Gottfried Glöckner

Gottfried Glöckner is a German composer, choral conductor and music educator.

Life

Born in Chemnitz, Glöckner attended the Zwickau Conservatory. Afterwards he worked as a music teacher in Bad Liebenwerda and Frankfurt (Oder). From 1970 to 1974 he studied composition with Manfred Weiss at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden. He worked as a freelance composer and choral conductor in Frankfurt (Oder). Glöckner's compositions were published by bellmannmusik, Edition Choris Mundi and. His Concerto for Orchestra was first performed in Havana in 1984.
He was married to the writer Helga Glöckner-Neubert until her death in 2017.

Awards

1986: Hanns Eisler Prize

Compositions

Alle Kinder können sich verstehen for children' choir and piano Bratschenstücke for viola and piano Concertino for accordion and wind quintetErste Liebe for medium voice and pianoFlötentrio for flutesFünf Intermezzi for clarinet and pianoKleine Suite for accordion soloKonzert für OrchesterMusik zur Weihnachtszeit for small ensemblePhilosophen und die Liebe for medium voice and pianoPräludium und PassacagliaSieben Stücke for horn and piano

Sonata for flute and piano
Sonatine for clarinet and piano