Rainer Riehn (12 November 1941 – 9 June 2015[1]) was a German composer and conductor, and a co-editor of music theory magazines.
Riehn was born in Danzig, Germany (modern Gdańsk, Poland) studied music theory in Mainz, Zürich, and Berlin and composition with Gottfried Michael Koenig in Utrecht.[2] He met the music theorist Heinz-Klaus Metzger at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse in the summer of 1965.[1] In 1968 he founded the Ensemble Musica Negativa,[3] in 1977 the series Musik-Konzepte, which he published until 2003 (together with Heinz-Klaus Metzger).[4] In 1984 Metzger and Riehn received the Deutscher Kritikerpreis as editors of the Musik-Konzepte.[1] In 1987 he was chief dramaturge at the Oper Frankfurt together with Heinz-Klaus Metzger,[4] and initiated the first commission for an opera composition for John Cage (Europeras 1 & 2).[2]
Works edit
- Les Chants de Maldoror,[2][5] electronic composition, realized in Utrecht about a poetic novel Les Chants de Maldoror by the Comte de Lautréamont
- Das Lied von der Erde,[6] a work of six songs by Gustav Mahler, arrangement for chamber ensemble by Arnold Schönberg, finished by Rainer Riehn (premiere by Ensemble Musica Negativa, Toblach 1983)
- nichts – als das Kinderspiel eines Erwachsenen,[2] string trio (premiere by trio recherche, Konstanz 2002)
References edit
- ^ a b c Dümling, Albrecht (30 June 2015). "Ein Leben im Querstand – Ausgabe: 7/15 – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Rainer Riehn". MuseumsQuartier Wien. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Neuner, Florian (6 August 2020). "Das Ensemble Musica Negativa – Music before Revolution". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Rainer Riehn auf suhrkamp.de". Suhrkamp Verlag (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Rainer Riehn : Chants de Maldoror". Les presses du réel. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Das Lied von der Erde". Universal Edition. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
External links edit
- Website of Heinz-Klaus Metzger and Rainer Riehn (in German)
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