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Heinrich Sutermeister
Country of origin:
Switzerland
Birthday:
August 12, 1910
Date of death:
March 16, 1995
About Heinrich Sutermeister
Sutermeister was born in Feuerthalen (Schaffhausen) on 12 August 1910. After first philological studies in Basle (Music History with Karl Neff and German Literature) and a short academic stay at Paris he studied from 1932 to 1934 at the Munich Academy for Musical Arts as a pupil of Walter Courvoisier (Harmonics and Counterpoint) and Hugo Röhr (Conducting) as well as with Carl Orff. He was for a short time opera coach at the Berne Municipal Theatre before settling at Vaux-sur-Morges, on Lake Geneva, as a freelance composer.Operas, partly written for radio and TV, and ballets, all the stage works world-wide performed at the most important opera houses and ballet companies, and orchestral music as well as chamber and vocal music demonstrate the wide range of Sutermeister’s musical oeuvre.
In 1958 he was made president of the Swiss Association for Mechanical Copyrights "Mechanlizenz", a post he held until 1980. From 1963 to 1975 he was in charge of a composition class at the Hannover Hochschule fuer Musik. In 1967 he was awarded the Price of the Swiss Composers Association. Since 1977 he was a corresponding member of the Bavarian Fine Arts Academy.
Heinrich Sutermeister died in Vaux-sur-Morges (Waadt District) on 16 March 1995.
Worklist
Chronology
1910
Born on 12 August in Feuerthalen (near Schaffhausen)
Attends grammar school in Basel
Studies music history wirh Karl Neff, and German literature
Piano lessons with Charlotte Schrameck
Study visit in Paris
1931
Studies at the "Akademie der Tonkünste", Munich, with Walter Courvoisier (harmony and counterpoint) and Hugo Röhr (conducting)
1934
Coach at the Stadttheater Bern
1940
First performance of "Romeo und Julia" in Dresden
1942
First performance of "Die Zauberinsel" in Dresden
1946
First performance of "Niobe" in Zürich
1948
First performance of "Raskolnikoff" in Stockholm
13 April Marries Verena Renker
First performance of "Die schwarze Spinne" in St. Gallen
13 April Marries Verena Renker
First performance of "Die schwarze Spinne" in St. Gallen
1951
First performance of "Der rote Stiefel" in Stockholm
1953
First performance of "Missa da Requiem" in Rome with Herbert von Karajan
1958
First performance of "Titus Feuerfuchs" in Basel
Appointed president of "Schweizerische Mechanlizenz" (until 1980)
Appointed president of "Schweizerische Mechanlizenz" (until 1980)
1962
Award-winner of the "Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs dramatiques"
1963
Teaches a composition class at the "Staatliche Hochschule für Musik", Hannover
1965
Opera Award of the City of Salzburg
1967
First performance od "Madame Bovary" in Zürich
Award by the "Schweizerischen Tonkünstlerverein"
Award by the "Schweizerischen Tonkünstlerverein"
1968
16 June Birth of daughter Anna-Katharina
1975
First performance of "Ecclesia" in Lausanne Cathedral
since 1977
Member of the "Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste"
1985
First performance of "Le Roi Bérenger" in Munich
1991
Is awarded the "Prix de la Fondation Pierre et Louisa Meylan" in Lausanne
First performance of "Gloria" in Morges with Pierre Arn
First performance of "Gloria" in Morges with Pierre Arn
1995
Heinrich Sutermeister dies on 16 March in Morges (canton Waadt)
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Composer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 8004€24.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
für Violoncello und OrchesterComposer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: cello and orchestra
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für Klavier und OrchesterComposer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: piano and orchestra
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Composer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Piano reductionSeries: 3. Konzert
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für Klavier und OrchesterComposer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: piano and orchestra
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für OrchesterComposer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
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8 Little PiecesComposer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 2881€16.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heinrich SutermeisterSeries: Edition Schott
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Composer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Piano reduction with solo partSeries: 2. Konzert
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Composer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Piano reduction with solo partSeries: Clarinet Library
Edition Schott
Konzert
Instrumentation: clarinet and orchestraProduct number: KLB 19 Q5029€27.99Incl. Tax -
Composer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: clarinet (B), bassoon, trumpet (F), horn (F), tenortrombone and pianoProduct number: ED 8079€50.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Scène dramatique pour voix haute et orchestreComposer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: high voice and orchestraLanguage: French, German, Latin
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Scène dramatiqueComposer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Piano reductionSeries: Consolatio philosophiae
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Tanzhandlung nach Sagenmotiven aus den Walliser Alpen von Albert Roesler
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Spiel mit Musik für das FernsehenComposer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: German
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Kantate Nr. 4Composer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soprano- and baritone-solo, mixed choir (ATBB) and orchestraLanguage: German
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Kantate Nr. 3Composer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soprano- and bass-baritone-solo, mixed choir (SATB) and orchestraLanguage: German
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"Eile, eile, eile, Gott, mich zu erretten"As low as€12.99Incl. Tax
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"In der Mitte aller Dinge"Composer: Heinrich SutermeisterEdition: Choral scoreSeries: Schott Choral Music
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Kantate Nr. 5Composer: Heinrich SutermeisterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: mixed choir (SATB) and chamber orchestraLanguage: German
