Hans-Joachim Koellreutter
Hans-Joachim Koellreutter (2 September 1915 – 13 September 2005) was a Brazilian composer, teacher and musicologist. Koellreutter was born in Freiburg, Germany and lived in Brazil from 1937 onward, where he became one of the country's most influential musicians. In Brazil Koellreuter taught many prominent composers, including Gilberto Mendes, Cláudio Santoro, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Denis Mandarino, Jayme Amatnecks, among others.
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- Name
- Hans-Joachim Koellreutter
- Born
- 2 September 1915
- Birthplace
- Freiburg, Germany
- Died
- 13 September 2005
- Place of death
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Occupation
- composer, teacher and musicologist
- Known for
- brought the theory of atonal music to Brazil
- Nationality
- Germany · Brazil
- Fields
- music
- Honours
- Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) · honorary doctor of the Federal University of Ceará
- Languages
- English · Portuguese · German
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Hans-Joachim Koellreutter (2 September 1915 – 13 September 2005) was a Brazilian composer, teacher and musicologist. Koellreutter was born in Freiburg, Germany and lived in Brazil from 1937 onward, where he became one of the country's most influential musicians. In Brazil Koellreuter taught many prominent composers, including Gilberto Mendes, Cláudio Santoro, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Denis Mandarino, Jayme Amatnecks, among others.
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Biography
He brought the theory of atonal music to Brazil, creating the group "Musica Viva" and inflating the debate between the "Nationalists" and "Serialists". While the former group believed in the use of folklore material for the development of their compositions, the latter believed that the more rational approach of the European school was the path to truly contemporary works. This debate played a central role in the esthetic developments of Brazilian classical music throughout the 20th century.
Denis Mandarino and Susana Baron Supervielle are recorded as having studied under Hans-Joachim Koellreutter. The recorded working language is English, Portuguese and German. The field of work recorded is music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are atonality. Distinctions recorded are Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) and honorary doctor of the Federal University of Ceará.
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• Name — Hans-Joachim Koellreutter • Born — 2 September 1915 • Birthplace — Freiburg, Germany • Died — 13 September 2005 • Place of death — São Paulo, Brazil • Occupation — composer, teacher and musicologist • Known for — brought the theory of atonal music to Brazil • Notable Works — created the group Musica Viva
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Koellreutter died in São Paulo, Brazil, 11 days after his 90th birthday.
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2005
Hans-Joachim Koellreutter died at São Paulo.
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Freiburg im Breisgau.
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scholarly publication
- Hans-Joachim Koellreutter y la música sudamericana en los Cursos Internacionales de Verano de Darmstadt (1949-1951), Per Musi, 2021
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2021
- Migration, the Dodecaphonic Diaspora and the Transnational Network of Musical Modernism: The Varied Career of Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, Twentieth-Century Music, 2025
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2025
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- “Hans-Joachim Koellreutter”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q315106: Hans-Joachim Koellreutter
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The authorities additionally record the headings Hans Joachim Koellreutter and Hans Joachim Koellreuter. His recorded languages were English, Portuguese and German. Formation and teaching. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Koellreutter received Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) and honorary doctor of the Federal University of Ceará. Recorded as having received Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) and honorary doctor of the Federal University of Ceará. Holdings and surviving copies.
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