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Sutermeister was born in Feuerthalen.[1] During the early 1930s he was a student at the Akademie der Tonkunst in Munich, where Carl Orff was his teacher.[2] Orff thereafter remained a powerful influence on his music. Returning to Switzerland in the mid-1930s, Sutermeister devoted his life to composition. He wrote some works for the radio, starting with Die schwarze Spinne in 1936, before turning later to television opera. His most successful stage work was Romeo und Julia, premiered in Dresden in 1940 under Karl Böhm.[1]
Sutermeister's penultimate stage work, Madame Bovary, first given in Zurich in 1967, is loosely based on Flaubert's novel. With many characters cut, it consists largely of monologues for Emma Bovary, who was sung by Anneliese Rothenberger.
For his final opera, he adapted Eugène Ionesco's play Exit the King (Le Roi se meurt). According to musicologist Elizabeth Forbes, this opera, premiered in 1985 at Bavarian State Opera, with only six characters, a tiny chorus and a small orchestra is, in its modest way, as effective as anything Sutermeister wrote.[3]
^ abHonegger, Marc (1993). "Sutermeister, Heinrich". Dictionnaire de la musique: Les hommes et leurs oeuvres (in French).
Sources
Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 782 pages, ISBN0-19-869164-5
Operone page on Sutermeister, accessed 1 April 2011
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heinrich, sutermeister, august, 1910, march, 1995, swiss, composer, most, famous, opera, romeo, julia, sutermeister, 1982, contents, life, career, works, stage, broadcast, works, concert, chamber, religious, music, referenceslife, career, editthe, factual, acc. Heinrich Sutermeister 12 August 1910 16 March 1995 1 was a Swiss composer most famous for his opera Romeo und Julia Sutermeister in 1982 Contents 1 Life and career 2 Works 2 1 Stage and broadcast works 2 2 Concert chamber and religious music 3 ReferencesLife and career EditThe factual accuracy of part of this article is disputed The dispute is about Apartheid s web Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced See the relevant discussion on the Talk Heinrich Sutermeister Apartheid s web talk page January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sutermeister was born in Feuerthalen 1 During the early 1930s he was a student at the Akademie der Tonkunst in Munich where Carl Orff was his teacher 2 Orff thereafter remained a powerful influence on his music Returning to Switzerland in the mid 1930s Sutermeister devoted his life to composition He wrote some works for the radio starting with Die schwarze Spinne in 1936 before turning later to television opera His most successful stage work was Romeo und Julia premiered in Dresden in 1940 under Karl Bohm 1 Sutermeister s penultimate stage work Madame Bovary first given in Zurich in 1967 is loosely based on Flaubert s novel With many characters cut it consists largely of monologues for Emma Bovary who was sung by Anneliese Rothenberger For his final opera he adapted Eugene Ionesco s play Exit the King Le Roi se meurt According to musicologist Elizabeth Forbes this opera premiered in 1985 at Bavarian State Opera with only six characters a tiny chorus and a small orchestra is in its modest way as effective as anything Sutermeister wrote 3 He was the brother of Hans Martin Sutermeister Their grandfather was the folklorist Otto Sutermeister He died in Vaux sur Morges 1 Works EditStage and broadcast works Edit Main article List of stage and broadcast works by Heinrich Sutermeister Concert chamber and religious music Edit 1 Piano Concerto 1943 1 Capriccio for unaccompanied Clarinet in A 1947 1 Die Alpen fantasy on Swiss folksongs 1948 4 Gavotte de Concert for trumpet and piano 1950 2 Piano Concerto 1953 1 Missa da Requiem 1952 1953 1 1 Cello Concerto 1954 55 1 3 Piano Concerto 1961 62 1 Poeme funebre En memoire de Paul Hindemith for string orchestra 1965 4 Omnia ad Unum cantata 1965 66 2 Cello Concerto 1971 1 Te Deum 1975 1 Clarinet Concerto 1975 76 2 Consolatio philosophiae Scene dramatique 1979References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heinrich Sutermeister Notes a b c d e f g h i j k l Heindl Christian 1996 Sutermeister Heinrich Komponisten der Gegenwart in German a b Robijns J Zijlstra Miep 1983 Sutermeister Heinrich Algemene muziek encyclopedie in Dutch Elizabeth Forbes Obituary Heinrich Sutermeister The Independent on Sunday 20 March 1995 a b Honegger Marc 1993 Sutermeister Heinrich Dictionnaire de la musique Les hommes et leurs oeuvres in French SourcesWarrack John and West Ewan 1992 The Oxford Dictionary of Opera 782 pages ISBN 0 19 869164 5 Operone page on Sutermeister accessed 1 April 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heinrich Sutermeister amp oldid 1115149207, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
