Gerhard Müller-Hornbach
Gerhard Müller-Hornbach is a German composer, conductor and music teacher.Life
Müller-Hornbach was born in Hornbach. From 1981 to 2016, as professor for composition and music theory, he taught at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts where he headed the composition department and co-founded the Institute for Contemporary Music in 2005 of which he was director.Awards
Müller-Hornbach was awarded the Villa Massimo prize in 1983/84. In 2006 he received the Johann Vaillant Composition Prize endowed with 2500 Euro at the 6th Bergische Biennale. In 2009 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the Federal President.Compositions
- Wandlungen in D, 1976
- Piano trio, 1978
- Bewegte Stille, 1985
- Drei Nachtstücke based on poems by Eduard Mörike, 1985
- 5 Gesänge der Schirin, 1983
- Wir sind ein Teil der Erde - Composition of sound, light and movement, 1987
- Passacaglia, 1980
- Gesänge der Liebe, 1985/1986
- Der Gesang des Danijar, 1995
- Fünf zu Acht – 5:8, 1994
- String quartet, 1985
- In Sound, 1998
- ...bis die Schatten der Nacht verdämmern..., 2003
- Fünf Miniaturen based on poems by Robert Gernhardt, 2004
- Sisyphos, 2006
- Vom wissenden Vergessen, 2011
- numerous chamber music works and compositions for school ensembles
- Nur eins sei mir gewähret, 2017, premiered on 23 January 2018 in Offenbach am Main
- Im Spiegel der Angst – auf der Suche nach Entängstigung, 2017, premiered 20 October 2018 in Mainz.
