Heinz Röttger
Heinz Martin Albert Röttger (6 November 1909 – 26 August 1977) was a German composer. From 1928 to 1931, Röttger attended the Akademie der Tonkunst in Munich, where he studied under Walter Courvoisier and Hugo Röhr. From 1930 to 1934, he studied under Alfred Lorenz and Adolf Sandberger at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; his doctoral thesis was on problems of form in the work of Richard Strauss.
Heinz Röttger
- Name
- Heinz Martin Albert Röttger
- Born
- 6 November 1909
- Birthplace
- Herford, German Empire
- Died
- 26 August 1977
- Place of death
- Dessau, East Germany
- Occupation
- composer, musical director
- Nationality
- Germany · German Democratic Republic
- Fields
- opera
- Education
- University of Music and Theatre Munich
- Teachers
- Hans Knappertsbusch
- Languages
- German
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Heinz Martin Albert Röttger (6 November 1909 – 26 August 1977) was a German composer. From 1928 to 1931, Röttger attended the Akademie der Tonkunst in Munich, where he studied under Walter Courvoisier and Hugo Röhr. From 1930 to 1934, he studied under Alfred Lorenz and Adolf Sandberger at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; his doctoral thesis was on problems of form in the work of Richard Strauss.
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Until the outbreak of the Second World War, he was Kapellmeister in Augsburg, in Bavaria. After the War, he worked at the Stralsunder Theater, in Stralsund in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; in 1951, he became music director of the Volkstheater Rostock and the municipal orchestra there. In 1954, he was made chief musical director of the Landestheater Dessau, in Dessau in Sachsen-Anhalt, where he remained until his death in Dessau on 26 August 1977. His works include Bellmann, 1946; Phaeton, 1957; Der Heiratsantrag, a comic opera after Anton Chekhov, 1960; Die Frauen von Troja, 1962; Der Weg nach Palermo, 1965; Spanisches Capriccio, 1976.
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• Name — Heinz Martin Albert Röttger • Born — 6 November 1909 • Birthplace — Herford, German Empire • Died — 26 August 1977 • Place of death — Dessau, East Germany • Occupation — composer, musical director
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1909
Heinz Röttger born at Herford.
1977
Heinz Röttger died at Dessau.
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Formation and teaching. Röttger studied at University of Music and Theatre Munich. The record notes the qualification Doctor of Sciences. He trained under Hans Knappertsbusch. Recorded as composer, conductor, general music director and musician.
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