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Herbert Eimert

January 01, 1970

Herbert Eimert (8 April 1897 – 15 December 1972) was a German music theorist, musicologist, journalist, music critic, editor, radio producer, and composer.

Education edit

Herbert Eimert was born in Bad Kreuznach. He studied music theory and composition from 1919 to 1924 at the Cologne Musikhochschule with Hermann Abendroth, Franz Bölsche [de], and August von Othegraven. In 1924, while still a student, he published an Atonale Musiklehre (Atonal Music Theory Text) which, together with a twelve-tone string quartet composed for the end-of-term examination concert, led to an altercation with Bölsche, who withdrew the quartet from the program and expelled Eimert from his composition class.[1]

In 1924, he began studies in musicology at the University of Cologne with Ernst Bücken, Willi Kahl, and Georg Kinsky, and read philosophy with Max Scheler (a pupil of Husserl) and Nicolai Hartmann. He attained his doctorate in 1931 with a dissertation titled Musikalische Formstrukturen im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert. Versuch einer Formbeschreibung (Musical Form Structures in the 17th and 18th Century. Attempt at a Description of Form).

Career edit

From 1927 until 1933 he was employed at the Cologne Radio and wrote for music magazines such as Melos [de] and the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik. In 1930 he became a music critic for the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, and from 1935 until 1945 worked as an editor at the Kölnische Zeitung [de].

In 1945, he became the first salaried staff member of the Cologne Radio (NWDR), administered by the British occupation forces. In 1947, he took over the NWDR Department of Cultural Reporting, and, in 1948, initiated the Musikalische Nachtprogramme (late-night music programs), which he directed until 1965.[2] In 1951, Eimert and Werner Meyer-Eppler persuaded the director of NWDR, Hanns Hartmann, to create a Studio for Electronic Music, which Eimert directed until 1962. This became the most influential studio in the world during the 1950s and 1960s, with composers such as Michael von Biel, Konrad Boehmer, Herbert Brün, Jean-Claude Éloy, Péter Eötvös, Franco Evangelisti, Luc Ferrari, Johannes Fritsch, Rolf Gehlhaar, Karel Goeyvaerts, Hermann Heiss, York Höller, Maki Ishii, David C. Johnson, Mauricio Kagel, Gottfried Michael Koenig, Petr Kotik, Włodzimierz Kotoński, Ernst Krenek, Ladislav Kupkovič, György Ligeti, Mesías Maiguashca, Bo Nilsson, Henri Pousseur, Roger Smalley, Karlheinz Stockhausen (who succeeded Eimert as director), Dimitri Terzakis, Iannis Xenakis, and Bernd Alois Zimmermann working there.[3] Cornelius Cardew also worked there in 1958.[4] The last composer invited by Eimert to work in the Studio was Konrad Boehmer, recruited in 1959 when he was still a "school boy."[5]

In 1950, he published the Lehrbuch zur Zwölftonmusik, which became one of the best-known introductory texts on Schoenbergian twelve-tone technique, and was translated into Italian, Spanish, and Hungarian. From 1955 until 1962 he edited in conjunction with Karlheinz Stockhausen the influential journal Die Reihe. His book Grundlagen der musikalischen Reihentechnik appeared in 1964. From 1951 until 1957 he lectured at the Darmstadt International Vacation Courses for New Music. In 1965 he became professor at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne and directed their Studio for Electronic Music until 1971.[2] Together with Hans Ulrich Humpert, his successor at the electronic studio of the Musikhochschule, he worked on the Lexikon der elektronischen Musik (Dictionary of Electronic Music). Just short of completing the manuscript, Eimert died on 15 December 1972, either in Düsseldorf[1] or Cologne.[2]

Among Eimert's notable students was Clarence Barlow.

Compositions (selective list) edit

  • String Quartet (1923–25)
  • Der weiße Schwan for saxophon, flute, and specially made noise instruments (1926)
  • Kammerkonzert for five instruments (1926)
  • Suite for chamber orchestra (1929)
  • Musik für Violine und Violoncello (1931)
  • Second String Quartet (1939)
  • Variations for piano (1943)
  • Trio for violin, viola, and cello (1944)
  • Bläsermusik (1947)
  • Four Pieces (jointly composed with Robert Beyer [de]) (1953)
  • Struktur 8, electronic music (1953)
  • Glockenspiel, electronic music (1953)
  • Etüde über Tongemische, electronic music (1954)
  • Five Pieces, electronic music (1956)
  • Zu Ehren von Igor Strawinsky (1957)
  • Selektion I (1960)
  • Epitaph für Aikichi Kuboyama, for speaker and electronically transformed speech sounds (1962)
  • Six Studies, electronic music (1962)

Principal writings edit

  • 1924. Atonale Musiklehre. Leipzig: Verlag von Breitkopf & Härtel.
  • 1932. Musikalische Formstrukturen im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert; Versuch einer Formbeschreibung. Augsburg: B. Filser.
  • 1950. Lehrbuch der Zwöfltontechnik. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel.
  • 1955a. "Die sieben Stücke" Die Reihe 1: "Elektronische Musik": 8–13 [not included in the English edition].
  • 1955b. "Die notwendige Korrektur" Die Reihe 2: "Anton Webern": 35–41 [English edition 1958, as "A Change of Focus", pp. 29–36].
  • 1955c. "Intervallproportionen (Streichquartett, 1. Satz)." Die Reihe 2: "Anton Webern": 97–102 [English edition 1958, as "Interval Proportions", pp. 93–99].
  • 1957a. "Von der Entscheidungsfreiheit des Komponisten." Die Reihe 3: "Musikalische Handwerk": 5–12 [English edition 1959, as "The Composer's Freedom of Choice," pp. 1–9].
  • 1957b. "Debussys Jeux." Die Reihe 5: "Berichte—Analyse": 5–22 [English edition 1961, as "Debussy's Jeux," pp. 3–20].
  • 1957c. "What is Electronic Music?" Die Reihe 1: "Electronic Music" (English edition only): 1–10.
  • 1958. "Intermezzo II." Die Reihe 4: "Junge Komponisten": 81–84 [English edition 1960, pp. 81–84].
  • 1962. "Nachruf auf Werner Meyer-Eppler." Die Reihe 8: "Rückblicke": 5–6 [English ed. 1968, as "Werner Meyer-Eppler," pp. 5–6].
  • 1964. Grundlagen der musikalischen Reihentechnik. Bücher der Reihe. Vienna: Universal Edition.
  • 1972. "So begann die elektronische Musik." Melos 39, no. 1 (January/February): 42–44. [Translated into English as "How Electronic Music Began," The Musical Times 113, no. 1550 (April 1972): 347–49.]
  • 1973. Lexikon der elektronischen Musik (with Hans Ulrich Humpert). Regensburg: Bosse.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Anon. n.d.
  2. ^ a b c Wilson 2001.
  3. ^ Morawska-Büngeler 1988, pp. 103–108, et passim.
  4. ^ Custodis 2004, pp. 110 n244.
  5. ^ Gross, Jason (April 2000). "Herbert Eimert- co-founder of the WDR Studio, Cologne, Germany: Interview with composer Konrad Boehmer". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

Cited sources edit

  • Anon. n.d. "Herbert Eimert: * 8. April 1897 † 15. Dezember 1972". Elektropolis website. (Accessed 29 October 2010.)
  • Custodis, Michael. 2004. Die soziale Isolation der neuen Musik: Zum Kölner Musikleben nach 1945. Supplement to Archiv für Musikwissenschaft 54. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. ISBN 3-515-08375-8.
  • Morawska-Büngeler, Marietta. 1988. Schwingende Elektronen: Eine Dokumentation über das Studio für Elektronische Musik des Westdeutschen Rundfunk in Köln 1951–1986. Cologne-Rodenkirchen: P. J. Tonger Musikverlag.
  • Wilson, Charles. 2001. "Eimert, Herbert". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.

Further reading edit

  • Blüggel, Christian. 2002. E.=Ethik+Ästhetik: Zur Musikkritik Herbert Eimerts. Saarbrücken: Pfau. ISBN 3-89727-213-X.
  • Fricke, Stefan. 1997. "Herbert Eimert: Keiner unter vielen—Rückblick auf ein Leben für die (elektronische) Neue Musik". Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 158, no. 5 (September/October): 28–30.
  • Grant, M[orag]. J[osephine]. 2001. Serial Music, Serial Aesthetics: Compositional Theory in Post-war Europe. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Kämper, Dietrich. 1997. "Pionier der Neuen Musik: Herbert Eimert—Journalist, Komponist, Organisator und Förderer" MusikTexte: Zeitschrift für Neue Musik, no. 69–70 (April): 36–40.
  • Kautny, Oliver. 2001. "Pionierzeit der elektronischen Musik: Werner Meyer-Epplers Einfluss auf Herbert Eimert." In Musik im Spektrum von Kultur und Gesellschaft: Festschrift für Brunhilde Sonntag, Osnabrücker Beiträge zur Musik und Musikerziehung 1, edited by Bernhard Müssgens, Oliver Kautny, and Martin Gieseking, 314–37. Osnabrück: Electronic Publishing. ISBN 3-923486-36-7.
  • Kirchmeyer, Helmut. 1998. Kleine Monographie über Herbert Eimert. Abhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, Philologisch-Historische Klasse 75,6. Stuttgart: Hirzel. ISBN 3-7776-0925-0.
  • Kirchmeyer, Helmut. 2009. "Stockhausens Elektronische Messe nebst einem Vorspann unveröffentlichter Briefe aus seiner Pariser Zeit an Herbert Eimert". Archiv für Musikwissenschaft 66, no. 3:234–59.
  • Oesch, Hans [de]. 1974. "Herbert Eimert: Pionier der Zwolftontechnik." Melos 41, no. 4 (July–August): 211–14.

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Herbert Eimert 8 April 1897 15 December 1972 was a German music theorist musicologist journalist music critic editor radio producer and composer Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 Compositions selective list 4 Principal writings 5 References 5 1 Cited sources 6 Further readingEducation editHerbert Eimert was born in Bad Kreuznach He studied music theory and composition from 1919 to 1924 at the Cologne Musikhochschule with Hermann Abendroth Franz Bolsche de and August von Othegraven In 1924 while still a student he published an Atonale Musiklehre Atonal Music Theory Text which together with a twelve tone string quartet composed for the end of term examination concert led to an altercation with Bolsche who withdrew the quartet from the program and expelled Eimert from his composition class 1 In 1924 he began studies in musicology at the University of Cologne with Ernst Bucken Willi Kahl and Georg Kinsky and read philosophy with Max Scheler a pupil of Husserl and Nicolai Hartmann He attained his doctorate in 1931 with a dissertation titled Musikalische Formstrukturen im 17 und 18 Jahrhundert Versuch einer Formbeschreibung Musical Form Structures in the 17th and 18th Century Attempt at a Description of Form Career editFrom 1927 until 1933 he was employed at the Cologne Radio and wrote for music magazines such as Melos de and the Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik In 1930 he became a music critic for the Kolner Stadt Anzeiger and from 1935 until 1945 worked as an editor at the Kolnische Zeitung de In 1945 he became the first salaried staff member of the Cologne Radio NWDR administered by the British occupation forces In 1947 he took over the NWDR Department of Cultural Reporting and in 1948 initiated the Musikalische Nachtprogramme late night music programs which he directed until 1965 2 In 1951 Eimert and Werner Meyer Eppler persuaded the director of NWDR Hanns Hartmann to create a Studio for Electronic Music which Eimert directed until 1962 This became the most influential studio in the world during the 1950s and 1960s with composers such as Michael von Biel Konrad Boehmer Herbert Brun Jean Claude Eloy Peter Eotvos Franco Evangelisti Luc Ferrari Johannes Fritsch Rolf Gehlhaar Karel Goeyvaerts Hermann Heiss York Holler Maki Ishii David C Johnson Mauricio Kagel Gottfried Michael Koenig Petr Kotik Wlodzimierz Kotonski Ernst Krenek Ladislav Kupkovic Gyorgy Ligeti Mesias Maiguashca Bo Nilsson Henri Pousseur Roger Smalley Karlheinz Stockhausen who succeeded Eimert as director Dimitri Terzakis Iannis Xenakis and Bernd Alois Zimmermann working there 3 Cornelius Cardew also worked there in 1958 4 The last composer invited by Eimert to work in the Studio was Konrad Boehmer recruited in 1959 when he was still a school boy 5 In 1950 he published the Lehrbuch zur Zwolftonmusik which became one of the best known introductory texts on Schoenbergian twelve tone technique and was translated into Italian Spanish and Hungarian From 1955 until 1962 he edited in conjunction with Karlheinz Stockhausen the influential journal Die Reihe His book Grundlagen der musikalischen Reihentechnik appeared in 1964 From 1951 until 1957 he lectured at the Darmstadt International Vacation Courses for New Music In 1965 he became professor at the Hochschule fur Musik in Cologne and directed their Studio for Electronic Music until 1971 2 Together with Hans Ulrich Humpert his successor at the electronic studio of the Musikhochschule he worked on the Lexikon der elektronischen Musik Dictionary of Electronic Music Just short of completing the manuscript Eimert died on 15 December 1972 either in Dusseldorf 1 or Cologne 2 Among Eimert s notable students was Clarence Barlow Compositions selective list editString Quartet 1923 25 Der weisse Schwan for saxophon flute and specially made noise instruments 1926 Kammerkonzert for five instruments 1926 Suite for chamber orchestra 1929 Musik fur Violine und Violoncello 1931 Second String Quartet 1939 Variations for piano 1943 Trio for violin viola and cello 1944 Blasermusik 1947 Four Pieces jointly composed with Robert Beyer de 1953 Struktur 8 electronic music 1953 Glockenspiel electronic music 1953 Etude uber Tongemische electronic music 1954 Five Pieces electronic music 1956 Zu Ehren von Igor Strawinsky 1957 Selektion I 1960 Epitaph fur Aikichi Kuboyama for speaker and electronically transformed speech sounds 1962 Six Studies electronic music 1962 Principal writings edit1924 Atonale Musiklehre Leipzig Verlag von Breitkopf amp Hartel 1932 Musikalische Formstrukturen im 17 und 18 Jahrhundert Versuch einer Formbeschreibung Augsburg B Filser 1950 Lehrbuch der Zwofltontechnik Wiesbaden Breitkopf amp Hartel 1955a Die sieben Stucke Die Reihe 1 Elektronische Musik 8 13 not included in the English edition 1955b Die notwendige Korrektur Die Reihe 2 Anton Webern 35 41 English edition 1958 as A Change of Focus pp 29 36 1955c Intervallproportionen Streichquartett 1 Satz Die Reihe 2 Anton Webern 97 102 English edition 1958 as Interval Proportions pp 93 99 1957a Von der Entscheidungsfreiheit des Komponisten Die Reihe 3 Musikalische Handwerk 5 12 English edition 1959 as The Composer s Freedom of Choice pp 1 9 1957b Debussys Jeux Die Reihe 5 Berichte Analyse 5 22 English edition 1961 as Debussy s Jeux pp 3 20 1957c What is Electronic Music Die Reihe 1 Electronic Music English edition only 1 10 1958 Intermezzo II Die Reihe 4 Junge Komponisten 81 84 English edition 1960 pp 81 84 1962 Nachruf auf Werner Meyer Eppler Die Reihe 8 Ruckblicke 5 6 English ed 1968 as Werner Meyer Eppler pp 5 6 1964 Grundlagen der musikalischen Reihentechnik Bucher der Reihe Vienna Universal Edition 1972 So begann die elektronische Musik Melos 39 no 1 January February 42 44 Translated into English as How Electronic Music Began The Musical Times 113 no 1550 April 1972 347 49 1973 Lexikon der elektronischen Musik with Hans Ulrich Humpert Regensburg Bosse References edit a b Anon n d a b c Wilson 2001 Morawska Bungeler 1988 pp 103 108 et passim Custodis 2004 pp 110 n244 Gross Jason April 2000 Herbert Eimert co founder of the WDR Studio Cologne Germany Interview with composer Konrad Boehmer Perfect Sound Forever Retrieved March 8 2024 Cited sources edit Anon n d Herbert Eimert 8 April 1897 15 Dezember 1972 Elektropolis website Accessed 29 October 2010 Custodis Michael 2004 Die soziale Isolation der neuen Musik Zum Kolner Musikleben nach 1945 Supplement to Archiv fur Musikwissenschaft 54 Stuttgart Franz Steiner Verlag ISBN 3 515 08375 8 Morawska Bungeler Marietta 1988 Schwingende Elektronen Eine Dokumentation uber das Studio fur Elektronische Musik des Westdeutschen Rundfunk in Koln 1951 1986 Cologne Rodenkirchen P J Tonger Musikverlag Wilson Charles 2001 Eimert Herbert The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians second edition edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell London Macmillan Publishers Further reading editBluggel Christian 2002 E Ethik Asthetik Zur Musikkritik Herbert Eimerts Saarbrucken Pfau ISBN 3 89727 213 X Fricke Stefan 1997 Herbert Eimert Keiner unter vielen Ruckblick auf ein Leben fur die elektronische Neue Musik Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik 158 no 5 September October 28 30 Grant M orag J osephine 2001 Serial Music Serial Aesthetics Compositional Theory in Post war Europe Cambridge UK New York Cambridge University Press Kamper Dietrich 1997 Pionier der Neuen Musik Herbert Eimert Journalist Komponist Organisator und Forderer MusikTexte Zeitschrift fur Neue Musik no 69 70 April 36 40 Kautny Oliver 2001 Pionierzeit der elektronischen Musik Werner Meyer Epplers Einfluss auf Herbert Eimert In Musik im Spektrum von Kultur und Gesellschaft Festschrift fur Brunhilde Sonntag Osnabrucker Beitrage zur Musik und Musikerziehung 1 edited by Bernhard Mussgens Oliver Kautny and Martin Gieseking 314 37 Osnabruck Electronic Publishing ISBN 3 923486 36 7 Kirchmeyer Helmut 1998 Kleine Monographie uber Herbert Eimert Abhandlungen der Sachsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig Philologisch Historische Klasse 75 6 Stuttgart Hirzel ISBN 3 7776 0925 0 Kirchmeyer Helmut 2009 Stockhausens Elektronische Messe nebst einem Vorspann unveroffentlichter Briefe aus seiner Pariser Zeit an Herbert Eimert Archiv fur Musikwissenschaft 66 no 3 234 59 Oesch Hans de 1974 Herbert Eimert Pionier der Zwolftontechnik Melos 41 no 4 July August 211 14 Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Classical music Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Herbert Eimert amp oldid 1212554884, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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