheit'' for eight-part choir ''a capella''. Text:

. UA 1993 Hamburg. NDR-Chor * 1991: ''Drei Schneiderlieder''. UA 1993 Leipzig (Altes Rathaus). Children choir of the MDR * 1991: ''Machet die Tore weit''. Advents-Introitus for two mixed choirs and organ. UA 1991 Göttingen (St. Jacobi) * 2001: ''Psalmen-Motetten'' for choir ''a capella''. UA Nr. 3: 2001 Leipzig (Thomaskirche).

Thomanerchor The Thomanerchor (English: St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig) is a boys' choir in Leipzig, Germany. The choir was founded in 1212. The choir comprises about 90 boys from 9 to 18 years of age. The members, called ''Thomaner'', reside in a boarding scho ...

, Georg Christoph Biller (Leitung). UA komplett: 2002 Dresden (Martin-Luther-Kirche) * 2001: ''Das Licht über uns''.

Motet In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present. The motet was one of the preeminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to the Eng ...

for choir ''a capella''. UA 2006 Leipzig (Thomaskirche). Thomanerchor, Georg Christoph Biller (Leitung) * 2006: ''Der Herr ist mein Hirte - mein Hirte ist der Herr''. Motet for two choirs ''a cappella''. Text: Psalm 23. UA 2006 Dresden (Frauenkirche). Christfried Brödel (conductor) * 2007: ''Fünf Dreistrophengesänge'' for children choir with small percussion. Text: Georg Maurer. UA 2007 Dresden ( Dreikönigskirche). Philharmonischer Kinderchor Dresden * 2007: ''Cantate Domino''. Motet for double choir ''a capella''. Text: Psalm 96. UA 2007 Dresden (Frauenkirche). Philharmonischer Kinderchor Dresden * 2017: ''Wessobrunner Gebet'' for choir ''a capella''. UA 2017 Stein am Rhein. Christfried Brödel (conductor)

Vocal Symphony

* 1973: ''An die Zukunft''. Orchestral songs for baritone (or mezzo-soprano). Text: Harald Gerlach (1973). UA (world premiere) 1974 Ilmenau * 1975: ''Gewaltig wie der Tod.'' Orchestral songs based on texts from the Bible, UA 1975 Gera * 1983: ''Laudate Ninive.'' Oratorium, UA Göttinger Symphonie Orchester, NDR, 1983 Hannover. * 1983: ''Von menschlichen Schwächen.'' After texts by Martin Luther, UA 1983 Dresden * 1991: ''… jeder Herkunft leben.'' Orchestra songs after texts by

Ingeborg Bachmann Ingeborg Bachmann (; 25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. She is regarded as one of the major voices of German-language literature in the 20th century. In 1963, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature b ...

, UA 1991 Hannover * 1987: ''Hymne an die Menschheit'' for solos, choir, organ and orchestra after texts by Friedrich Hölderlin, UA 1993 Hamburg as ''a cappella''-cyclus. * 1975: ''Gewaltig wie der Tod''. Orchestra songs for mezzo-soprano, baritone and large orchestra. Hebrew texts, translated by Manfred Hausmann. UA 1975 Gera. Roswitha Trexler, Siegfried Lorenz * 1980: ''Lessingfarben'' for tenor, mixed choir and orchestra. UA 1981 Dresden * 1983: ''Von menschlichen Schwächen''. Fünf Gesänge für Bass und Kammerorchester. Text: Martin Luther (''Tischreden''). UA 1983 Dresden (Gobelinsaal der Sempergalerie).

Theo Adam Theo Adam (1 August 1926 – 10 January 2019) was a German operatic bass-baritone and bass singer who had an international career in opera, concert and recital from 1949. He was a member of the Staatsoper Dresden for his entire career, and s ...

, Kammerorchester der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin,

Hartmut Haenchen Hartmut Haenchen (born 21 March 1943) is a German conductor, known as a specialist for the music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and for conducting operas in the leading opera houses of the world. Career Born in Dresden, Haenchen began his music ...

(conductor) * 1983: ''Laudate Nivine''. Oratorium für Bassbariton, Chor, Kinderchor und Orchester. Text: aus den Büchern

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und Jona aus dem Gebet des Manasse. UA 1983 Hannover (NDR) * 1988: ''Hymne an die Menschheit'' für Mezzosopran, Tenor, Bariton, Chor, Orgel und Orchester. Text:

(1988) * 1989: ''Das neue Jahrhundert''. Songs for baritone and orchestra. Lyrics:

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (; 2 July 1724 – 14 March 1803) was a German poet. His best known works are the epic poem ''Der Messias'' ("The Messiah") and the poem ''Die Auferstehung'' ("The Resurrection"), with the latter set to text in the ...

(1989). UA 1990 Dresden. Jürgen Kurth, Dresdner Philharmonie, Jörg-Peter Weigle (conductor) * 1991: ''…jeder Herkunft zu leben''. Songs for baritone and orchestra. Lyrics:

. UA 1991 Hannover (Niedersächsisches Staatstheater) Hannover. Wolfgang Hellmich, Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester, George Alexander Albrecht (conducting) * 2005: ''Animal maris cantans - Der singende Fisch''. Musical allegory for speaker, children choir (with percussion instruments) and orchestra. Text: Werner Heiduczek. UA 2005 Dresden ( Kulturpalast),

Dresdner Philharmonie The Dresdner Philharmonie (Dresden Philharmonic) is a German symphony orchestra based in Dresden. Its principal concert venue is the '' Kulturpalast''. The orchestra also performs at the Kreuzkirche and the Frauenkirche Dresden. It receive ...

* 2005: ''Wo der Herr nicht das Haus baut''. Oratorio for alto, bass, speaker, choir and orchestra. Text:

, Psalm 127,

. UA 2006 Dresden ( Martin-Luther-Kirche).

Sinfonietta Dresden The Sinfonietta Dresden is a chamber orchestra from Dresden founded in 1994. History The sinfonietta (orchestra), sinfonietta Dresden emerged in 1994 from the ''Young Dresden Chamber Orchestra''. The versatile ensemble performs works of choral ...

Günter Neubert: ''Gedanken zum Oratorium „Wo der Herr nicht das Haus baut ...“'', ADU-Verlag Nr. 21
(online)
see G. Neubert: ''Werkverzeichnis. Orchesterwerke Nr. 23''

* 2008: ''Da Pacem, Domine''. Oratorio for the

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, for soprano, bass, speaker, choir, organ and small orchestra. UA 2008 Münster (Lambertikirche) * 2011: ''Choral-Kantate: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott'' for mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone, mixed choir and instrumental ensemble. UA 2017 Münster (Erlöserkirche) * 2019: ''Glockenweihemusik'' for brass instruments, timpani and bells. UA 2019 Leipzig (Nikolaikirche). Christfried Brödel (conductor)

Stage work

* 1974: ''Weihnachtsgans Auguste''. Musical fairy tale for bass buffo, two female speakers, children's choir and small orchestra. Libretto: Kurt Steiniger (after Friedrich Wolf). UA 1974 Nordhausen () * 1983: ''Das verschenkte Weinen.'' Ballet in 11 scenes. UA 1990 Halle ( Theater des Friedens). * 1990–1995: ''Persephone oder Der Ausgleich der Welten''. Opera in 4 acts. Libretto: Carl Ceiss (after Werner Heiduczek). UA 2001 Leipzig (

Leipzig Opera The Leipzig Opera () is an opera house and opera company located at the Augustusplatz and the Inner City Ring Road at its east side in Leipzig's district Mitte, Germany. History Performances of opera in Leipzig trace back to Singspiel perfo ...

Gewandhausorchester The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is bas ...

, Johannes Kalitzke (conductor)

Radio music

* 1969: Franz Freitag: ''Der Egoist.'' Director: Gert Andreae (radio play,

) * 1970: William Shakespeare: ''

Othello ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'', often shortened to ''Othello'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulat ...

.'' Director: Gert Andreae (radio play, Rundfunk der DDR) * 1971:

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: ''Grietje heiratet.'' Adaptation: Gudrun Mogel, director Günter Bormann (radio play, Rundfunk der DDR) * 1985:

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: '' Vor Sonnenuntergang.'' Adaptation: Ulrich Griebel, director

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(radio play, Rundfunk der DDR)

Literature

* ''Neubert, Günter.'' In Wilfried W. Bruchhäuser: ''Komponisten der Gegenwart im Deutschen Komponisten-Interessenverband. Ein Handbuch.'' 4th edition. Deutscher Komponisten-Interessenverband, Berlin 1995, , . * ''Neubert, Günter.'' In Paul Frank, Wilhelm Altmann: ''Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstlerlexikon. Second part: Ergänzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937''. Volume 1, Heinrichshofen. 15th edition. Wilhelmshaven 1974, , . *

Udo Klement Udo Fritz Peter Klement (born 12 January 1936) is a German musicologist and music critic. Life Klement, non-denominational, was born in 1936 in Dresden as the son of a gear cutter and an agricultural worker and saleswoman. He attended the Dresdn ...

: ''Gedenkmusiken von Reiner Bredemeyer,

Helge Jung General (Sweden), General Helge Victor Jung (23 March 1886 – 3 January 1978) was a Swedish Army officer. Helge Jung had a distinguished military career in the Swedish Army. He began as a volunteer in 1904, graduated from the Military Academy Kar ...

, Ernst Hermann Meyer und Günter Neubert''. In ' 2, 1988, . * ''Günter Neubert.'' In Peter Hollfelder: ''Geschichte der Klaviermusik.'' Volume 1. Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 1989, , . *

Ulrike Liedtke Ulrike Liedtke (''née'' Nehrdich,''Musikakademie Rheinsberg Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Rheinsberg''. In ''Handelsregister-Bekanntmachungen'' dated 4 February 1995. 17 November 1958) is a German musicologist and politician (Social De ...

: ''Günter Neubert''. In ''

Komponisten der Gegenwart The ''Komponisten der Gegenwart'' (KDG) is a music encyclopedia in the German language about composers of the 20th and 21st century. It is a looseleaf service with information on currently about 900 composers. Editors Hanns-Werner Heister and Wa ...

'' (KDG). Edition Text & Kritik, Munich 1996, .

References

External links

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Günter Neubert
im Archiv Zeitgenössischer Komponisten der

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 ...

G. Neubert on DDB

Website of Günter Neubert

Günther Munziger on Munzinger

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