Karl-Rudi Griesbach

Karl-Rudi Griesbach (14 June 1916 – 8 May 2000) was a German composer, librettist, dramaturge, music critic and academic teacher.

Life Born in Breckerfeld, Westphalia, Orchestral work Kleine Sinfonie (1950) Afrikanische Sinfonie (1963) Sinfonie (67) in memory of the Great Socialist October Revolution (1967) Ostinati for orchestra (1976) Kontakte for orchestra (1978) Szene for orchestra Konzertante Musik für Klavier und Kammerorchester (1964) Stage works Kolumbus, opera (1958) Der Schwarze – der Weiße − und die Frau, opera (1963) Belle und Armand, opera (1988) Aulus und sein Papagei, opera (1982) Kleider machen Leute, ballet (1954) Schneewittchen, ballet (1956) Reinecke Fuchs, ballet (1977) Samson, ballet (c. 1980) Vocal music Planetarisches Manifest, cantata after Johannes R. Becher for soprano, baritone, piano, choir and orchestra (1962) Trinke Mut des reinen Lebens, for baritone, female choir and orchestra based on texts by Goethe (1981) Song cycle, texts by Shakespeare, Brecht, and others Folk song arrangements Piano and chamber music String Quartet (1977) Musik für Flöte und Streichtrio (1953) Kleine Olympiade: Klavierstücke für die Jugend (1961) blues-impressions, five piano pieces in jazz style (1962) Partita for piano (1986)