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Rainer Riehn

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Rainer Riehn (12 November 1941 – 9 June 2015[1]) was a German composer and conductor, and a co-editor of music theory magazines.

Riehn was born in Danzig, Germany (modern Gdańsk, Poland) studied music theory in Mainz, Zürich, and Berlin and composition with Gottfried Michael Koenig in Utrecht.[2] He met the music theorist Heinz-Klaus Metzger at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse in the summer of 1965.[1] In 1968 he founded the Ensemble Musica Negativa,[3] in 1977 the series Musik-Konzepte, which he published until 2003 (together with Heinz-Klaus Metzger).[4] In 1984 Metzger and Riehn received the Deutscher Kritikerpreis as editors of the Musik-Konzepte.[1] In 1987 he was chief dramaturge at the Oper Frankfurt together with Heinz-Klaus Metzger,[4] and initiated the first commission for an opera composition for John Cage (Europeras 1 & 2).[2]

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  1. ^ a b c Dümling, Albrecht (30 June 2015). "Ein Leben im Querstand – Ausgabe: 7/15 – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Rainer Riehn". MuseumsQuartier Wien. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ Neuner, Florian (6 August 2020). "Das Ensemble Musica Negativa – Music before Revolution". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Rainer Riehn auf suhrkamp.de". Suhrkamp Verlag (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Rainer Riehn : Chants de Maldoror". Les presses du réel. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Das Lied von der Erde". Universal Edition. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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