Carlferdinand Zech
Carlferdinand Zech was a German musicologist, composer and choir conductor.
Early life
Born in Potsdam, Zech attended Franckesche Stiftungen in Halle an der Saale. From 1939 to 1943, he was a member of the. Afterwards, he attended secondary school in Schönebeck in 1948, where Hans Naumilkat was his teacher. During this time, he conducted the Volkschor and the school choir of Schönebeck. Zech also composed his first works of music for the stage. From 1950 to 1955, he studied at the, studying under Werner Gößling, Fritz Reuter and Walther Siegmund-Schultze. He completed his studies as Kapellmeister. He also passed the Staatsexamen in conducting and music theory.Career
From 1955 to 1959, Zech was an assistant at the Institute for Musicology of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. He then directed the Stadtsingechor zu Halle until 1968, which he rebuilt. He installed choir classes and affiliated the choir with Latina August Hermann Francke. From 1951 to 1976, he served as choir director of the "Johann Friedrich Reichardt". From 1968, he taught music theory and music history at the University of Halle-Wittenberg.In 1972, he was awarded the Dr. phil. with this dissertation Die Solokonzerte von Dmitri Shostakovich. Untersuchungen über Aufbau der Werke und ihre ästhetische Wertung. In 1982 he completed a second disseration: Die kompositorischen Gestaltungsmittel unseres Jahrhunderts als Gegenstand der Musiktheorie.
Zech published several contributions to music theory and emerged as a composer.
Zech died in Halle (Saale) at the age of 78. Since 2013, his estate has been managed by the.
Compositions
Instrumental music
Kleine Suite für Kammerorchester, 19572 Sonatinen für Klavier, 1958Holzbläser-Quartett, 1959Kleine Suite, 1959Vier kleine Stücke für Klavier, 1960Festliche Musik für Kammerorchester, 1961Preludio, 1963Leuna II, 1963Nonett für Bläser und Schlagwerk, 1966Kleine Sinfonie für Jugendorchester, 1968Divertimento für Streichorchester, 1970Concertante Musik für Kammerorchester, 1971Streichquartett, 1977Vocal music
Kantate vom neuen Menschen, 1960Festkantate, 1961Unser Jahr beginnt im Mai, 1965Memlebener Kantate, 1976Publications
- with Kurt Johnen: Allgemeine Musiklehre. 15th completely reworked edition, Reclam, Leipzig 1984.Tonsatzstudien. Funktionsharmonik, Liedbegleitung, Kontrapunkt. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1988.Die kompositorischen Gestaltungsmittel unseres Jahrhunderts als Gegenstand der Musiktheorie.