Manfred Schubert

Manfred Schubert (27 April 1937 – 10 June 2011) was a German composer, conductor and music critic.

Life Schubert was born the son of a lawyer in Berlin-Charlottenburg. In his youth, he received violin and piano lessons; he passed his Abitur in Berlin-Köpenick. Georg Knepler and Siegfried Bimberg and Slavic studies at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Chamber music 1961: Musik für sieben Instrumente (12') 1963: I. Streichquartett (16') 1966: Sonata per flauto solo (15') 1967: Moments musicaux, for wind quintet (12') 1967: Septett (11') 1967/68: Nachtstück und Passacaglia, for octet (17') 1970: II. Streichquartett (14') 1975: Evocazione, per undici esecutori (10') 1984/85: Vogelreden II, Concertante Duo for Flute and Harp (12') 1987: Elegia con elgeganza, Canto aleatorio V per contrabbasso solo (9') 1987: Ramificazioni, Canto aleatorio VI per arpa sola (9') 2002: Trazóm Suédama, Trio for oboe, violin and violoncello (18')

Piano pieces 1960: Variazioni per pianoforte (11') 1961: I. Klaviersonate (10') 1963: II. Klaviersonate (11') 1967: Serenata semplice (3') 1969: Vier Cembalostücke (7') 1976: Esde Hafis, Canto aleatorio II per pianoforte solo (7')

Vocal music 1964: Acht Lieder, on poems by Bertolt Brecht (9') 1964: Traumwald, Four Lieder on poems by Christian Morgenstern for baritone and String Orchestra (6') 1973: Canzone amorose, Concerto for baritone and large orchestra on poems by Johannes Bobrowski (22') 1986: Nachtgesänge, after Carl Friedrich Zelter together with two intermezzi for medium voice and small orchestra (Goethe) (20') 1992: Miserere, for eight–part mixed choir and organ (8') 1996: Misericordia ejus, antiphon for 2 mixed choirs a cappella (12') 1995–97: Missa viadrina, for eight–part mixed choir a cappella (50') 2006: Zweite Romantik, seven sonnets for medium voice and piano (32')

Poetry collections 1997–2009: Blaues Haus auf rotem Grund; Reisegedichte 1998–2006: Muse und Metier; Künstlerprobleme 1993–2009: Wetterleuchten; Gedichte zwischen Hoffnung und Zweifel

Prizes Composition Prize at the Prague Spring International Music Festival (1966) (1966) Prize of the (1966, 1969) Manfred Schubert. In Peter Hollfelder: Geschichte der Klaviermusik. Volume 1. Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 1989,.