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Jörg Herchet
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'''Jörg Herchet''' (born 20 September 1943) is a German composer.
== Life ==
Born in [[Dresden]], Herchet grew up as the son of a driver and a worker in modest circumstances. As a pupil he received [[Recorder (musical instrument)|recorder]] and [[cello]] lessons, later piano and singing lessons. Already at that time he composed his first smaller compositions.
From 1962 to 1965 he studied composition at the [[Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber]] in Dresden with [[Johannes Paul Thilman]] and [[Manfred Weiss (composer)|Manfred Weiss]], cello with Clemens Dillner and piano with Ilse Brähmer. The use of a [[Franz Kafka]] text in his composition ''Interfragmentarium zum werke von franz k. für klavier und alt'' led to distortions with the Hochschule, whereupon Herchet continued his composition studies at the [[Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler"]] in [[East-Berlin]] with [[Rudolf Wagner-Régeny]] from 1967 to 1969. His diploma thesis on ''The importance of music-theoretical writings by [[Arnold Schönberg|Schönberg]] and [[Paul Hindemith|Hindemith]] for the development of a compositional theory'' was rejected on the grounds that a compositional theory "must lead to [[Hanns Eisler]] and not to [[Pierre Boulez]]". He also studied musicology (among others with ) at the [[Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin]].
After Herchet first worked as an assistant in the book trade and received organ lessons from Gerald Stier and from 1969 to 1970, he became a master student of [[Paul Dessau]] from 1970 to 1974. In 1974, Herchet moved back to Dresden and lived there as a freelance composer. With works whose instrumentation Herchet gradually enlarged, he gradually became known. The orchestral composition ''komposition für flöte und orchester'' from 1976 was his first great success. During the 1980 [[Donaueschinger Musiktage]], his ''komposition für trombone, bariton und orchester'' was premiered.
From 1981 he received teaching positions for composition and composition at the Hochschule für Musik "Carl Maria von Weber". In 1992 he was appointed professor for [[musical composition]] and [[musical analysis|analysis]]. His students included , Lydia Weißgerber, , , , , , and . Herchet retired in 2009 and now lives in [[Weinböhla]].
== Awards ==
* 1993: Internationaler Bodensee-Kulturpreis für Musik
* Since 1995: Member of the [[Sächsische Akademie der Künste]]
== Compositions (selection) ==
* Composition 1 for organ (1981)
* ''Namen Gottes''. Composition 3 for organ (Zyklus; 1990–)
* ''Das geistliche Jahr.'' (Kantatenzyklus zum geistlichen Jahr; 1978–)
* ''Bußkantate'' Composition for soprano, alto, baritone, choir, harp, percussion and organ (to the text by Jörg Milbradt, 1978), premiered by dedicatee and .
* Composition for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano (1978), premiered in Berlin 1979 by the
* ''Nachtwache.'' Composition for musical theatre (1987)
* ''Abraum.'' Composition for musical theatre (1996/1997). [[libretto]] Jörg Milbradt (nach Motiven aus '''' by [[Gerhart Hauptmann]]), premiered in 1997 in Leipzig, conductor [[Lothar Zagrosek]]
* Composition for flute (also [[alto flute]]) and orchestra (1976)
* ''Cantata para la Fiesta de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe'' (Cantata for the [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]] festival) (2013) text: Jörg Milbradt, after Valeriano, Antonio: Nican Mopohua/Traducción del Nuatl al Castillano por Mario Rojas Sanchez. Puebla 1989. Partially premiered on 2 April 2013 in [[Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza|Puebla]] (Mexico). World premiere of the complete work on 7 May 2014 in Dresden.
== Discography ==
* CD Komposition 1 für 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncello. [[Arditti Quartet]]. [[Wergo]] 1986.
* CD Namen Gottes: Orgelwerke. Gary Verkade. [[Querstand (Label)|Querstand]] 2008.
* CD Das geistliche Jahr 1. Vier Kantaten. Meißner Kantorei 1961. [[Christfried Brödel]]. Querstand 2012.
* CD Das geistliche Jahr 2. Vier Kantaten. Meißner Kantorei 1961. Christfried Brödel, [[elole-Klaviertrio]]. Querstand 2013.
* CD Das geistliche Jahr 3. Drei Kantaten. Meißner Kantorei 1961. Christfried Brödel; Matthias Geuting. Querstand 2017.
* CD Seligpreisungen. Komposition I für Orgel Stück VIII. [[Dominik Susteck]], Organ. Querstand 2013.
== Bibliography ==
* [[Christoph Sramek]]: ''Die töne haben mich geblendet''. Verlag Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad, Altenburg 2003.
* Über Herchet-Aufführungen des Dresdner Kreuzchores, in [[Matthias Herrmann (musicologist)|Matthias Herrmann]]'s ''Dresdner Kreuzchor und zeitgenössische Chormusik. Ur- und Erstaufführungen zwischen Richter und Kreile'', Marburg 2017, (Schriften des Dresdner Kreuzchores, Vol. 2)
*Patrick Beck: ''Am Fixpunkt der Seele – Gespräch mit Jörg Herchet.'' In [[Ostragehege (newspaper)|Ostragehege]], Zeitschrift für Literatur und Kunst, issue 52, Dresden 2008.
* Felicitas Nicolai: ''… daß ich in der kirche so gar keine heimat finden konnte, hat mich sehr geschmerzt …. Jörg Herchet im Gespräch über seinen Kantatenzyklus "Das geistliche Jahr" dated 22 August 1995.'' In Matthias Herrmann's ''Die Dresdner Kirchenmusik im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert.'' Laaber, Laaber 1998, . . (= ''Musik in Dresden'', 3)
== References ==
== External links ==
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* [https://www.breitkopf.com/search?autor=Herchet,+Jörg&__clear= Jörg Herchet] beim Verlag [[Breitkopf & Härtel]]
* [https://ift.tt/2C7n36s Jörg Herchet] im "Archiv für Zeitgenössische Komponisten" der [[Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden|Sächsischen Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden]]
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Dresden]]
[[Category:20th-century German composers]]
[[Category:21st-century German composers]]
[[Category:German male musicians]]
[[Category:German music educators]]
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