Wolfgang Fortner
Wolfgang Fortner (1907-1987) was a German composer, conductor and teacher, born in Leipzig. After 1946 he belonged to the Darmstadt new music circle, and he taught composition to a generation of postwar German composers, including Hans Werner Henze, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Wolfgang Rihm. Fortner studied organ with Karl Straube and composition at the Leipzig Conservatory. He taught at the Institute of Church Music in Heidelberg from 1931, joined the Darmstadt summer courses in 1946, then held professorships in Detmold (from 1954) and Freiburg (1957-1973).
Die Pfingstgeschichte /‧ Triplum (LP)
Two avant-garde/dodecaphonic compositions from the 1960's respectively for tenor, choir, 11 instrumentalists and organ and for two pianos and orchestra, released on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series in the 1970's. With insert.
Prima Vista (LP)
Rare compositions for solo instruments or small ensembles with or without electronics by some of the greatest XXth Century composers (Mauricio Kagel, Earle Brown, John Cage, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Wolfgang Fortner, Klaus Hinrich Stahmer, György Ligeti, Henri Pousseur) spanning from 1952 to 1979 performed by Pro Musica Da Camera and released on Thorofon in 1981. With insert.