Karl Ottomar Treibmann (14 January 1936 – 13 February 2017) was a German

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and

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. From 1981 until his retirement in 2001, he was professor of

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and at the

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. He was one of the representatives of modernity in the

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, whose great major works can be found in the areas of opera, symphony and chamber music.

Life and work

Treibmann, was born in 1936 as the son of an elementary school teacher and a housewife in (

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). He belonged to that generation of composers who experienced the outcome of the Second World War as children. Treibmann lived in his native town (1942–1947) and in

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(1947–1954), and in addition to his (grandfather's) lessons, received important impulses from the Oelsnitz cantor and

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's student Paul Leo. Afterwards he studied

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(with

Richard Petzoldt Richard Johannes Petzoldt (12 November 1907 – 14 January 1974) was a German musicologist and music critic. Life Petzoldt was born in Plauen in 1907 as the son of a merchant and grew up in Berlin. After graduating from high school, he studied m ...

and Hellmuth Christian Wolff) and

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(with , and

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) at the Philosophical Faculty of the Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig from 1954 to 1959. In 1959 he passed the

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for the teaching profession at the 12-class secondary school. In 1959/60 Treibmann worked as a music teacher at the

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in and from 1960 to 1966 at the Friedensoberschule in

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. Treibmann wrote his

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in 1966 (in addition to his then teaching activities) at the Philological Faculty about the composer and music educator Helmut Bräutigam. (1914–1942). The reviewers of the work were Paul Willert and Richard Petzoldt. In 1966 he became scientific assistant in the Artistic Practice Department of the and in 1969 he became a

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for music theory. From 1971 to 1974 he was head of the Artistic Practice Department within the framework of academic self-administration. From 1967 to 1970 he studied

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with

Fritz Geißler Fritz Geißler (or Geissler) (16 September 1921 in Wurzen, Saxony – 11 January 1984 in Bad Saarow, Brandenburg) was one of the most important composers of the German Democratic Republic. The son of Elsa and Walther Geißler, he was raised in m ...

and Carlernst Ortwein at the

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and additionally

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. During this time, Treibmann realized that his true vocation was to compose. His compositional career took him to

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in Berlin in 1974/75, where he began studies at the

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. After receiving the for the Department of Musicology and Music Education in September 1975, he became

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for music theory and composition at the Department of Musicology and

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in February 1976. In 1981 he was appointed professor with artistic teaching responsibilities for music theory and composition. From 1981 his professorship was at the Department of Art and Cultural Studies and from 1991 at the Department of Musicology and Musical Instruments Museum of the Faculty of Art, Linguistics and Education. In 1993 he became university lecturer for

at the Institute for Music Education. He retired from the university service in 2001 when he reached the age limit. His teaching and research areas were music theory, composition, musical analysis and composition in the 20th century. During his time as a teacher, he was a county music advisor at the department of popular education of the council of the district of Delitzsch. Until 1974 he was a member of the expert commission for music education of the and the Ministry for the Higher and Technical Education of the GDR.

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: ''Karl Ottomar Treibmann on his 80th birthday''. In ''Newsletter of the Institute for Musicology'', January 2016, p. 1f. From 1985 to 1989 he was district chairman of the and from 1990 regional chairman of this body. Until the end of his life, Treibmann was actively involved in composition. Most of his works were published by Leipzig publishing houses such as

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/ Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Ebert Musik Verlag, Hofmeister and

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. His oeuvre comprises three

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s (''Der Idiot'', ''

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'' and ''Scherz, Satire, Ironie'') and seven

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as well as

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and

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pieces, but also

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and

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s. His international breakthrough came in 1973 with the

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with the ''3rd Symphonic Essay''. His ''5th Symphony'' was premiered in November 1989 at the

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by the

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under

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. From 1992 to 1994 he wrote

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s for the

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. Treibmann died at the age of 81 years in Leipzig.Rolf Richter: ''Inspirationsquellen zwischen Leipzig und Vogtland''. In ''

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'' dated 15 February 2017, .

Awards

* 1981:

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* 1987: * 1988:

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Compositions

Operas

* 1975/78: ''Der Preis'' (libretto: Harald Gerlach), one act opera, UA

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, 1 March 1980 * 1983–1985: ''Scherz, Satire, Ironie und tiefere Bedeutung''.

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in 2 acts after the play of the same name by

Christian Dietrich Grabbe Christian Dietrich Grabbe (11 December 1801 – 12 September 1836) was a German dramatist of the ''Vormärz'' era. He wrote many historical plays conceiving a disillusioned and pessimistic world view, with some shrill scenes. Heinrich Heine s ...

, UA Städtische Bühnen, 14 March 1987 Erfurt * 1986/87: ''Der Idiot'' (text: Harald Gerlach), Opera (in 7 scenes) after

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, UA

(

conducting), Opernhaus Leipzig, 1 October 1988 Leipzig

Symphonies

* 1979: Sinfonie für 15 Streicher (1st Symphony), UA: Collegium Instrumentale Lipsiensis, 25 May 1979 Leipzig * 1981: Symphony No. 2, UA , 13 May 1982 Pirna * 1983: ''Der Frieden'' (3rd Symphony) (libretto:

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), UA Gottfried Richter (narrator), Joachim Vogt (tenor),

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, member of the Gewandhausorchesters (

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conducting), Gewandhaus, 2 December 1984 Leipzig * 1987: Symphony No. 4, UA

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(conductor: Max Pommer), Gewandhaus, 20 June 1989 Leipzig * 1988: Symphony No. 5, UA Gewandhausorchester (conductor: Kurt Masur), Gewandhaus, 1989 Leipzig * 2009: Symphony No. 6 * 2011: Symphony No. 7 (has appeared in print, just like Symphony No. 6)

Orchestral music

* 1971: ''Capriccio 71'' for Orchestra, UA

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, 1974 Halle * 1973: Konzert für Violine und Orchester, UA (violin), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig ( Horst Neumann conducting), 1974 Leipzig * 1982: ''Hymnus,'' UA MDR-Sinfonieorchester (

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conducting), 2002 Cologne

Chamber music

* 1967: Sonate für Violine und Klavier, UA György Garay (violin) and

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(piano), 23 April 1968 * 1970: Streichquartett, UA Mendelssohn-Quartett, 1971 Leipzig * 1972: ''III. Sinfonischer Essay'', UA

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(Max Pommer conductor), 18 February 1973 Leipzig * 1974: ''Sonata per Oboe solo'', UA

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(oboe), 5 October 1974 * 1979: ''Unterhaltung zweier Schlagzeuger'', UA

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and Günter Pauli (both percussions), 15 June 1979 Leipzig * 1979: ''Klavierzyklus II'' * 1980: ''Schlagsonate "Sechs Blätter für Peter Sylvester"'', UA Gerd Schenker and Günter Pauli (both percussions), 5 October 1980 Leipzig * 1980: ''Das Dreiminutenstück'', UA Burkhard Glaetzner (oboe), 12 January 1982 * 1982: ''Blickpunkte für Oboeninstrumente'', UA

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(oboe instruments), 19 February 1983 * 1982: ''Marschschmiede für Posaune solo'', UA

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(trombone), 26 February 1984 * 1985: ''Consort-Sonate'' for oboe, viola, double bass and guitar, UA

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, 26 January 1986 Leipzig * 1995: ''Schlagkonzert'' for 6 percussionists, UA , 1995 Graz * 1996: ''Consort-Sonate''. Version for oboe, bassoon, viola and guitar, UA

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, 1996 Leipzig * 1996: ''Kommen und Gehen I'' for oboe, bassoon, viola and guitar, UA Ensemble Sortisatio, 1996 Leipzig * 2007: ''Tonspiele'' for viola solo

Choir music

* 1992: ''Losungen I,'' UA

(

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conductor), 2003 Leipzig

Discography

* ''Komposition Für Flöte Und Orchester / Capriccio 71 / Streichquartett'' (Nova 1979) with the

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(conductor), Mendelssohn-Quartett among others // Capriccio 71 / String Quartet (see also (Orchestra pieces),

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, Members of the

, Max Pommer (conductor) // Der Frieden * ''Kompositionen Für Oboe'' (

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1987) with

(oboe) // Sonata Per Oboe-solo * ''Das Leipziger Schlagzeugensemble mit Schlagmusiken'' (MDR 1995) with the Leipziger Schlagzeugensemble // Entertainment of two percussionists * ''Hölderlin – Briefe und Dichtungen'' ( Querstand 1998) with Jürgen Kurth (baritone), Birte Simon (flute), Hendrik Bräunlich (piano) // Hölderlin – Letters and poems * ''4th and 5th Symphony'' (Querstand 2000) with the

, Kurt Masur (conductor),

, Max Pommer // Symphony Nr. 4, Symphony Nr. 5

Writings

* ''Helmut Bräutigam. Ein Komponist und Musikerzieher in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Mit umfassendem Werkverzeichnis''. Dissertation, Leipzig 1966. * ''Strukturen in neuer Musik. Anregungen zum zeitgenössischen Tonsatz''. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1981, (music textbook; also a Korean edition).

Literature

* ''Treibmann, Karl Ottomar.'' In Paul Frank,

Wilhelm Altmann Wilhelm Altmann (4 April 1862 – 25 March 1951) was a German historian and musicologist. Biography Wilhelm Altmann was born on 4 April 1862 in Adelnau, Poznań. He attended school in Breslau where he studied under Otto Küstner in music theor ...

, continued by Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rösner: ''Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstlerlexikon. Zweiter Teil: Ergänzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937''. Vol. 2: L–Z. Heinrichshofen, 15th edition, Wilhelmshaven 1978, , . * ''Karl Ottomar Treibmann.'' In

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: ''Deutsche Oper im 20. Jahrhundert. DDR 1949–1989.'' Lang, Berlin 1992, , . * ''Treibmann, Prof. Dr. Karl Ottomar.'' In Wilfried W. Bruchhäuser: ''

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im Deutschen Komponisten-Interessenverband. Ein Handbuch.'' 4th edition, Deutscher Komponisten-Interessenverband, Berlin 1995, , . *

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: ''Karl Ottomar Treibmann''. In

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: biographisches und bibliographisches Handbuch''. Vol. 4: ''Singer – Tzschoppe''.

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, Berlin among others. 1998, , S. 2641. * ''Treibmann, Karl Ottomar''. In ''

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'' 2003 (19th edition), vol. III, Schr–Z. Saur, Munich 2001, . * Ulrike Liedtke: ''Treibmann, Karl Ottomar.'' In

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Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad (born 27 November 1962) is a German musicologist, publisher, music producer and editor. Life Born in Schmölln, Kamprad grew up near the Thuringian town Altenburg. From 1985 to 1990 he studied musicology at the Leipzig Uni ...

publishing house, Altenburg 2004, . * ''Treibmann, Karl Ottomar''. In

Peter Hollfelder Peter Hollfelder (24 November 1930 – 6 December 2005) was a German classical pianist. Life Born in Munich, supported by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Hollfelder studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. His teachers ...

: ''Klaviermusik. Internationales chronologisches Lexikon. Geschichte – Komponisten – Werke – Literatur''. Supplement, Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2005, , . *

: ''Treibmann, Karl Ottomar''. In

Ludwig Finscher Ludwig Finscher (14 March 193030 June 2020) was a German musicologist. He was a professor of music history at the University of Heidelberg from 1981 to 1995 and editor of the encyclopedia '' Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart''. He is respect ...

(ed.): ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart''. Second edition, personal section, volume 16 (Strata – Villoteau). Bärenreiter/Metzler, Kassel among others 2006, , ( ubscription required for full access) Online-edition subscription required for full access). *

Werner Wolf Werner Wolf (15 March 1925 – 23 December 2019) was a German musicologist and music critic. The acknowledged Richard Wagner, Wagner researcher was co-editor of ''Sämtlicher Briefe'' of the composer from 1967 to 1979. He also presented several op ...

: ''Vielgestaltiges Lebenswerk in allen Gattungen''. In ''

'' vom 14 January 2011, . *

: ''Karl Ottomar Treibmann zum 80. Geburtstag''. In ''Newsletter des Instituts für Musikwissenschaft'', January 2016, pp. 1f. *

Bernd Franke Bernd Franke (born 12 February 1948) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Also an outfield player in his youth, young Bernd Franke made his steps towards the professional game following his impressiveness in t ...

: ''Erinnerungen an Karl Ottomar Treibmann''. In ''Newsletter des Instituts für Musikwissenschaft'', März 2017, pp. 2f.

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im Archiv Zeitgenössischer Komponisten der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden *
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on Deutsche Digitale Bibliotek
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Bibliography of Music Literature The Bibliography of Music Literature (BMS or BMS online, ) is an international bibliography of literature on music. It considers all kind of music and includes both current and older literature. Since 1968, the BMS editorial staff has also been wo ...

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at Universität Leipzig
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on the website "Composers in Saxony" of the regional association Saxony in the * Stefan Amzoll
''Der Leipziger Komponist Karl Ottomar TreibmannMarsch-Schmiede''

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: Atelier neuer Musik, 13 February 2016. {{DEFAULTSORT:Treibmann, Karl Ottomar German composers 20th-century German classical composers German opera composers 20th-century German musicologists Academic staff of Leipzig University German music educators 1936 births 2017 deaths Musicians from Bavaria