Ernst Pepping
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Ernst Pepping
(b Duisburg, 12 Sept 1901; d Berlin, 1 Feb 1981). German composer. He studied with Gmeindl at the Berlin Musikhochschule and taught in Berlin from 1934, at the Spandau Church Music School and at the Musikhochschule. His works consist mostly of Protestant sacred choral and organ music in neo-Baroque style. They include the Spandauer Chorbuch (1938), 20 volumes of austere, unaccompanied choral pieces.
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Ernst Pepping
Ernst Pepping (born 12 September 1901 in Duisburg, died 1 February 1981 in Spandau) was a German composer of classical music.
Professional career
Pepping studied composition at the Berliner Hochschule für Musik with Walter Gmeindl between 1922 and 1926. In 1934 he was appointed a teacher for music theory and composition at the Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule in Spandau, where he remained for much of his life. Among his many students was Helmut Barbe. Pepping taught also at the Berliner Hochschule from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1947 to 1968 as a professor of church music and composition.
Pepping received honours for his compositions, an honorary doctorate from the Freie Universität Berlin in 1961 and the Kirchliche Hochschule Berlin in 1971.
Compositions
- Three symphonies (recorded on cpo) 1932, 1942 (F minor), 1944 (Die Tageszeiten).[1]
- A piano concerto (1950)
- Variations for orchestra (pub. 1949)[2]
- Zwei Orchestertücke über ein Chanson des Binchois (1958)[3]
- Masses, Motets and other works for liturgical use including
- Organ works (a CD of which was released by cpo in 1992, including his second concerto for organ, the Chorale Partita, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern on Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, four fugues, and the partita Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig)
- Organ sonata (pub. 1958), other works
- Three Fugues on BACH (pub. 1949)
- Grosses Orgelbuch I: Advent & Christmas (pub. 1941)
- Grosses Orgelbuch II: Passion (pub. 1941)
- Grosses Orgelbuch III: Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Michaelmas (pub. 1941)
- Kleines Orgelbuch (pub. 1941)
- Piano works
- Sonatine (1931)
- Sonata for piano (pub. 1937)
References
- ^ Barnett, Rob (May 2006). "Musicweb Review of cpo Recording of Pepping Symphonies". http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2006/May06/Pepping_7770412.htm. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ^ OCLC 22394557.
- ^ "Entry for the Binchois Pieces at Sheet Music Plus". http://wwws.sheetmusicplus.com/sheetmusic/detail/BA.TP106.html. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ^ a b c d Strimple, Nick (2005). Choral Music in the Twentieth Century at Google Books, p. 38. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 1-57467-122-7.
- "Brief biography at Bach-Cantatas.com". http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Pepping-Ernst.htm. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- "Pepping Site in Berlin" (in German). July 2008. http://www.pepping-gesellschaft.de/. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- Petrich, Roger. "Memories of a Composition Student of Pepping's". http://www.diaphoramusic.net/pepping.html. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
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