Hermann Reutter
Country of origin:
Germany
Birthday:
June 17, 1900
Date of death:
January 1, 1985
About Hermann Reutter
Hermann Reutter was born in Stuttgart on 17 June 1900. In 1920 he moved to Munich. After three years of singing lessons with Emma Rückbeil-Hiller (Stuttgart) and Karl Erler (München) he studied at the Munich Academy of Musical Arts composition with Walter Courvoisier and piano with Franz Dorfmüller, and organ with Ludwig Mayer.Since 1923 he participated in the music festival of Donaueschingen and intensified his contact with the Donaueschingen circle, in particular with Paul Hindemith. Starting with 1926 he was a frequent composer in association with the annual music festival of the Allgemeine Deutsche Musikverein where many of his works were world premiered. He began intensive concert activities as pianist and accompanist in lieder in 1929, working together with major conductors and soloists of his period.
In 1932 he succeeded Ewald Straesser as principal teacher of composition at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart. He was appointed director of the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt on the Main four years later. In 1945 was the end of this work. He returned to Stuttgart and resumed concert activities in 1950. Two years later he was appointed professor of composition and lied interpretation at the Stuttgart Hochschule fuer Musik. In 1955 he became full member of the Berlin Akademie der Kuenste and of the Bayerische Akademie der Schoenen Kuenste, Munich. Since 1956 he was juror, later chairman, of the jury in the category Singing at the ARD competition.
He succeeded Hermann Erpf as director of the Stuttgart Hochschule fuer Musik. Since 1960 he often stayed in the USA for interpretation courses at various universities. From 1966-1974 he led the master class of lied interpretation at the Munich Musikhochschule. In 1968 he founded the Hugo Wolf Society Stuttgart, being its president until his death.
For his achievement as a composer and a teacher he was awarded (among others) the Ludwig-Spohr-Award of the City of Brunswig (1953), the Grand Cross for Distinguished Service of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959 and with Star in 1975), a Honorary doctorate of the Music and Arts Institute San Francisco and the Hugo Wolf Medal of the International Hugo Wolf Society, Vienna (both in 1976).
Hermann Reutter died in Heidenheim on 1 January 1985.
Worklist
Chronology
1900
Born in Stuttgart on 17 June as son of the manufacturer Hermann Reutter and his wife Clara Mergenthaler
1907
Private music lessons with his godfather Eugen Uhlig, principal double-bass at the Stuttgart Opera
1909
Pupil at the Stuttgart grammar school 'Humanistischens Eberhard-Ludwig-Gymnasium'
1920
Moved to Munich
1920
Studied with Walter Courvoisier (composition) and Franz Dorfmüller (piano) at the Munich Academy of Music and with Ludwig Mayer (organ)
until 1923
Singing lessons with Emma Rückbeil-Hiller, Stuttgart, and Karl Erler, Munich
1923
Participated in the music festival of Donaueschingen and Baden-Baden; close contact with the Donaueschingen circle, in particular with Paul Hindemith
1925
December: first contract with the Schott music publishing house (Sonate für Violine und Klavier, Op. 20)
1926
Concluded an exclusive contract with the Schott publishing house; As from that year, participated in the music festivals of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein with premières almost every year
1929
Met the singer Sigrid Onégin and her husband Fritz Penzoldt, brother of the poet Ernst Penzoldt
1929
Began intensive concert activities throughout the world; As a concert pianist, he worked together with conductors such as Ferenc Fricsay, Eugen Jochum, Franz Konwitschny, Ferdinand Leitner and Karl Münchinger in the years that followed; as an accompanist in lieder, he was the partner of Sigrid Onégin, Alma Moodie, Karl Erb, Lore Fischer, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Hans Hotter among others
1930-35
Ten American tours with 450 concerts altogether as accompanist of Sigrid Onégin; during that time met Arturo Toscanini among others
1932
Succeeded Ewald Strässer as principal teacher of composition at the Stuttgart Württembergische Musikhochschule
1936
Was appointed director of the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt/Main (from 1938 Staatliche Hochschule für Musik)
1940
17 February: Married Lieselotte Lauk, a pupil of his lieder class
1941
Birth of his son Wolfgang who died in an accident at the age of scarcely three years
1942
Swabian Composer´s Award
1943
Birth of his daughter Gabriele
1945
End of his work as director of the Frankfurt Musikhochschule the buildings of which had been destroyed during a bombing raid in 1943 already; Moved to Dürrenzimmern near Brackenheim (district of Heilbronn)
1946
Birth of his second daughter, Monica
1950
Returned to Stuttgart; Resumed concert activities
1952
Was appointed professor of composition and lied interpretation at the Stuttgart Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst
1953
Ludwig Spohr Prize of the city of Braunschweig
1955
Full member of the Berlin Akademie der Künste; Full member of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich
1956
Began his many years' work as a juror or chairman of the jury in the category 'Singing' at the annual ARD competition in Munich; Juror at the singing contest in s'Hertogenbosch, Barcelona and Vienna (Mozart Competition)
1956
Succeeded Professor Hermann Erpf as director of the Stuttgart Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst
1959
Was awarded the Grand Cross for Distinguished Service of the Federal Republic of Germany
since 1960
Regular one- or two-month stays in the USA for concerts and interpretation courses at various universities; Visiting professor at the Tokyo Musashino Academy of Music; Master classes at German academies (Hamburg, Saarbrücken); Several guest lectures at the Kranichsteiner Musikkurse
1966-74
Led the master class of lied interpretation at the Munich Staatliche Musikhochschule
1968
Founded the Hugo Wolf Society Stuttgart, following a suggestion of the International Hugo Wolf Society New York and with the support of the major of Stuttgart, Arnulf Klett; was president of the Hugo Wolf Society Stuttgart until his death
1975
Grand Cross for Distinguished Service with Star
1976
Honorary doctorate of the Music and Arts Institute San Francisco; Hugo Wolf Medal of the International Hugo Wolf Society, Vienna
1979
Death of his wife Lilo
1985
Hermann Reutter died in Heidenheim on 1 January
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Arien und Intermezzi nach Gedichten von Federico García LorcaComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soprano and orchestraLanguage: German
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Concerto grosso für Altstimme, Viola, Klavier und OrchesterComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: altovoice, viola, piano and orchestraLanguage: German
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Composer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Piano reduction, for 2 pianosSeries: Capriccio, Aria und Finale
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für Klavier und OrchesterComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: piano and orchestra
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in drei Sätzen nach Worten von Johann Wolfgang von GoetheComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soprano- and baritone-solo, mixed choir (SATB) and orchestraLanguage: German
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KantateComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Piano reductionSeries: Chorfantasie
Instrumentation: mixed choir (SATB), soloists (SBar) and orchestraLanguage: GermanProduct number: ED 2915In stock€36.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
für Klavier und StreichorchesterComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: piano and string orchestra
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Oratorium für Sopran- und Bariton-Solo, gemischten Chor (SATB), Kinderchor, Orchester und OrgelComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soprano- and baritone-solo, mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, orchestra and organLanguage: German
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Lyrisches Portrait des François Villon in der Übertragung von KlabundComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: alto- and baritonevoice with instrumentsnLanguage: German
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Minnelieder aus der Zeit der StauferComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: 2 voices (Sorpran/baritone) with orchestraLanguage: German
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Minnenlieder aus der Zeit der StauferComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Piano reductionSeries: Der Liebe will ich singen
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Ein altes MysterienspielComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: German
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Ein Lehrstück von Robert SeitzComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: solo parts, choir, 2 pianos, violins, cellos (violas and double basses ad libitum)Language: German
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Concerto Scenico in 2 AktenComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Piano reductionSeries: Der Tod des Empedokles
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Ballettsuite für großes OrchesterComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: large orchestra
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Ballett in drei Bildern
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aus den "Biblischen Szenen"Product TypeIn stockAs low as €12.99Incl. Tax
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(Neufassung von "Der verlorene Sohn")Composer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: German
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nach Gedichten von Friedrich HölderlinComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: medium voice and string quartet or string orchestraLanguage: German
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3. Das Gleichnis vom barmherzigen SamariterComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Choral scoreSeries: Schott Choral Music
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1. Das Gleichnis vom SämannComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Choral scoreSeries: Schott Choral Music
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für Bariton und Orchester (Friedrich Hölderlin)Composer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: baritone and orchestraLanguage: German
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Composer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Piano reductionSeries: Drei Monologe des Empedokles
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Musik für Violine und KammerorchesterComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: violin and chamber orchestra
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Composer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Piano reduction with solo partSeries: Epitaph für Ophelia
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Erscheinungen zweier ChoräleProduct TypeIn stockAs low as €24.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: Hermann ReutterEditor: Ihsan TurnagoelSeries: Guitar Archive
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Kantate nach Worten von Friedrich HölderlinComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soprano- and baritone-solo, mixed choir (SATB) and orchestraLanguage: German
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in zwei TeilenComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soprano, Mezzosoprano, 2 tenors, baritones, 2 choirsingers, speakers and orchestraLanguage: German
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"Es war aber ein Mensch unter den Pharisäern" (Joh. 3, 1-16) MotetteComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Choral scoreSeries: Schott Choral Music
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von Federico García Lorca, deutscher Text von Enrique BeckComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soprano and small orchestraLanguage: German
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Composer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Piano reductionInstrumentation: soprano and small orchestraLanguage: GermanProduct number: ED 5169In stock€16.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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für Klavier und Kammerorchester (1. Klavierkonzert)Composer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: piano and chamber orchestra
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Variation über ein eigenes ThemaComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: piano and orchestra
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in einem Satz für zwei Klaviere und OrchesterComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: 2 pianos and orchestra
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für Klavier und OrchesterComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: piano and orchestra
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nach venezianischen Sextinen von Eckart PeterichComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soprano, flute, piano, string orchestra and 3 timpaniLanguage: German
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Composer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Vocal and performing scoreInstrumentation: Alto, Violin and VioloncelloLanguage: LatinProduct number: ED 3153In stock€24.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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nach Worten von Johann Wolfgang von GoetheComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: female voice and large orchestraLanguage: German
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Suite aus dem Ballett für großes OrchesterComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: large orchestra
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Kantate nach Goethes gleichnamigem FragmentComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soprano- and baritone-solo, mixed choir (SATB) and orchestraLanguage: German
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CantataComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Piano reductionSeries: Pandora
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Sechs Gedichte aus des Herrn Peter Squentz gereymtem Venus-Spighel, Concerto im baroquischem GeschmakkComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Choral scoreInstrumentation: mixed choir (SATB), wind instruments and pianoLanguage: GermanProduct number: ED 147-01 Q25021In stock€4.99Incl. Tax
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Sechs Gedichte aus des Herrn Peter Squentz gereymtem Venus-Spighel, Concerto im baroquischem GeschmakkComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Set of wind partsInstrumentation: mixed choir (SATB), wind instruments and pianoLanguage: GermanProduct number: ED 147-10 Q20424In stock€22.99Incl. Tax
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Solo CantataComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: low voice, flute and piano or organProduct number: ED 6423In stock€17.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Dialog für Violoncello und OrchesterComposer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: cello and orchestra
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Composer: Hermann ReutterMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: violin and pianoProduct number: ED 3690In stock€18.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping