Heinz Weitzendorf
{{short description|German composer and conductor}}
Heinz Weitzendorf (born 4 May 1931) is a German composer and conductor.
Life
Born in Altenweddingen, Weitzendorf first went to the preliminary studies department {{Ill|Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Fakultät|de}} in Halle. He then studied choral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". From 1957 to 1962, he was a conductor with the Ernst Hermann Meyer Ensemble of the Humboldt University of Berlin, the State Folk Art Ensemble of the German Democratic Republic and the ensemble of the {{Ill|Ministerium des Innern (DDR)|de|3=Ministerium des Innern (DDR)|lt=Ministeriums des Inneren}}. He also studied composition with Wolfgang Hohensee in Berlin. From 1963, he was secretary of the Berlin district association of the {{Ill|Association of Composers and Musicologists of the GDR|de}}. He composed mainly wind and vocal music.[https://www.harmoniemusik.net/CFDOCS/harmoniemusik/index.cfm?page=showOneItemJubilaen&ObjectID=8442&sp=en Heinz Weitzendorf] on Harmoniemusik His works appear by {{Ill|Verlag Neue Musik|de}}.
Awards
- 1977: Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze.Berliner Zeitung, 28 April 1977, {{p.|6}}
- 1981: Hanns Eisler Prize
- 1981: Kunstpreis of the National People's Army
- 1984: Vaterländischer Verdienstorden
Work
- Ja, Häuser baun. Zum Fundamente legen (1965)
- Die Ballade vom Soldaten John (1966)
- Die Welt muß sich drehn (1968)
- Bei den Funkern (1972)
- Sinfonischer Revolutionsmarsch
Further reading
- Sabine Mecking, Yvonne Wasserloos (ed.): Musik – Macht – Staat: Kulturelle, soziale und politische Wandlungsprozesse in der Moderne.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1016130848 Musik, Macht, Staat : kulturelle, soziale und politische Wandlungsprozesse in der Moderne] on WorldCat V&R unipress, Göttingen 2012, {{ISBN|978-3-89971-872-0}}, {{p.|254}}.
References
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External links
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Category:German conductors (music)
Category:20th-century German classical composers
Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze