Stranz Ulrich
(10. 05. 1946 - 27. 04. 2004)
Stranz Ulrich
Isabella Stranz
Froschaugasse 20
CH-8001 Zürich (ZH)
Schweiz
Tel: +41 (0)44 262 19 67
www.baerenreiter.com/html/zeitgen/stranz/stranz.htm
Isabella Stranz
Froschaugasse 20
CH-8001 Zürich (ZH)
Schweiz
Tel: +41 (0)44 262 19 67
www.baerenreiter.com/html/zeitgen/stranz/stranz.htm
Genre: Classical Music
Biography
* 10. 05. 1946, † 27. 04. 2004.
Born in Neumarkt St. Veit / Upper Bavaria
1965-1968 Studied music theory and composition with Fritz Büchtger and violin with Erich Keller as part of the Munich Waltershausen Seminar
1966 Undergraduate studies at the 'Musisches Gymnasium', Munich
1968-1972 Studies in violin under Heinz Endres and composition studies under Günter Bialas at the State School of Music, Munich
1970 First prize in the composition competition for the 20th anniversary of the 'Südwestdeutschen Kammerorchester', Pforzheim (Southwest German Chamber Orchestra)
1971 Richard Strauss Prize from the city of Munich
1972 State Exam in composition at the State School of Music, Munich
1972-1974 Scholarship from the DAAD (German Academic Foreign Service) for work at the Institute for Sonology at the Utrecht University (studio for electronic music)
1974 Support prize for young composers of classical music moving from the city of Stuttgart to Zurich
since 1974 Various teaching and orchestral commitments in Zurich and Munich
1975 Fellowship award from the city of Zurich
1976 Support prize from the city of Munich
Kranichstein Music Prize in composition from the city of Darmstadt
1980/81 Scholarship for six months in the Villa Massimo in Rome
1983 Award from the city of Zurich
1989 Sabbatical year for composers awarded by the city of Zurich
1992 Schneider Schott Prize, Mainz
2000 Gerda-und-Günter-Bialas Prize of the GEMA Foundation
2004 Died in Zurich on April 27th
Born in Neumarkt St. Veit / Upper Bavaria
1965-1968 Studied music theory and composition with Fritz Büchtger and violin with Erich Keller as part of the Munich Waltershausen Seminar
1966 Undergraduate studies at the 'Musisches Gymnasium', Munich
1968-1972 Studies in violin under Heinz Endres and composition studies under Günter Bialas at the State School of Music, Munich
1970 First prize in the composition competition for the 20th anniversary of the 'Südwestdeutschen Kammerorchester', Pforzheim (Southwest German Chamber Orchestra)
1971 Richard Strauss Prize from the city of Munich
1972 State Exam in composition at the State School of Music, Munich
1972-1974 Scholarship from the DAAD (German Academic Foreign Service) for work at the Institute for Sonology at the Utrecht University (studio for electronic music)
1974 Support prize for young composers of classical music moving from the city of Stuttgart to Zurich
since 1974 Various teaching and orchestral commitments in Zurich and Munich
1975 Fellowship award from the city of Zurich
1976 Support prize from the city of Munich
Kranichstein Music Prize in composition from the city of Darmstadt
1980/81 Scholarship for six months in the Villa Massimo in Rome
1983 Award from the city of Zurich
1989 Sabbatical year for composers awarded by the city of Zurich
1992 Schneider Schott Prize, Mainz
2000 Gerda-und-Günter-Bialas Prize of the GEMA Foundation
2004 Died in Zurich on April 27th
Work list
Déjà vu (1973)
Instrumentation: for oboe d'amour and chamber orchestra (0.0.1.0/0.1.0.0/timp.2perc/hp/str(8.0.3.2.1; soloistic)
Duration: 20' 00"
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Tachys (1974)
Instrumentation: for large orchestra and solostrings (pic.2.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn/3.3.3.1/timp.4perc/hf.cel.aeolshp/str(with soli: 12.0.4.4.1)
Duration: 18' 00"
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Innenbilder (1975)
Instrumentation: for oboe and harpsichord
Duration: 10' 00"
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Klangbild (1975-1976)
Instrumentation: for large orchestra (pic.3.3.ca.bcl.3.cbn/6.4.4.1/timp.1perc/hp.cel/str)
Duration: 15' 00"
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Erstes Streichquartett (1976)
Instrumentation: for string quartet
4 movements
Duration: 23' 00"
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C-Cis-Laute (1976)
Instrumentation: for five violoncelli
Duration: 17' 00"
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Zeitbiegung (1977)
Instrumentation: for orchestra (pic.2(2.pic).2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn/4.3.2.1/timp.3perc/hp.pf/3db)
Duration: 22' 00"
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Contrasubjekte (1980)
Pasacaglia over B-A-C-H
Instrumentation: for fourteen strings (8vn, 3va, 2vc, db)
Duration: 9' 00"
Instrumentation: for fourteen strings (8vn, 3va, 2vc, db)
Duration: 9' 00"
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nicht mehr - noch nicht (1971/81)
Instrumentation: for chamber ensemble (1(fl).1(ca).1(bcl).0/0.0.0.0/1perc/hpd.pf/str(va.vc))
Duration: 17' 00"
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Zweites Streichquartett (1980-1981)
Instrumentation: for string quartet
Duration: 20' 00"
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Auguri (1981)
Music
Instrumentation: for viola and small orchestra (0.2.0.0/2.0.0.0/str(5.4.3.3.2))
Duration: 17' 00"
Instrumentation: for viola and small orchestra (0.2.0.0/2.0.0.0/str(5.4.3.3.2))
Duration: 17' 00"
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Musik für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 1 (1978/82)
Instrumentation: 2(2.pic).2(2.ca).2(2.bcl).2(2.cbn)/3.2.2.1/timp.4perc/hp.cel/str
Duration: 22' 00"
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Szenen (Nr. I-III) (1980-1982)
Instrumentation: for orchestra
All three scenes are also available separately.
Score scene I: 2(2.pic).2(2.ca).1.bcl.1.cbn/3.2.2.1/timp2perc/hp.pf.cel/str (duration: 12')
Score scene II: 2(2.pic).2(2.ca).1.bcl.2(2.cbn)/3.2.2.1/2perc/hp.pf/str (duration: 6')
Score scene III: pic.1.2.2.1.cbn/3.2.2.1/timp.2perc/hp.pf/str (duration: 4')
Duration: 22' 00"
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Sieben Feld-, Wald- und Wiesenstücke (1983)
Instrumentation: for twelve strings (7vn, 2va, 2vc, db)
Duration: 15' 30"
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Canto oscuro (1984)
Instrumentation: for alto flute and piano
Duration: 7' 00"
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Fünf Moments musicaux (1985)
Instrumentation: for violoncello and double-bass
Duration: 12' 00"
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Klaviertrio (1986)
Instrumentation: for violin, violoncello and piano
In one movement.
Duration: 16' 43"
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Janus (1986)
Music
Instrumentation: for violin, piano and thirteen wind (2(2.pic).1.ca.2.bcl.1.cbn/2.1.1.0)
In rememberance of Alban Berg.
Duration: 17' 00"
Instrumentation: for violin, piano and thirteen wind (2(2.pic).1.ca.2.bcl.1.cbn/2.1.1.0)
In rememberance of Alban Berg.
Duration: 17' 00"
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Sechs Skizzen (1987)
Instrumentation: for piano
Déjà vu / Kanon / Gruss an K. / Ostwind / Meditation [homage to Günter Bialas] / Abschied
Duration: 16' 00"
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Grande Ballade (1989-1990)
First symphony
Instrumentation: for pic.2.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn/4.2.3.1/timp.perc/hp/str
Duration: 25' 00"
Instrumentation: for pic.2.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn/4.2.3.1/timp.perc/hp/str
Duration: 25' 00"
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Coniunctio (1991)
Instrumentation: for two pianos
5 movements
Duration: 18' 00"
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Musik für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 2 (1992)
Instrumentation: for pic.2.2.2(2.bcl).2.cbn/4.2.2.1/timp.2perc/hp/str(12.10.8.6.4)
Duration: 12' 00"
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Drittes Streichquartett (1993-1997)
Instrumentation: for string quartet
Duration: 10' 00"
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Selbstgespräch (1994-1997)
Instrumentation: for guitar
Duration: 11' 30"
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Trio d'anches (1997)
Instrumentation: for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Duration: 10' 00"
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Durchquerung (1997)
Instrumentation: for two guitars
Duration: 8' 00"
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Der Sinn des Lebens (1998)
Instrumentation: for soprano, flute, violin and viola
After a text by Hanns-Dieter Hüsch from the year 1960.
Duration: 13' 00"-14' 00"
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Viertes Streichquartett (1998-2000)
Instrumentation: for string quartet
Duration: 17' 30"
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Musik für zwei Violoncelli und Orchester (1999-2000)
Instrumentation: 2(2.pic).2(2.ca).2(2.bcl).2/4.2.2(both ttbn and btbn).0/timp.2perc/hp.str(12.10.8.6.4)
Duration: 12' 00"
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Aus dem Zusammenhang (1997-2001)
Music in three parts
Instrumentation: for nine instruments (ob, cl, hn, bn, pf, vn, va, vc, db)
Duration: 17' 00"
Instrumentation: for nine instruments (ob, cl, hn, bn, pf, vn, va, vc, db)
Duration: 17' 00"
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Serenade (1992/02)
Instrumentation: for double wind quintet and double-bass (2(2.Gleitflöte).2.2/2.0.0.0/db)
Duration: 21' 00"
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Anstieg - Ausblick (2002)
Instrumentation: for orchestra (2(2.pic).2(2.ca).2(2.bcl).2/2.2.2(ttbn).0/timp.3perc/hp/str)
Duration: 12' 00"
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Diskographie
Ulrich Stranz (Grammont Porträt Nr. 94, 2005)
Stranz, Ulrich: Grande Ballade (1989-1990)
Stranz, Ulrich: Szenen (Nr. I-III) (1980-1982)
Stranz, Ulrich: Tachys (1974)
Works:
Stranz, Ulrich: Musik für zwei Violoncelli und Orchester (1999-2000)Stranz, Ulrich: Grande Ballade (1989-1990)
Stranz, Ulrich: Szenen (Nr. I-III) (1980-1982)
Stranz, Ulrich: Tachys (1974)
Info: www.fonoteca.ch
Bibliography
Rothfal, Tobias: Komplexität und Fasslichkeit. Streichquartette I-IV. CD-Einspielung Casal Quartett, in: Dissonanz 82 (2003)
Mundry, Johannes: Koketterie mit der Schönheit. Interview mit dem Komponisten Ulrich Stranz, in: KulturMagazin 67 (2001)
Pfister, Werner: Für für 2 Cellisten. Ulrich Stranz schrieb "Musik für 2 Celli und Orchester" für Thomas Grossenbacher und Rafael Rosenfeld, in: Tonhalle forum 8 (2000)
Prokop, Clemens: Expeditionen ins Helle. Der Komponist Ulrich Stranz bekommt den Bialas-Preis der Akademie der Schönen Künste, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung (21.11.2000) (2000)
Töpel, Michael: Cello mit acht Saiten. Ulrich Stranz über seine "Musik für zwei Violoncelli und Orchester", in: Takte 1 (2000)
Töpel, Michael: Vom Reiz orchestraler Klanggestaltung. Neue Werke von Ulrich Stranz, in: Takte 1 (1996)
Nicht nur Feld-Wald-und-Wiesen-Stücke. Von der Unberechenbarkeit des Komponisten Ulrich Stranz, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung (22.7.1994) (1994)
Ulrich Stranz im Gespräch über seine "Musik für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 2, in: Takte 1 (1993)
Ringger, Rolf Urs: Neue Musik muss nicht weh tun. Ein Gespräch mit dem Komponisten Ulrich Stranz, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung (5.2.1993) (1993)
Gartmann, Thomas: Ulrich Stranz, in: Komponisten der Gegenwart, Edition text+kritik, München 1992
Töpel, Michael: Wünschelrutengang und konstruktive Leitidee. Der Komponist Ulrich Stranz, in: Takte 2 (1992)
Hamel, Peter Michael: Mit sich selbst im Widerstreit. Ulrich Stranz - ein Komponistenkollege, in: MusikTexte 19 (1987), S. 37-40
Fragen an junge Komponisten. Ulrich Stranz, in: Musica 37 (1983), S. 421-422
Artikel "Ulrich Stranz", in: Das Grosse Lexikon der Musik, Band 8, Herder, Freiburg 1982, S. 20
Ulrich Stranz, in: Neue Musik seit 1945, hrsg. von Hans Vogt, Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, S. 503