Herbert Rosendorfer

Herbert Rosendorfer studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Bolzano, Bayreuth and Munich. Employment is recorded with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Distinctions recorded are Bavarian Order of Merit, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ernst Hoferichter Prize and German Science Fiction Prize.

• Name — Herbert Rosendorfer • Born — 19 February 1934 • Birthplace — Bolzano • Died — 20 September 2012 • Place of death — Eppan, South Tyrol • Occupation — Jurist, writer, historian, composer • Known for — Judge (High Court of Appeal in Naumburg)

Herbert Rosendorfer was born in the village of Gries (currently in the province of Bolzano) in the South Tyrol. From 1939 to 1943, he lived in Munich. In 1943, he was evacuated to Kitzbühel, returning to Munich five years later. After finishing school, Rosendorfer spent a year studying painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich but then entered the Faculty of Law at LMU Munich. Between 1967 and 1993, Rosendorfer served as a judge in Munich, after which he was a Justice at the High Court of Appeal in Naumburg. Also, from 1990, he was an honorary professor of the history of Bavarian literature at LMU Munich. Following his retirement, he lived in Eppan, in the South Tyrol, till his death on 20 September 2012.

Rosendorfer penned numerous novels and short stories, as well as plays, TV scripts, historical research, and treatises and guides on music. Some of his works belong in the genre of fantasy; even in his works of realism and history, he often used elements of satire and the grotesque. He was a painter and composer, and combined his passion for literature and music in several librettos for the opera.

• Two Marches, opus 7 for piano with four hands, Munich, 1999 • Musical Moments, opus 8a for flute and piano, Munich, 2000 • Musical Moments, opus 8b for oboe and piano, Munich, 2000 • Glory and Honour to the city of Passau, opus 9 for oboe (flute), clarinet and bassoon, Munich, 2000 • Two songs, opus 10 No. 1 and 2 for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra, Munich, 2000 • The Twelve Apostles of Rohrdorf; first performed December 1, 2005 at the Benedictine school in Ettal • Concerto in D major for oboe and chamber orchestra, opus 14, 2008.

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