Bernd Scholz
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Bernd Scholz was a German composer. His also assumed the pen name Klaus Textor for his popular compositions.
Scholz was born in Neustadt in Oberschlesien (now Prudnik
). Even as a child he wished to become a composer, writing his first composition at age 12. After graduation, he went to Berlin where he studied German and music at the Akademie für Schul- und Kirchenmusik. His radio plays for the Berlin radio lead to film assignments including scores for the feature-length Nanga Parbat films of German expeditions in the Himalayas. He fought in the second world war and was held as a Soviet prisoner until 1950.
He returned to West Germany in 1950, married, had three children, and settled in Schliersee
. He found employment in radio and television, working with the directors Lietzau, Beauvais, Düggelin, Schlechte, Westphal, and ten Haaf. He participated in the 1954 contemporary music festival in Donauschingen
where his works were conducted by Hans Rosbaud
(the same year when American composer John Cage's appearance became a legendary fiasco). He wrote his Japan Concerto for classical guitarist Siegfried Behrend
and a large concerto for bandleader Willi Stech. He produced works for a festival of easy music, and his works were recorded and broadcast by all the major German broadcasters.
He is buried at the Schliersee cemetery.
Scholz was born in Neustadt in Oberschlesien (now Prudnik
Prudnik
Prudnik is a town in Poland, located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship. Its population numbers 26,400 inhabitants . It is the capital of Prudnik County.- Education :* * * II Liceum Ogólnokształcące w Prudniku...
). Even as a child he wished to become a composer, writing his first composition at age 12. After graduation, he went to Berlin where he studied German and music at the Akademie für Schul- und Kirchenmusik. His radio plays for the Berlin radio lead to film assignments including scores for the feature-length Nanga Parbat films of German expeditions in the Himalayas. He fought in the second world war and was held as a Soviet prisoner until 1950.
He returned to West Germany in 1950, married, had three children, and settled in Schliersee
Schliersee
Schliersee is a small town and a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria in Germany. It is named after the nearby Lake Schliersee....
. He found employment in radio and television, working with the directors Lietzau, Beauvais, Düggelin, Schlechte, Westphal, and ten Haaf. He participated in the 1954 contemporary music festival in Donauschingen
Donaueschingen Festival
The Donaueschingen Festival is a festival for new music that takes place every October in the small town of Donaueschingen...
where his works were conducted by Hans Rosbaud
Hans Rosbaud
Hans Rosbaud , was an Austrian conductor, particularly associated with the music of the twentieth century....
(the same year when American composer John Cage's appearance became a legendary fiasco). He wrote his Japan Concerto for classical guitarist Siegfried Behrend
Siegfried Behrend
Siegfried Behrend was a German classical guitarist and composer.-Biography:...
and a large concerto for bandleader Willi Stech. He produced works for a festival of easy music, and his works were recorded and broadcast by all the major German broadcasters.
He is buried at the Schliersee cemetery.
Works
- Konzerte
- Japanisches Konzert. Concerto for guitar and large orchestra. Premiered in Tokyo
- Piano Concerto
- Concertante for Winds. Premiered 1954 Donaueschingen FestivalDonaueschingen FestivalThe Donaueschingen Festival is a festival for new music that takes place every October in the small town of Donaueschingen...
- Intrade
- Japanische Regenmelodie
- Kleine Melodie von anno dazumal
- Kleine Serenade
- Land-Liebe
- Lebensraum
- Lederhosen-Polka
- Liebeswalzer
- Lied Ohne Worte
- Luftsprünge
- März-Gebet
- Mandolinetta
- Medaillon
- Mein Haar, Das Ist Mein Sturmhut
- Melodie
- Menuett
- Merry Day
- Mi ist ein schön's braun's Maidelein
- Minara
- Mir ist ein feins braunes Maidelein
- Monopoli
- Moritat von Anton Und Dorothee
- Nymphenburger Miniatur
- Olivia
- Ouvertüre zu Einem Possenspiel
- Ouvertüre zu Einer Harlekinade
- Papagallo
- Paradiso
- Rummelplatz
- Salzburger Spieluhr
- Schillerndes Spiel
- Schlesischer Kirmes-Dreher
- Serenade
- Serenata Melanconica
- Serenata Piccolina
- Siesta in Ibiza
- Sommerlaune
- Sommerwind
- Sonate Nr.2
- Sonatine
- Sonatine D-Dur
- Sonatine Für Flöte Und Klavier
- Sonatine Für Unterhaltungsorchester
- Suite Für Flöte Und Klavier
- Suite Galante
- Traum-Serenade
- Türkische Barcarole
- Verträumte Bucht
- Wenn du an die Liebe glaubst
- Westindia-Serenade
- Xylophonetik
Works under the pen name Klaus Textor
- Aus Grossmutters Salon-Album
- Angry-Swing
- Blue Dark-Blues
- Candlelight-Blues
- Der Jongleur-Fox
- Der Traum des Zirkusreiters
- Fiesta-Mambo
- Gay Play
- Glasmosaik
- Gluecksklee
- Happiness-Fox
- Hund und Katze
- Ich Finde die Liebe sentimental
- In der Bucht Von Riva
- In der Toscana
- Irrlichter
- Kleine Strassenmelodie
- Kleiner Konzertwalzer
- Lied im Schilf
- Lolita-Fox
- Mi ist ein rot Goldringelein
- Mimosen-Tango
- Mistral
- Morgens in der Fruehe
- Novella Amorosa
- Nudelbrett-Polka
- Party-Bummel
- Ping-Pong
- Pulli-Rock
- Roulette
- Rundherum-Polka
- Schmollwinkel-Polka
- Seifenblasen
- Spaziergang am See
- Staccato-Intermezzo
- Suedland-Express
- Sweety
- Tearoom-Story
- Tristy
- Trompeten-Ballade
- Valsette Parsienne
- Velocipede-Boogie
- Wolkenjagd
Music for Cinema, Documentaries, and Television
- Nanga Parbat 1936, Film footage of the German Himalaya-Expedition 1934
- Kampf um den Himalaya 1938. Film footage of the German Nanga Parbat-Expedition 1937
- An den Wassern Kaschmirs, 1938. Documentary
- Fahrt ins Leben 1940. Film of prewar sea cadets and life at sea. Directed by Bernd Hofmann
- Henkel, ein deutsches Werk in seiner Arbeit. Directed by Walter RuttmannWalter RuttmannWalter Ruttmann was a German film director and along with Hans Richter and Viking Eggeling was an early German practitioner of experimental film....
, 1938 - Die wundersame Schustersfrau, Television play after García Lorca. Directed by Werner Schlechte
- Kolportage 1957. Comedy by Georg KaiserGeorg KaiserFriedrich Carl Georg Kaiser, called Georg Kaiser, was a German dramatist.-Biography:Kaiser was born at Magdeburg....
. Television play directed by Hans Lietzau - Viktoria. 1957 film after a novel by Knut HamsunKnut HamsunKnut Hamsun was a Norwegian author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. He was praised by King Haakon VII of Norway as Norway's soul....
. Directed by Frank Lothar - Die Kleinbürger. after Maxim Gorki 1996 Television remake by Werner Schlechte.
- Das Glück sucht seine Kinder. 1955. Television play after the novella „Der silberne Krug“ (Jug of Silver) by Truman CapoteTruman CapoteTruman Streckfus Persons , known as Truman Capote , was an American author, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's and the true crime novel In Cold Blood , which he labeled a "nonfiction novel." At...
. Directed by Heinz Schimmelpfennig - Schatzgräbergeschichten. 1969 by Werner BergengruenWerner BergengruenWerner Bergengruen was a Baltic German novelist.Bergengruen was born in Riga, Livonia. After growing up in Lübeck and attending the Katharineum, he started studying theology in Marburg in 1911. He later changed to studying Germanistics and art history, but failed to graduate; he then moved to Munich...
- Der Spazierstock. 1955 Television play by Michael Sayers. directed by Karl Peter Biltz
Links
- http://212.96.130.213/hirenew/composers/s.html
- http://www.swr.de/swr2/donaueschingen/archiv/programm/1954/index.html
- http://www.filmevona-z.de/filmsuche.cfm?sucheNach=Musik&wert=55511