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Siegfried Tiefensee

1922 – 2009

German composer-conductor

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Lived 1922 – 2009 (aged 86). Siegfried Tiefensee was a German composer and conductor.

Siegfried Tiefensee (20 October 1922 – 24 March 2009) was a German musician and conductor.

Siegfried Tiefensee was born in Rastenburg, East Prussia, he started his artistic education in his early youth and learned piano, violin and composing. In 1947 he passed his exam as a music teacher and in 1951 his state examination as a conductor.

Tiefensee became the Kapellmeister at the theaters of Stendal (1951–1954), Gera (1954–1958) and Leipzig (1958-1990).

Tiefensee was the father of four children, one of them the German politician Wolfgang Tiefensee. Tiefensee died in Leipzig.

Works

Cipollino, Ein Spiel für Kinder/Kinderoper, 1959 Katz und Kätzchen, Oper für Kinder, 1960 Schneewittchen, DEFA-Film, 1961 Das Pinguinei, Musical für Kinder, 1962 Adrian und das rote Auto, Kinderoper, 1966 Mascha und der Bär, Kinderballett, 1968 Die Zauberer sind da, Märchenstück mit Musik, 1968 Rotkäppchen, Märchenstück mit Musik, 1968 Das Rübchen, Märchenstück mit Musik, 1971 Der neue Struwwelpeter, Musikalisches Bilderbuch /Kinderoper, 1972 Vom Äffchen, das eine Brille trug, 1973 Die Geschichte vom tapferen Schneiderlein, Kinderballett, 1978 Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, Märchenstück mit Musik, 1980 Maus und Kater im Theater, Ein Spiel für zwei Darsteller mit viel Musik, 1984

Literature

Siegfried Tiefensee in: „Oper heute“, Almanach Nr. 1, Henschelverlag 1978 Eberhard Rebling: Ballett A – Z, Henschelverlag 1980 Brigitte Regler-Bellinger: Internationales Musiktheater für Kinder und Jugendliche, Frankfurt a. M. 1990 (pp 427 – 436) Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG), ed. Ludwig Finscher, Sachteil Band 5, 1996, 2. neubearb. Ausgabe, Stichwort „Kinder- und Jugendmusiktheater“ (Brigitte Regler-Bellinger), p. 48, 49

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Who was Siegfried Tiefensee?

German composer-conductor

When was Siegfried Tiefensee born?

Siegfried Tiefensee was born on 20 October 1922 in Kętrzyn.

When did Siegfried Tiefensee die?

Siegfried Tiefensee died on 24 March 2009 in Leipzig.

What was Siegfried Tiefensee's occupation?

Siegfried Tiefensee was a composer and conductor.

What nationality was Siegfried Tiefensee?

Siegfried Tiefensee was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Siegfried Tiefensee

· Wikidata: Q91475

· DBpedia: Siegfried Tiefensee

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