Günter Neubert

Günter Neubert (11 March 1936 – 18 November 2021 ) was a German composer and tonmeister.

Life Born in Crimmitschau, Saxony, after his Abitur at a secondary school in Crimmitschau in 1954, Neubert studied school music at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig from 1954 to 1955 and from 1955 to 1960 sound engineering at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". He completed his studies in 1960 with the Staatsexamen and diploma. From 1959 to 1965 he was a guest auditor with Rudolf Wagner-Régeny. From 1965 to 1967 he was its aspirant and acquired the teaching qualification for music theory at the Berlin Musikhochschule. From 1968 to 1971 he was for musical composition with Wagner-Régeny and Paul Dessau at the Academy of Arts, Berlin.

From 1960 to 1961, Neubert was assistant Tonmeister at the Rundfunk der DDR in Berlin. From 1961 to 1991 he worked as sound director at the radio station in Leipzig. 2008: Da Pacem, Domine. Oratorio for the Peace of Westphalia, for soprano, bass, speaker, choir, organ and small orchestra. UA 2008 Münster (Lambertikirche) 2011: Choral-Kantate: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott for mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone, mixed choir and instrumental ensemble. UA 2017 Münster (Erlöserkirche) 2019: Glockenweihemusik for brass instruments, timpani and bells. UA 2019 Leipzig (Nikolaikirche). Christfried Brödel (conductor)

Stage work 1974: Weihnachtsgans Auguste. Musical fairy tale for bass buffo, two female speakers, children's choir and small orchestra. Libretto: Kurt Steiniger (after Friedrich Wolf). UA 1974 Nordhausen 1983: Das verschenkte Weinen. Ballet in 11 scenes. UA 1990 Halle (Theater des Friedens). 1990–1995: Persephone oder Der Ausgleich der Welten. Opera in 4 acts. Libretto: Carl Ceiss (after Werner Heiduczek). UA 2001 Leipzig (Leipzig Opera). Gewandhausorchester, Johannes Kalitzke (conductor)

Radio music 1969: Franz Freitag: Der Egoist. Director: Gert Andreae (radio play, Rundfunk der DDR) 1970: William Shakespeare: Othello. Director: Gert Andreae (radio play, Rundfunk der DDR) 1971: Charles De Coster: Grietje heiratet. Adaptation: Gudrun Mogel, director Günter Bormann (radio play, Rundfunk der DDR) 1985: Gerhart Hauptmann: Vor Sonnenuntergang. Adaptation: Ulrich Griebel, director Walter Niklaus (radio play, Rundfunk der DDR)

Literature Neubert, Günter. In Wilfried W. Bruchhäuser: Komponisten der Gegenwart im Deutschen Komponisten-Interessenverband. Ein Handbuch. 4th edition. Deutscher Komponisten-Interessenverband, Berlin 1995,. Neubert, Günter. In Paul Frank, Wilhelm Altmann: Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstlerlexikon. Second part: Ergänzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937. Volume 1, Heinrichshofen. 15th edition. Wilhelmshaven 1974,. Udo Klement: Gedenkmusiken von Reiner Bredemeyer, Helge Jung, Ernst Hermann Meyer und Günter Neubert. In 2, 1988. Günter Neubert. In Peter Hollfelder: Geschichte der Klaviermusik. Volume 1. Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 1989,. Ulrike Liedtke: Günter Neubert. In Komponisten der Gegenwart (KDG). Edition Text & Kritik, Munich 1996.