Short bio Dieter Schnebel
Full biography Dieter Schnebel
Dieter Schnebel was a German composer born on March 14, 1930, in Lahr, Germany. He was noted for his experimentation with sound and performance art, which became the basis of his unique compositions.
As a young man, Schnebel studied theology, philosophy, and music, and became fascinated with the potential for the human voice as an instrument. This fascination would become the foundation of his later work. He also studied with some of the leading composers of his day, including Gustav Havemann and Boris Blacher.
Schnebel's career spanned more than five decades and he was widely regarded as one of the most original voices in contemporary music. He was known for his avant-garde approach, using unorthodox instruments such as rubber bands and saw blades to create new sounds.
One of Schnebel's most famous works is "Maulwerke," (1969-1974) an experimental project that explores the limits of speech and the human voice. In this work, Schnebel deconstructs language and the musical notation system to create a unique, free-flowing composition.
He was also known for his collaborations with other artists, including painter Gerhard Richter and dancer/choreographer Pina Bausch. Schnebel's compositions were often performed alongside these artists' works, creating a multidisciplinary experience for audiences.
Dieter Schnebel passed away on May 20, 2018, at the age of 88, leaving behind a legacy of groundbreaking music that has influenced generations of composers. His uncompromising approach to sound and performance continues to inspire musicians and artists around the world.
Compositions featuring Dieter Schnebel
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Movimento, for a variable number of musicians (at least 8) | 56:46 min | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| 2 | Im Raum, for string quartet | 40:20 min | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| 3 | N. N., for mobile corporeal voices & stationary instruments | 45:17 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 2000 |
| 4 | Erinnern, Wiederholen & Durcharbeiten, String Quartet No.2 | 21:59 min | Chamber Music | 2000 |
| 5 | Mit diesen Händen, for cello & mezzo-soprano | 35:19 min | Vocal Music | 1992 |
| 6 | Languido, for bass flute & live electronics | 23:44 min | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| 7 | Lamento di Guerra, for mezzo-soprano & organ or synthesizer | 13:23 min | Vocal Music | 1991 |
| 8 | Monotonien (Monotonies) for piano & live electronics | Keyboard | 1988 | |
| 9 | Inventions (5) for cello | 10:36 min | Chamber Music | 1987 |
| 10 | Sinfonie X for contralto voice, live electronics, orchestra & tape | 156:06 min | Vocal Music | 1987 |
| 11 | Sinfonie-Stücke, for large orchestra | 10:09 min | Orchestral | 1984 |
| 12 | Pan | 15:16 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1978 |
| 13 | Schubert Phantasie (Re - Visionen 1,5), for orchestra | 15:46 min | Orchestral | 1978 |
| 14 | Gesums - Geknarrt | 17:17 min | Vocal Music | 1974 |
| 15 | Pieces (5) for string quartet | 2:31 min | Chamber Music | 1954 |
| 16 | Majakowskis Tod, totentanz | Opera | - | |
| 17 | Piano Sonata in B minor | 16:32 min | Keyboard | - |
| 18 | Missa "Dahlemer", for 4 voices, 2 choirs, orchestra & organ | 83:18 min | Choral | - |
| 19 | Amazones, for chorus | Choral | - | |
| 20 | Haydn-Destillate, for piano trio | 9:09 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 21 | Glossolalie 61, for speakers & orchestra | Orchestral | - | |
| 22 | dt 31, 6 - aus: Für Stimmen (...missa est), for 12 voices | 6:07 min | Choral | - |
| 23 | DIAPASON, Kanon à 13 für ungleichartige Instrumentalgruppen | 19:04 min | Orchestral | - |
Albums featuring Dieter Schnebel
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Dieter Schnebel & Eva-Maria Houben - The Ars Combinatoria String Quartet – Dodecaphonic String Quartets(10×File, FLAC) | 2019 | Not On Label (Erik Carlson (2) Self-released) |
| 2 |  |
Movimento(CD, ) | 2016 | WERGO |
| 3 |  |
Dieter Schnebel, Quatuor Diotima, Katarina Rasinski, Michael Hirsch – String Quartets(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Stereo) | 2013 | Neos |
| 4 |  |
Strawinsky | Schnebel | Cage | Nono | Stockhausen – WERGO - 50 Years (Since 1962)(5×CD, Reissue, Box Set, Compilation, Special Edition) | 2012 | WERGO |
| 5 |  |
Maulwerke(DVD, DVD-Video, PAL, Stereo) | 2011 | Wergo |
| 6 |  |
Schnebel, Lang, Riehm, Bauckholt, Kampe, Zimmermann, Ablinger, Witzmann, Philipp Armbruster, Members Of The Nationaltheater Mannheim – Magic Flute Remixed(CD, Album) | 2006 | Genuin |
| 7 |  |
Tallis • Pitts • Purcell • Kodály • Harvey • Sandström • Schnebel, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Halsey – XL Choral Works For 40 Voices(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album) | 2005 | Harmonia Mundi |
| 8 |  |
N.A. Huber | Thiele | Schenker | Schnebel – Chorgesang Mit Orchester 1990-2000(CD, Album) | 2005 | RCA Red Seal |
| 9 |  |
Schnebel | Kagel | Richter de Vroe | Oehring / ter Shiphorst | Riedl | Julius | Ullmann – Visible Music(CD, Compilation) | 2004 | RCA Red Seal |
| 10 |  |
Stäbler | Schnebel | Wallmann | Bauckholt | Goebbels – Instrumentales Theater 1984-2000(CD, Compilation) | 2004 | RCA Red Seal |
| 11 |  |
Schnebel | Kubisch | Raecke | Johansson | Fuchs / Schlichtig | Stache | Schielein | Oldörp – Instrumentales Laboratorium(CD, Compilation) | 2004 | RCA Red Seal |
| 12 |  |
Schnittke | Schenker | Heyn | Ruzicka | Schnebel – Künstlerdramen(CD, Compilation) | 2003 | RCA Red Seal |
| 13 |  |
Kammermusik(2×CD, Album) | 2002 | Akademie der Künste, Berlin |
| 14 |  |
Nono | Dittrich | Spahlinger | Ligeti | Schnebel | Pagh-Paan | Walter | Hidalgo | Bauckholt | Schola Cantorum & Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart – Schola Cantorum & Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart(CD, Compilation) | 2001 | RCA Red Seal |
| 15 |  |
Dessau | Schnebel | Schubert | Schenker | von Bose | Kalitzke | Ferneyhough – Vokale Virtuosität(CD, Compilation) | 2001 | RCA Red Seal |
| 16 |  |
Schnebel | Hirsch | Hölszky | Schöllhorn | Dessau | Pastior | Bauckholt | Katzer – Jenseits Des Gesangs(CD, Compilation) | 2001 | RCA Red Seal |
| 17 |  |
Re-Visionen(CD, Album) | 1998 | WERGO |
| 18 |  |
Mark André, Brian Ferneyhough, Cristóbal Halffter, Diego Minciacchi, Isabel Mundry, Luigi Nono, Emmanuel Nunes, André Richard, Dieter Schnebel – 25 Years Experimentalstudio Freiburg(3×CD, Compilation, Remastered, Box Set, ) | 1998 | Col Legno |
| 19 |  |
Ensemble Belcanto, Dietburg Spohr - Lourié / Ablinger / Schnebel / Debussy – Lourié • Ablinger • Schnebel • Debussy(CD, Album) | 1996 | Koch Schwann |
| 20 |  |
Jolivet, Lohrmann, Alain, Schnebel - Ensemble Nunc – Musik Aus Der Stille(CD, Album) | 1995 | Signum |
| 21 |  |
Dieter Schnebel, Helmut Zapf, Martin Smolka, Dimitri Terzakis, Bernfried Pröve – Donaueschinger Musiktage 1992(3×CD, ) | 1993 | Col Legno |
| 22 |  |
Irmela Nolte - Yun · Schnebel · Bussotti · Cage – Music 4 Flutes(CD, ) | 1993 | Thorofon |
| 23 |  |
Missa(2×CD, ) | 1993 | WERGO |
| 24 |  |
Laut - Gesten - Laute(LP, Album) | 1989 | Edition Michael Frauenlob Bauer |
| 25 |  |
Hans-Joachim Hespos / Howard Skempton / Dieter Schnebel / Christian Wolff / Michael Rumpf / Kurt Schwitters – Air Maul - An Arnold Schönberg, 5860 Canyon-Cove, Hollywood, CA(2×LP, Compilation) | 1988 | Murawski-Zimmermann Verlag |
| 26 |  |
Schubert - Phantasie Für Orchester / Diapason / In Motu Proprio(LP, Album) | 1985 | WERGO |
| 27 |  |
Atemzüge / Choralvorspiele I/II | 1976 | WERGO |
| 28 |  |
Heinz Holliger / Dieter Schnebel / Krzysztof Penderecki / Friedrich Cerha – Neue Chormusik II(LP, Album) | 1974 | Wergo |
| 29 |  |
Zimmermann / Schnebel – Présence / Glossolalie(LP) | 1971 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 30 |  |
Mauricio Kagel / Dieter Schnebel - Schola Cantorum Stuttgart, Clytus Gottwald – Hallelujah / Für Stimmen (...Missa Est) | 1969 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 31 |  |
John Cage / Dieter Schnebel - Ensemble Musica Negativa, Rainer Riehn – Atlas Eclipticalis • Winter Music • Cartridge Music / Glossolalie | 1969 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 32 |  |
Webern, Pousseur, Schnebel, Nono, Bussotti, Otte, Ligeti - Die Stuttgarter Schola Cantorum Leitung: Clytus Gottwald – Neue Chormusik I | 1966 | WERGO |
| 33 |  |
Mauricio Kagel / Dieter Schnebel – Variationen Ohne Fuge / Wagner-Idyll(Cassette, Album) | - | Inter Nationes |
Videos featuring Dieter Schnebel
Dieter Schnebel Re-Visionen - Schubert-Phantasie für geteiltes großes Orchester
A maravilha...
V Schubert-Phantasie für geteiltes großes Orchester
Composed by Dieter Schnebel
Performed by Neue Vocalsolisten, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
with Camilla Ueberschaer
Conducted by Zoltan Peskó
Choralvorspiele 1 Dieter Schnebel
Choralvorspiele, pour orgue, instruments accessoires et bande magnétique (1970)
Dieter Schnebel (1930-2018): Atemzüge (1970-1971) [Vinyl-Rip]
Performers: Carla Henius/Gisela Saur-Kontarsky/William Pearson
Leader: Dieter Schnebel
Album: ''Atemzüge / Choralvorspiele I/II'' (1976)
mauricio kagel HALLELUJAH
1967
für 16 Solostimmen
Webern-Variationen
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Webern-Variationen · Dieter Schnebel · Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt · [choir]Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart · Zoltan Pesko
Schnebel: Re-Visionen
℗ 1998 Wergo, a division of Schott Music & Media G
Dieter Schnebel: In Motu Proprio (1975)
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dieter schnebel FÜR STIMMEN (...missa est)
1956/68
für Chorengruppen
Choralvorspiele 2 Dieter Schnebel
Choralvorspiele, pour orgue, instruments accessoires et bande magnétique (1970)
Dieter Schnebel ~ Diapason
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Beethoven-Sinfonie
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Beethoven-Sinfonie · Dieter Schnebel · Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt · [choir]Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart · Zoltan Pesko
Schnebel: Re-Visionen
℗ 1998 Wergo, a division of Schott Music & Media G
Mahler-Moment
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Mahler-Moment · Dieter Schnebel · Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt · [choir]Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart · Zoltan Pesko
Schnebel: Re-Visionen
℗ 1998 Wergo, a division of Schott Music & Media GmbH
Schumann-Moment
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Schumann-Moment · Dieter Schnebel · Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt · [choir]Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart · Zoltan Pesko
Schnebel: Re-Visionen
℗ 1998 Wergo, a division of Schott Music & Media GmbH
Verdi-Moment
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Verdi-Moment · Dieter Schnebel · Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt · [choir]Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart · Zoltan Pesko
Schnebel: Re-Visionen
℗ 1998 Wergo, a division of Schott Music & Media GmbH
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Bach-Contrapunctus I
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Bach-Contrapunctus I · Dieter Schnebel · Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt · [choir]Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart · Zoltan Pesko
Schnebel: Re-Visionen
℗ 1998 Wergo, a division of Schott Music & Media
Wagner-Idyll
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Wagner-Idyll · Dieter Schnebel · Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt · [choir]Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart · Zoltan Pesko
Schnebel: Re-Visionen
℗ 1998 Wergo, a division of Schott Music & Media GmbH
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Bach-Contrapunctus VI
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Bach-Contrapunctus VI · Dieter Schnebel · Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt · [choir]Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart · Zoltan Pesko
Schnebel: Re-Visionen
℗ 1998 Wergo, a division of Schott Music & Medi
Schubert-Phantasie
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Schubert-Phantasie · Dieter Schnebel · Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt · [choir]Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart · Zoltan Pesko
Schnebel: Re-Visionen
℗ 1998 Wergo, a division of Schott Music & Media G
Bach-Contrapunctus XI
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Bach-Contrapunctus XI · Dieter Schnebel · Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt · [choir]Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart · Zoltan Pesko
Schnebel: Re-Visionen
℗ 1998 Wergo, a division of Schott Music & Medi
Mozart-Moment
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Mozart-Moment · Dieter Schnebel · Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt · [choir]Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart · Zoltan Pesko
Schnebel: Re-Visionen
℗ 1998 Wergo, a division of Schott Music & Media GmbH
Dieter Schnebel, Schubert Phantasie
Dieter Schnebel, Schubert Phantasie
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
Zoltan Pesko, conductor
Dieter Schnebel (14 March 1930 – 20 May 2018) was a German composer, theologian and musicologist. He composed orchestral music, chamber music, vocal music a
Dieter Schnebel, Beethoven Sinfonie
Dieter Schnebel, Beethoven-Sinfonie
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
Zoltan Pesko, conductor
Dieter Schnebel (14 March 1930 – 20 May 2018) was a German composer, theologian and musicologist. He composed orchestral music, chamber music, vocal music
Atlas Eclipticalis with Winter Music, Electronic Version
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Atlas Eclipticalis with Winter Music, Electronic Version · John Cage · David Tudor · Ian Underwood · Stuart Dempster · Pauline Oliveros · Morton Subotnick
Music From The Tudorfest: San Francisco Tape Music
Schnebel: Glossolalie
Version 2000 by Maulwerker, Akademie der Künste Berlin scenic version for 8 (vocal-) performer with instruments (trumpet, violin, clarinet, recoder, electric guitar, harmonium, turntable) performed in april 2000 at Akademie der Künste Berlin and 2001 Fest
György Ligeti: Lux Aeterna (w. Full Score)
c. 1966
Sarà dolce tacere (1960) (For 8 solo voices)
Provided to YouTube by Kontor New Media
Sarà dolce tacere (1960) (For 8 solo voices) · Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart & Manfred Schreier
Quando Stanno Morendo
℗ DeutschlandRadio, Musik der Jahrhunderte, col legno Beteiligungs- und Produktion GmbH
Relea
Anton Webern - Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen Op. 2
Anton Webern
Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen, for chorus, Op. 2 (1908)
Description by Chris Morrison [-]
Anton Webern met his mentor Arnold Schoenberg for the first time in the fall of 1904. Webern had only started composing about five years before that
Dieter Schnebel: Deuteronomium 31,6 (1956/1958)
Dieter Schnebel (*1930): Deuteronomium, 31,6 (1956/1958).
Stuttgarter Schola Cantorum diretti da Clytus Gottwald.
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