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Line 1: {{Short description|German composer (1918–1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=April 2023}} {{Improve lead|date=April 2023}} }} <!-- Before adding an infobox, please consult [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Composers#Biographical infoboxes]] and seek consensus on this article's talk page. --> '''Bernd Alois Zimmermann''' (20 March 1918 – 10 August 1970) was a German composer. He is perhaps best known for his opera ''[[Die Soldaten]]'', which is regarded as one of the most [[List of important operas|important German operas]] of the 20th century, after those of [[Alban Berg|Berg]].<ref>Andrew D. McCredie and Marion Rothärmel, "Zimmermann, Bernd Alois", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by [[Stanley Sadie]] and [[John Tyrrell (musicologist)|John Tyrrell]]. London: Macmillan Publishers.</ref> ==Life== Zimmermann was born in Bliesheim (now part of [[Erftstadt]]), near [[Cologne]]. He grew up in a rural Catholic community in western Germany. His father worked for the German [[Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft|Reichsbahn]]
He began studying In 1957, he received a scholarship to spend time at the German Academy at [[Villa Massimo]] in Rome. He also assumed the position of Professor of Composition (from [[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]]) as well as Film and Broadcast Music at the Cologne Music University. In the Among Zimmermann's notable students was [[Clarence Barlow]]. ==Music== Line 19 ⟶ 25: ==Works== Source:<ref name="t077">{{cite web | title=Bernd Alois Zimmermann | website=[[Schott Music]] | url=https://www.schott-music.com/de/person/bernd-alois-zimmermann | language=de | access-date=31 August 2024}}</ref> * ''Extemporale'' for piano (1946) * ''Capriccio for Piano'' Line 60 ⟶ 68: * Plus various compositions for radio, theater and film ==
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# 'Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Germany (1918–1970) [http://www.ubu.com/sound/zimmermann.html UbuWeb] (Accessed 28 May 2006) # McCredie, Andrew D. (with Marion Rothärmel): 'Zimmermann, Bernd Alois', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed [28 May 2006]), [http://www.grovemusic.com Grove Music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516041031/http://www.grovemusic.com/ |date=16 May 2008 }} ==External links==
* {{BrahmsOnline|3444}} * [https://www.secondinversion.org/2018/03/20/bernd-alois-zimmermann-at-100/ Music for the (Un)faint of Heart: Bernd Alois Zimmermann at 100] by Michael Schell, Second Inversion * {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130212015427/http://www.schott-musik.de/autoren/KomponistenAZ/show,3572.html |date=12 February 2013 |title=Bernd Alois Zimmermann bei '' * [http://bernd-alois-zimmermann-gesellschaft.org/ Homepage of the Bernd-Alois-Zimmermann-Society (BAZG)] {{in lang|de}} * [http://www.denhoff.de/stilleumkehr.htm „Stille und Umkehr“ - Betrachtungen zum Phänomen Zeit] von [[Michael Denhoff]] {{in lang|de}} Line 89 ⟶ 94: [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:1970 suicides]] [[Category:1970 deaths]] [[Category:People from Erftstadt]] [[Category:German Roman Catholics]] [[Category:20th-century classical composers]] [[Category:German opera composers]] [[Category: [[Category: [[Category:Suicides in Germany]] [[Category:Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln alumni]]
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