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Burkhard Meier (2 July 1943 – 17 January 2001) was a German music educator and composer.

Life

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Born in Finow [de],[1] Meier studied choral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin and music education and German at the University of Greifswald.[1] He received further lessons from Johann Cilenšek [de], Günter Kochan and Ruth Zechlin.[1] From 1976 to 1979 he studied composition with Wolfgang Hohensee at the "Hanns Eisler" Music Academy.[1] From 1967 he taught music theory and ear training in Greifswald and was appointed professor in 1989.[1] In 1990 he became director of the Institute for Musicology and Music Education at the University of Greifswald.[2][3] From 1997 he was professor of school-practical piano playing, Tonsatz [de] and music composition at the Rostock University of Music and Theatre.

He was a co-founder of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern regional association of the Deutscher Komponistenverband [de] and its chairman from 1996 to 2000.

Meier died in Greifswald at the age of 67.[2]

Awards

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Works

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  • Die Nachtigall, children opera (after Hans Christian Andersen, 1968, Premiere: 1969)[4]
  • Liederzyklus Lob des Sisyphus (1984)[1]
  • Kausalitäten für Bläserquintett (1987)[1]
  • Musik für Orchester (1987)[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Schüler, Nico (2019). "Meier, Burkhard". In Heister, Hanns-Werner; Sparrer, Walter-Wolfgang (eds.). Komponisten der Gegenwart (in German).
  2. ^ a b Suppan, Armin (2009). "Meier, Burkhard". Das Blasmusik-Lexikon: Komponisten – Autoren – Werke – Literatur (in German).
  3. ^ "Bekenntnisse zum Rhythmischen". Kulturkalender der Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Zu DDR-Zeiten verbotene Kinderoper wieder auf der Bühne – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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