Karl-Rudi Griesbach

Karl-Rudi Griesbach (14 June 1916 – 8 May 2000) was a German composer, librettist, dramaturge, music critic and academic teacher. Life Born in Breckerfeld, Westphalia, * Orchestral work ** Kleine Sinfonie (1950) ** Afrikanische Sinfonie (1963) ** Sinfonie (67) in memory of the Great Socialist October Revolution (1967) ** Ostinati for orchestra (1976) ** Kontakte for orchestra (1978) ** Szene for orchestra ** Konzertante Musik für Klavier und Kammerorchester (1964) * Stage works ** Kolumbus, opera (1958) ** Der Schwarze – der Weiße − und die Frau, opera (1963) ** Belle und Armand, opera (1988) ** Aulus und sein Papagei, opera (1982) ** Kleider machen Leute, ballet (1954) ** Schneewittchen, ballet (1956) ** Reinecke Fuchs, ballet (1977) ** Samson, ballet (c. 1980) * Vocal music ** Planetarisches Manifest, cantata after Johannes R. Becher for soprano, baritone, piano, choir and orchestra (1962) ** Trinke Mut des reinen Lebens, for baritone, female choir and orchestra based on texts by Goethe (1981) ** Song cycle, texts by Shakespeare, Brecht, and others ** Folk song arrangements * Piano and chamber music ** String Quartet (1977) ** Musik für Flöte und Streichtrio (1953) ** Kleine Olym