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His classical music often combines a myriad of styles and techniques, including baroque, classical, and twelve-tone music.
His classical music often combines a myriad of styles and techniques, including baroque, classical, and twelve-tone music.


==Major works==
==Works==
*1943 ''Polyphone Studien'' for chamber orchestra
*Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra
*1944 ''Une des fins du monde'', Kantate für Bariton und Orchester nach [[Jean Giraudoux]]
*''Medea'' (opera)
*1945 ''Chinese Love Songs''; ''Furioso''
*1947 ''Swiss Folk Song Suite'' (Schweizerische Volksliedersuite)
*1949 ''Music'' for Orchestra and Reciter; ''Chinese Song''; ''Symphony No 1''
*1950 ''Streitlied zwischen Leben und Tod'' (Combat Song of Lifeand Death)
*1951 ''Sonata for piano''
*1952 ''Leonore 40/45'' (opera). First performance: Basle
*1954 ''Penelope'' (opera). First performance: Salzburg Festival(Szell/Schuh/Neher); ''Concerto for Jazzband and Symphony Orchestra''.First performance: Donaueschingen, cond. H. Rosbaud. American premiere:Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. Fritz Reiner
*1955 ''The School for Wifes'' (opera). First performance of theone-act version: Louisville, Kentucky
*1957 ''Die Schule der Frauen'' (opera). European premiere: Salzburg Festival (Szell/Schuh/Neher)
*1958 ''Geigy Festival Concerto'' for Basle drum and orchestra
*1959 ''Capriccio'' for soprano, violin and orchestra
*1964 ''Concert des Echanges'', Swiss National Exhibition, Lausanne
*1981 ''Essai 81'' for cello and piano
*1984 ''Ferdinand'', parable for speaker and instruments
*1987 ''La Forêt'' (opera). First performance: Geneva (Tate/Deflo/Orlandi)
*1988 ''Herring Quintet''; ''Cosmopolitan Greetings'' (Gruntz/Wilson/Ginsberg)
*1989 ''Medea Monologue'' for soprano, female choir and orchestra
*1990 ''3x1 = CH+X'' for mezzo-soprano, choir and orchestra
*1992 ''Freispruch für Medea'' (opera). First performance: Hamburg 1995
*1994 ''Enigma''; Violin Concerto
*1995 ''Piano Concerto''
*1996 ''Die schlesischen Weber''(text: Heinrich Heine) for mixedchoir, string quartet and piano
*1997 ''Variations on a Theme from Appenzell'' for five instruments
*1998 ''Mouvance'' for nine percussion players and piano


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 15:11, 3 November 2006

Rolf Liebermann (September 14, 1910January 2, 1999) was a Swiss composer of different kinds of music: chansons, classical, and light music.

His classical music often combines a myriad of styles and techniques, including baroque, classical, and twelve-tone music.

Works

  • 1943 Polyphone Studien for chamber orchestra
  • 1944 Une des fins du monde, Kantate für Bariton und Orchester nach Jean Giraudoux
  • 1945 Chinese Love Songs; Furioso
  • 1947 Swiss Folk Song Suite (Schweizerische Volksliedersuite)
  • 1949 Music for Orchestra and Reciter; Chinese Song; Symphony No 1
  • 1950 Streitlied zwischen Leben und Tod (Combat Song of Lifeand Death)
  • 1951 Sonata for piano
  • 1952 Leonore 40/45 (opera). First performance: Basle
  • 1954 Penelope (opera). First performance: Salzburg Festival(Szell/Schuh/Neher); Concerto for Jazzband and Symphony Orchestra.First performance: Donaueschingen, cond. H. Rosbaud. American premiere:Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. Fritz Reiner
  • 1955 The School for Wifes (opera). First performance of theone-act version: Louisville, Kentucky
  • 1957 Die Schule der Frauen (opera). European premiere: Salzburg Festival (Szell/Schuh/Neher)
  • 1958 Geigy Festival Concerto for Basle drum and orchestra
  • 1959 Capriccio for soprano, violin and orchestra
  • 1964 Concert des Echanges, Swiss National Exhibition, Lausanne
  • 1981 Essai 81 for cello and piano
  • 1984 Ferdinand, parable for speaker and instruments
  • 1987 La Forêt (opera). First performance: Geneva (Tate/Deflo/Orlandi)
  • 1988 Herring Quintet; Cosmopolitan Greetings (Gruntz/Wilson/Ginsberg)
  • 1989 Medea Monologue for soprano, female choir and orchestra
  • 1990 3x1 = CH+X for mezzo-soprano, choir and orchestra
  • 1992 Freispruch für Medea (opera). First performance: Hamburg 1995
  • 1994 Enigma; Violin Concerto
  • 1995 Piano Concerto
  • 1996 Die schlesischen Weber(text: Heinrich Heine) for mixedchoir, string quartet and piano
  • 1997 Variations on a Theme from Appenzell for five instruments
  • 1998 Mouvance for nine percussion players and piano

External links