You are bidding on one handwritten, signed letter of the composer Karl Rudi Griesbach (1916-2000).

Dated Dresden, Pfaffensteinstrasse 9, 5. September 1979.

Addressed to an unnamed "Comrade Rector"; Congratulations on the national award "on behalf of the composition / composition department".

It is certainly the rector of the Dresden Music Academy "Carl Maria von Weber", Siegfried Koehler (1927-1981), the 1979 National Prize of the GDR III. Class for Art and Literature "in appreciation of his compositional work".

The recipient has the note "answered. K." added.

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About Griesbach and Köhler (source: wikipedia):

Karl Rudi Griesbach (* 14. June 1916 in Breckerfeld; † 8th. May 2000 in Dresden) was a German composer.

Life: Griesbach attended high school in Hamburg and then studied composition (with Philipp Jarnach) and conducting in Cologne from 1937. After completing his studies in 1941, he had to fight as a soldier in World War II and was taken prisoner of war by the Soviets in 1944, from which he was not released until 1949. The following year Griesbach settled in Dresden, where he lived until his death. In 1952 and 1953 he worked briefly at a Berlin theater. He also wrote reviews and worked as a dramaturge. From 1952 to 1955 Griesbach had already taught at the "Carl Maria von Weber" Academy of Music in Dresden, from 1966 he worked there first as a lecturer and from 1968 as a professor of composition until he gave up his teaching position again in 1981. Griesbach was awarded, among other things, the Martin Andersen Nexö Art Prize of the City of Dresden (1961), the Art Prize of the GDR (1967) and the Patriotic Order of Merit (1976). Griesbach's wife Margrit appeared as a pianist and mainly interpreted her husband's works.

Tonal language: Griesbach always tried to write music that was relatively easy to understand. Therefore, although he took up suggestions from Béla Bartók and Arnold Schönberg, he ultimately did not completely break with tonality and overall was a rather conservative composer for his generation. His music is characterized by a concise rhythm, rather rough timbres and concise forms. In some of his works, Griesbach referred to political themes. In the early 1960s he explored foreign musical cultures and was also inspired by blues and African music. With his then composed "African Symphony" he had a remarkable success. However, the focus of his oeuvre is on the stage works. In the GDR and especially in Dresden, Griesbach was a respected composer, but he was largely forgotten after reunification.

factories

orchestral works

Little Symphony (1950)

African Symphony (1963)

Symphony (67) commemorating the Great October Socialist Revolution (1967)

"Ostinati" for orchestra (1976)

"Contacts” for orchestra (1978)

"Scene” for orchestra

Concert music for piano and chamber orchestra (1964)

stage works

"Columbus", Opera (1958)

"The black – the white – and the woman”, opera (1963)

"Belle and Armand", Opera (1988)

"Aulus and his parrot”, opera (1982)

4 more operas

"Clothes make the man”, Ballet (1954)

"Snow White", Ballet (1956)

"Reinecke fuchs ", Ballet (1977)

"Samson”, ballet (circa 1980)

vocal music

"Planetary Manifesto", cantata after Johannes R. Becher for soprano, baritone, piano, choir and orchestra (1962)

"Drink the courage of pure life”, musical coordination for baritone, female choir and orchestra based on texts by Goethe (1981)

Song cycles based on texts by Shakespeare, Brecht and Becher, among others

folk song arrangements

chamber and piano music

String Quartet (1977)

Music for flute and string trio (1953)

"Small Olympiad: Piano Pieces for Young People” (1961)

"blues-impressions", Five Piano Pieces in Jazz Style (1962)

Partita for piano (1986)

Siegfried Kohler (* 2. March 1927 in Meissen; † 14 July 1984 in East Berlin) was a German composer in the GDR.
Life: During the Second World War he was a musical member of a Hitler Youth club. After the end of the war, the Soviet secret police of the NKVD imprisoned him on charges of being a "werewolf" in special camp No. 4 Bautzen. In March 1946 he was sent to special camp no. 1 Mühlberg and was born on 21. Handed over to the NKVD operational group in Dresden on June 1946.[1] There he was discharged suffering from tuberculosis.[2] Köhler then studied composition in Dresden and then musicology and art history in Leipzig.
From 1963 to 1968 he was artistic director of the VEB German records Berlin (East). In 1968 he went back to Dresden and became rector of the Dresden Music Academy "Carl Maria von Weber". In 1983 he was appointed artistic director of the Saxon State Opera in Dresden. However, he did not live to see the reopening of the Semperoper in 1985. Koehler died on April 14. July 1984 in East Berlin. From 1982 until his death he was President of the Union of Composers and Musicologists.
Siegfried Köhler's best-known works are the songs Today is a beautiful day (1942) and the Christmas carol A thousand stars are a cathedral. His Symphony No. 5 "Pro Pace" (first performed in 1984) is a warning reminder of the destruction of the city of Dresden. For the record Peter Schreier sings Weihnachtslieder (1975), Köhler arranged all the songs for solo tenor, boys' choir and orchestra.
factories

    Song of Life, cantata Text: Siegfried Koehler op. 1 (1947)
    Happy New Year and prosperity. Cheerful music after a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for mixed choir and small orchestra op. 2 (1954)
    Six simple melodies op. 3 (1950)
    Germany, also German motet after a poem by Cuba for six-part youth choir a cappella, text: KuBa (Kurt Barthel) op. 4
    Reflection and Departure Cantata for soprano (or tenor), mixed choir and small orchestra after poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe op. 5 (1951)
    House music in 5 movements for piano op. 6 (1952)
    Germany, you, our home (today is also a beautiful day). Song cantata for choir and instruments, text: Siegfried Köhler op. 7 (1952)
    Christmas cantata A thousand stars are a cathedral for choir and instruments Text: Siegfried Köhler op. 8 (1951)
    The judge of Hohenburg. Scenes from the Great German Peasants' War of 1525, a dramatic play for music theater, text: Siegfried Köhler, op. 10 (1954/1963)
    Cheerful suite for orchestra, text: Siegfried Köhler op. 11 (1956)
    Ten lyrical songs on texts by various authors, op. 12 (1956)
    Cheerful prelude for orchestra op. 13 (1956)
    Three gallows songs after poems by Christian Morgenstern op. 14 (1956)
    song of youth A cantata for youth consecration and other festive occasions for solo, choir and instruments ad lib. Text: Louis Fürnberg op. 15 (1956)
    Spanish Visions: The Victory from Guernica Cantata a capella after a poem by Paul Éluard op. 16 (1957)
    Sonatina in F for piano op. 17 (1958)
    Small festival music for string orchestra (or string quartet with double bass) op. 18 (1958)
    Sonatina in C for piano op. 19
    Prologue for orchestra op. 20 (1959)
    Music for Catherine. Twelve children's pieces for piano two hands op. 21 (1961)
    Four songs based on poems by Mao Tse-tung, text: Mao Zedong/en: Rolf Schneider op. 22 (1961)
    Reich des Menschen, poem for soprano, alto and baritone, gem. Choir and Orchestra, Text: Johannes R. mug op. 23 (1961/62)
    Grab to the Stars, Child of Time Cantata for the opening of the IV. German Gymnastics and Sports Festival 1963 in Leipzig, text: Max Zimmering op. 24 (1963)
    Youth Symphony Op. 25 (1964)
    The Marriage School. A musical, text: Gerhard Branstner op. 27 (1964)
    Cambodian festival music op. 28 (1964)
    Of love and death for high voice and piano, text: Johannes R. mug op. 29 (1965)
    Earth, fertile and beautiful. Cantata for soprano, mixed choir and string orchestra op. 30
    Der Struwwelpeter or funny stories and funny pictures, cheerful and serious stories to sing, dance and tell, text: Heinrich Hoffmann op. 31 (1966)
    Sketches for Der Struwwelpeter new version of the piano pieces op. 31a (1966)
    Rotterdam 14 May 1940 Sonata for horn and piano op. 32 (1966)
    Max and Moritz. A Boy's Story in Seven Pranks For speaker and chamber orchestra, text: Wilhelm Busch op. 33 (1967)
    Fipps the monkey. Entertaining and inappropriate, text: Wilhelm Busch op. 34 (1964)
    aspects. Sketches for Nonet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass) and a high voice or speaker ad lib. Text: Siegfried Köhler op. 36 (1968)
    Bernauer song sequence: The work grows in the round to the 20th Anniversary of the GDR, text: Willi Layh op. 37 (1968)
    Concertino for clarinet and string orchestra op. 38 (1969)
    Land meine Liebe, poem for soprano and orchestra, text: Siegfried Köhler op. 39 (1969)
    Festive Overture for large orchestra op. 40 (1969)
    That our love has a home, choral cycle in ten parts, text: Günther Deicke op. 41 (1968)
    Report on Lenin based on a ballad by Wolfgang Tilgner and poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky, Louis Fürnberg, KuBa (Kurt Barthel), Johannes R. Becher and Max Zimmering for a speaker and three instrumentalists op. 42 (1970)
    Singing love songs on the spinet Choral songs, text: Bertolt Brecht, Paul Fleming, Johannes R. mug op. 43 (1970)
    We - our time, choral symphony based on poems by Johannes R. Becher in six movements op. 44 (1972)
    Sinfonietta for orchestra in three movements (also 2. symphony) Op. 45 (1971)
    Concerto for piano and orchestra op. 46 (1972)
    Four structures for piano op. 46a (1973)
    Ode for tenor solo, horn and string orchestra in four movements, text: Helmut Reibig op. 47 (1971)
    Diagram, 12 variations for organ op. 49a (1973)
    Johannes Bobrowski Choir Book Part I and II. Five madrigals for mixed choir a cappella, text: Johannes Bobrowski op. 50 (1975)
    Of trees, buds and nightingales, cycle for women's or children's choir a cappella, text: Georg Maurer op. 51 (1973)
    Our the country and the time. Cycle for mixed choir a cappella, text: Günther Deicke op. 52 (1973, premiere 1977)
    Concert music for orchestra in three movements op. 53 (1975)
    Matamorphoses for organ on the Ode to the Future Time by Pablo Neruda op. 54 (1972)
    Anya and Peter. A Musical Fairy Tale for Children (Homage to Sergei Prokofiev) Op. 55 (1974)
    Canticum catulli for soloists and instruments op. 56 (1974/75)
    3. symphony op. 57 (1975)
    Seven micro-scenes for clarinet, cello and piano op. 58 (1975)
    Concerto for harpsichord and chamber orchestra op. 59 (1976)
    Orpheus Bound, essay for orchestra op. 60 (1976)
    Homage to JS Bach. Dialogue for two violins op. 61 (1977)
    4. Symphony, new version as an epitaph for Antigone op. 62 (1977/78, rev. 1979)
    Comments on three Venetian madrigals by Heinrich Schütz from 1611 op. 63 (1978)
    Concerto for violin and orchestra op. 64 (1979/80)
    syntheses. 1. string quartet op. 65 (1977)
    Aphorisms, also festival and commemorative sayings for eight-part choir a cappella op. 66 (1980)
    Festive Inventions. Dresden Renaissance Music for three-choice symphony orchestra op. 70 (1981)
    Sinfonietta for orchestra op. 71 (1981)
    Music for Solo Cello No. 1 op. 72 (1980)
    contrasts. 2. string quartet op. 73 (1981)
    Ode to solidarity for eight-part mixed choir a cappella, text: Pablo Neruda op. 74 (1981)
    temperaments. Configuration for four flutes (for Jürgen Brüggebors) op. 75 (1981)
    Epigrams for mixed choir a cappella based on poems by Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Klein, Hans Aßmann von Abschatz and Angelus Silesius by Franz Liszt (op. 76 1982)
    Postures for clarinet solo op. 77 (1980)
    5. Symphony Pro Pace (also Resurrection) for soli, speaker, mixed choir and large orchestra op. 78, text: Ulrich Grasnick op. 78 (1983)