Thomas Beimel (30 May 1967 – 29 June 2016) was a German composer, violist and

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 ...

. Born in

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, Beimel studied at the

Folkwang Hochschule The Folkwang University of the Arts is a university for music, theater, dance, design, and academic studies, located in four German cities of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 1927, its traditional main location has been in the former Werden Abbey in ...

in his hometown, composition with Konrad Grahe and

viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...

with Karin Wolff. He continued his studies from 1988 to 1992, instrumental pedagogy (''Instrumentalpädagogik'') at the ''Hochschule für Musik im Rheinland''. He cofounded in 1989 with Ortrud Kegel, , Karola Pasquay and the ensemble ''Partita Radicale'', which also plays

free improvisation Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any general rules, instead following the intuition of its performers. The term can refer to both a technique—employed by any musician in any genre—and as a recognizable genre of ...

. His research was devoted from 1991 to new music in Romania and Eastern Europe, and from 2003 also to Latin America. In 1997, began composition studies with Myriam Marbe in

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. His

opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...

''Idyllen'' after

Jean Paul Jean Paul (; born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, 21 March 1763 – 14 November 1825) was a German Romanticism, German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. Life and work Jean Paul was born at Wunsiedel, in the Ficht ...

was premiered at the

Opernhaus Wuppertal Opernhaus Wuppertal (Wuppertal Opera House) is a German theatre in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. It houses mostly performances of operas, but also plays, run by the municipal Wuppertaler Bühnen. The house is also the venue for dance perfo ...

. He received a scholarship for work and production by the , together with Gunda Gottschalk, which they used for the audio play ''Das Paradies''. In 2001, Beimel's music for a stage production of Kafka's '' In der Strafkolonie'' was first performed, again in Wuppertal. From 2005 to 2006 he had a scholarship of the in

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. He was also

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of the Bavarian chamber orchestra Bayerisches Kammerorchester. He died in

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and List of cities in Germany by population, 17th-largest in Germany. It ...

Works

* ''Zwei Augen/Sternverdunklung'', piano quartet, 1994–95 * ''del amor que no se deja ver'', for bass, mixed choir, string quartet, piano and accordion, 1995 * ''Die Affäre Klytaimestra'', incidental music, 1995 * ''del amor imprevisto'', for alto flute, alto, cello, percussion and piano, 1996 * ''L'arrivée à cythère'', for alto flute and percussion, 1998 * ''Saeta'', for six solo women's voices, 1998 * ''Insekten: Kinder des Lichts'', paraphrase of Scriabins's Piano Sonata No. 10, for four accordions, 1998 * ''Idyllen'', musical scenes after Jean Paul, chamber opera, 1998–99 * ''Okeanós'', concerto for amplified cello and orchestra, 1999–2002 * ''…and what of the sleep of animals…'', horn quartet, 2000 * ''…calling, from far away…'', for vibraphon, 2000 * ''melos'', for timpani, 2000 * ''mneme'', string quartet, 2000 * ''tu aliento'', for mezzo-soprano, 2001 * ''petite chanson d’amour'', for voice and piano, 2001 * ''In der Strafkolonie'', music for a staging of Kafka's short story, 2001 * ''faltenbalg'', for five accordion ensembles, 2001 * ''tanâvar'', for mezzo-soprano, alto flute and trombone, 2002 * ''auf deinen wangen / goldene tauben'', after

Else Lasker-Schüler Else Lasker-Schüler (née Elisabeth Schüler) (; 11 February 1869 – 22 January 1945) was a German poet and playwright famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin and her poetry. She was one of the few women affiliated with the Expressionist ...

for mezzo-soprano, 2002 * ''cólera'', string quartet, 2002 * ''sumak'', for two violas, 2003 * ''aynaki / deine augen'', for mezzo-soprano, 2003 * ''veni creator spiritus'', for mezzo-soprano and countertenor, 2003 * ''tinieblas'', for accordion trio, 2003–05 * ''soledades'', for flûte de voix (or tenor recorder), 2003 * ''sicut cervus'', for mixed choir, timpani and trombone quartet, 2004 * ''(no hay) consuelo'', for mezzo-soprano (or trumpet) and string trio, 2004 * ''cantus'', for mixed choir, 2004 * ''schrammeln'', for mezzo-soprano, 2005 * ''cucurucucú'', for horn, harp and two percussionists, 2005 * ''echos'', for two percussionists, 2005 * ''soave sia il vento'', paraphrase of Mozart's terzettino from ''

Così fan tutte (''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...

'', 2005 * ''zeitlicher rat'', for chamber ensemble, 2005 * ''hasret'', for mezzo-soprano, viola and percussion, 2006 * ''et in arcadia ego…'', for oboe and percussion, 2006 * ''nacht…'', for tenor and mixed choir, 2006 * ''hanacpachap'', for mezzo-soprano, accordion and orgelpositiv, 2006 * ''Vom guten Ton. Die Welt ist voll Geplapper'', music theatre for four voices, four wind instruments and plucking orchestra, 2012Homepage Wuppertaler Bühnen
, retrieved 21 October 2012 * ''im anfang war das wort'' for mixed choir and brass, 2016

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