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Biography

Dessau was born in Hamburg into a musical family. His grandfather, Moses Berend Dessau, was a cantor, his uncle, Bernhard Dessau, a violinist at the Royal Opera House, Unter den Linden, and his cousin Max Winterfeld became generally known under the name Jean Gilbert as a composer of operettas. The word Cantor can mean more than one thing: Cantor is another name for a Hazzan, a member of the Jewish clergy Cantor is the title of a member of a student society who is the main singer at a cantus Famous people named Cantor include: Eddie Cantor, singer & entertainer... Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 2003 Berlin State Opera (in German: Staatsoper Unter den Linden) is a prominent German opera company. ... View west through the Brandenburg Gate towards Straße des 17. ... Jean Gilbert (born Hamburg, 11 February 1879 - died Buenos Aires, 20 December 1942) was an German operetta composer and conductor. ...

From 1909 he majored in violin at the Klindworth-Scharwenka-Conservatory in Berlin. In 1912 he became répétiteur at the City Theatre (Stadttheater) in Hamburg. There he studied the works of the composers Felix von Weingartner and Arthur Nikisch and took classes in composition from Max Julius Loewengard. He was second Kapellmeister at the Tivoli Theatre in Bremen in 1914 before being drafted for military service in 1915. Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg (June 2, 1863 – May 7, 1942) was a conductor, composer and pianist. ... Arthur Nikisch (or Nikitsch) (October 12, 1855 – January 23, 1922) was a Hungarian conductor who performed mainly in Germany. ... A Kapellmeister is nowadays the director or conductor of an orchestra or choir. ... Bremen may mean: Bremen (city), the city in Germany itself Bremen Airport Bremen (state), which comprises the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven Archbishopric of Bremen, a historical state to the north of the city Duchy of Bremen, a historical state created on the secularization of the archbishopric in 1648 Bremen...

After World War I he became conductor at the Intimate Theatre (Kammerspiele), Hamburg, and was répétiteur and later Kapellmeister at the opera house in Cologne under Otto Klemperer between 1919 and 1923. In 1923 he became Kapellmeister in Mainz and from 1925 Principal Kapellmeister at the Städtische Oper Berlin under Bruno Walter. Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First World War, also known as... Köln redirects here. ... Photographic portrait taken ca. ... Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Deutsche Oper Berlin The Deutsche Oper Berlin is an opera house located in Berlin, Germany (in what was formerly West Berlin). ... Bruno Walter (September 15, 1876 - February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor and composer. ...

In 1933 Dessau emigrated to France, and 1939 moved further to the USA where initially he lived in New York before moving to Hollywood. Dessau returned to Germany with his second wife, the writer Elisabeth Hauptmann, and settled in East Berlin in 1948. Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... ... Elisabeth Hauptmann (born June 20, 1897 in Peckelsheim, Westphalia; died April 20, 1973 in East Berlin) was a German writer, who worked together with Bertolt Brecht. ...

Starting in 1952 he taught at the Public Drama School (Staatliche Schauspielschule) in Berlin-Oberschöneweide where he was appointed to a professorship in 1959. He became a member of the Deutsche Akademie der Künste Berlin in 1952 and was vice-president of this institution between 1957 and 1962. He taught many Meisterschüler (pupils in a master class), including Friedrich Goldmann, Reiner Bredemeyer, Jörg Herchet, Hans-Karsten Raecke, Friedrich Schenker, Luca Lombardi and Karl Ottomar Treibmann. Akademie der Künste at Pariser Platz, Berlin The Akademie der Künste (Academy of the Arts) in Berlin was founded in 1696 by Kurfürst (Elector) Friedrich III. of Brandenburg. ... Friedrich Goldmann (April 27, 1941), was born in Chemnitz. ... Luca Lombardi (born 24th December 1945 in Rome) is an Italien composer. ...

From 1954 he was married to the choreographer and director Ruth Berghaus. Their son Maxim Dessau (b. 1954) studied at the College of Film and Television (Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen) in Potsdam-Babelsberg. He is now a movie director. Ruth Berghaus (July 2, 1927 in Dresden – January 25, 1996 in Zeuthen, Berlin) was a German choreographer and opera and theater stage director. ... Potsdam is the capital city of the state of Brandenburg in Germany. ...

Works

Dessau composed operas, scenic plays, incidental music, ballets, symphonies and other works for orchestra, and pieces for solo instruments as well as vocal music. Since the 1920s he had been fascinated by film music. Among others he wrote compositions for early movies of Walt Disney, background music for silent pictures and early German films. While in exile in Paris he wrote the oratorio Hagadah shel Pessach after a libretto by Max Brod. In the 1950s in collaboration with Bertolt Brecht he focussed on the musical theatre. During that time his operas were produced. He also wrote Gebrauchsmusik (utility music) for the propaganda of the German Democratic Republic. At the same time he lobbied for the musical avant-garde (e.g. Witold Lutosławski, Alfred Schnittke, Boris Blacher, Hans Werner Henze and Luigi Nono). Sydney Opera House: one of the worlds most recognisable opera houses and landmarks. ... Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program or some other form not primarily musical. ... A symphony is an extended composition usually for orchestra and usually comprising several movements. ... A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... Max Brod Max Brod (May 27, 1884 – December 20, 1968) was a German-speaking Jewish author, composer, and journalist. ... Bertolt Brecht. ... This article is about the historical state. ... Witold LutosÅ‚awski at his home. ... Alfred Garyevich Schnittke (Russian: Альфре́д Га́ррьевич Шни́тке, November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998) was a Russian-German Jewish composer. ... Boris Blacher (January 6 (O.S.) / January 19 (N.S.), 1903 - January 30, 1975) was a German composer. ... Hans Werner Henze (born July 1, 1926 in Gütersloh, Westphalia, Germany) is a composer well known for his sometimes controversial political beliefs. ... Luigi Nono (29 January 1924 - 8 May 1990) was an Italian composer of contemporary music. ...

Operas

• "Die Reisen des Glücksgotts" (fragment), 1945 (after Bertolt Brecht)
• "Die Verurteilung des Lukullus" [Das Verhör des Lukullus], 1949-1951 (after Bertolt Brecht), world premiere on March 17, 1951 at the Staatsoper
• "Puntila", 1956-1959 (Peter Palitzsch and Manfred Wekwerth after Brecht play), world premiere on November 15,1966 at the Staatsoper
• "Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe" [fragment], 1961 (after Bertolt Brecht)
• "Lanzelot", 1967-9 (text: Heiner Müller and Ginka Tsholakova), world premiere on 19 December, 1969 at the Staatsoper
• "Einstein", 1969-1972, (text: Karl Mickel), world premiere on February 16, 1974 at the Staatsoper
• "Leonce und Lena", 1976-1979 (Thomas Körner after Georg Büchner), world premiere on November 24, 1979

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Incidental Music

• "99%- eine deutsche Heerschau" (Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches) 1938
• "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder: Chronik aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg" 1946-1949
• "Der gute Mensch von Sezuan" 1947-1948
• "Die Ausnahme und die Regel" 1948
• "Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti", Volksstück (folk play) 1949
• "Wie dem deutschen Michel geholfen wird." Clownspiel (clown play) 1949
• "Der Hofmeister" 1950
• "Herrnburger Bericht" for youth choir, soloists and orchestra 1951
• "Mann ist Mann" 1951-1956
• "Urfaust" 1952-1953
• "Don Juan" 1953
• "Der kaukasische Kreidekreis" 1953-1954
• "Coriolan" 1964

Film Music

• "Alice und ihre Feuerwehr" (21.8.1928), "Alice und die Flöhe" (25.9. 1928), "Alice und die Wildwest-Banditen" (18.10.1928) and "Alice und der Selbstmörder" (31.1.1929) by Walt Disney
• "Der verzauberte Wald" (7.9.1928) and "Die Wunderuhr" (12.11.1928) by Ladislas Starewitch
• "Doktor Doolittle und seine Tiere" (15.12.1928) by Lotte Reiniger with arrangements of music by Kurt Weill, Paul Hindemith and a private composition
• Musical director in musical and operetta films together with Richard Tauber (among others "Das Land des Lächelns", "Melodie der Liebe"). with melodies by Franz Lehár and Bronislaw Kaper
• "Stürme über dem Montblanc", "Der weiße Rausch" and "S.O.S. Eisberg" by Arnold Fanck
• "Cargaison Blanche" (by Robert Siodmak), "Yoshiwara"" (by Max Ophüls), "Werther" (by Max Ophüls)

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Works for Choir

• "Deutsches Miserere" for mixed choir, children's choir, soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists, large orchestra, organ and trautonium 1943-1944
• "Internationale Kriegsfibel" for soloists, mixed choir and instruments 1944-45
• "Die Erziehung der Hirse", musical epic for one narrator, one solo voice, mixed choir, youth choir and large orchestra 1952-1954
• "Vier Grabschriften."
  • "Grabschrift für Gorki" for one or several male voices and brass (1947)
  • "Grabschrift für Rosa Luxemburg" for mixed choir and orchestra
  • "Grabschrift für Liebknecht"
  • "Grabschrift für Lenin"
• 5 Songs for three female voices and cappella:
  • "Die Thälmannkolonne"
  • "Mein Bruder war ein Flieger"
  • "Vom Kind, das sich nicht waschen wollte"
  • "Sieben Rosen hat der Strauch"
  • "Lied von der Bleibe"
• "Appell der Arbeiterklasse" for alto and tenor solo, narrator, children's and mixed choir and large orchestra, 1960-1961

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Songs

• "Kampflied der schwarzen Strohhüte" 1936
• "Die Thälmann-Kolonne" 1936
• "Lied einer deutschen Mutter" 1943
• "Das deutsche Miserere" 1943
• "Horst-Dussel-Lied" 1943
• "Wiegenlied für Gesang und Gitarre" 1947
• "Aufbaulied der FDJ" 1948
• "Zukunftslied" 1949
• "Friedenslied" for one solo voice with one accompanying voice (text: Bertolt Brecht after Pablo Neruda) 1951
• "Der Augsburger Kreidekreis." A dramatic ballad for music 1952
• "Jakobs Söhne ziehen aus, im Ägyptenland Lebensmittel zu holen" for children's choir, soloists and instruments 1953
• "Der anachronistische Zug." ballad for song, piano and percussion 1956
• "Kleines Lied" for song and piano 1965
• "Historie vom verliebten Schwein Malchus" for solo voice 1973
• "Spruch für Gesang und Klavier" 1973
• "Bei den Hochgestellten" 1975

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Other Compositions

• "In memoriam Bertolt Brecht" for large orchestra 1956-1957
• "Bach-Variationen" for large orchestra 1963
• "Lenin", music for orchestra no. 3 with concluding chorus "Grabschrift für Lenin." 1969
• "Für Helli", small piece for piano 1971
• two symphonies
• seven string quartets and others

Awards

• Award of the music publisher Schott 1925
• National Prize III. Category 1953
• National Prize II. Category 1956
• National Prize I. Category 1965
• Vaterländischer Verdienstorden (Decoration of Honour for Services to the GDR) in Gold 1965
• Karl-Marx-Orden (Karl-Marx-Decoration) 1969
• National Prize I. Category 1974

Literature

• Fritz Henneberg: "Dessau - Brecht. Musikalische Arbeiten." (Henschel, Berlin 1963)
• Fritz Hennenberg: "Paul Dessau. Eine Biographie." (VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1965)
• Paul Dessau: "Notizen zu Noten" (ed. Fritz Henneberg, Reclam, Leipzig 1974)
• Paul Dessau: " Aus Gesprächen" (VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1974)
• Joachim Lucchesi (ed.): "Das Verhör in der Oper. Die Debatte um die Aufführung »Das Verhör des Lukullus« von Bertolt Brecht und Paul Dessau." (BasisDruck, Berlin 1993)

External links

• Works of and about Paul Dessau in the DDB catalogue
• Biography