Theodor Blumer
Theodor Anton Blumer (24 March 1881 – 21 September 1964) was a German composer and conductor. Blumer was born in Dresden. He studied composition with Felix Draeseke and W. Brookman at the Dresden Conservatory.
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Theodor Blumer
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- Born
- 1881 · Dresden.
- Died
- 1964 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- composer · conductor · choir director · chapelmaster · pianist · musician
- Fields
- opera
- Education
- Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber
- Languages
- German
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In 1931, he became the conductor of the Dresden Radio Orchestra and subsequently moved to Leipzig to head the Middle German Radio Orchestra there for eleven years. He spent the rest of his life in Berlin. Blumer's compositions include music for solo piano, string orchestra, and mixed chamber groups, as well as works for larger ensembles. These include a piano quintet, two violin sonatas, string trio (1928), a flute sonata, four woodwind quintets, a string quartet (in G minor, his opus 51), a comic opera Die Fünfuhrthee (The Five-o'Clock Tea) (produced in Berlin and Bremen in 1912) and a symphonic poem Erlösung. Some of his chamber music has been recorded on three CDs on the label Crystal Records.
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Theodor Blumer was born on 24 March 1881 in Dresden. Theodor Blumer died on 21 September 1964 in Berlin.
Theodor Blumer studied at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera.
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Theodor Blumer lived from 24 March 1881 to 21 September 1964 and was a conductor, musician, choral conductor, Kapellmeister, pianist and composer.
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- 1.Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon CD Reviews. The Double Reed. International Double Reed Society. 27. 2. 129. 2004. 0741-7659.
- 2.e.g. a polonaise for large orchestra - Blumer's opus 84 - published in 1940 by Zimmermann of Leipzig.
- 3.the title page of his second violin sonata describes it as his second violin sonata - sonata no.1 opus 33 in D minor, sonata no.2 opus 43 in C minor. This does not preclude more, of course.
- 4.Neues Wuppertaler Streichtrio. Announcement of Performance of String Trio. 2007-08-26.
- 5.F.B. New Music. The Musical Times. Musical Times Ltd. 69. 1029. 1000. November 1, 1928. 0027-4666.
- 6.- description of Blumer's string quartet in G minor, Op.51 (composed 1923-24).
- 7.Musical Times Ltd. Foreign Notes: Bremen. The Musical Times. 53. 837. 744. November 1, 1912. 0027-4666.
- 8.Barnett, Rob. Review of Antes Edition Recording of 1921 and 1941 Sextets. MusicWeb International. May 2006.
- 9.Crystal Records. Woodwind Ensembles Catalog. 2007.
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