Tanz der Toten
Dance of Death 2013
The "Tanz der Toten" (Dance of Death) is a melodrama for mixed chorus, narrator and piano, based on texts by Adelbert von Chamisso, Friedrich Hebbel, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Theodor Storm, and Georg Trakl. It portrays in music the journey from the world of the living to the kingdom of the dead.
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Till Löffler
| 1968Till Löffler studied conducting, percussion and piano at the Mozarteum University of Music and Performing Arts in Salzburg. From 1994 to 2005 he was a permanent guest at the Staatstheater Stuttgart as musical director, composer and stage director. He has also worked as a musical director and composer at the Bavarian State Theatre, Mainz State Theatre, Karlsruhe State Theatre, Nuremberg State Theatre, Mannheim National Theatre and Zurich Schauspielhaus, among others. From 1998 to 2009 he was a lecturer at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts. Since 2009, Till Löffler has been a lecturer in composition, music theory and scenic song design at the Zurich University of the Arts. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Friedrich Hebbel
| 1813-1863Christian Friedrich Hebbel was a German playwright, poet and storyteller. Hebbel's work is classified as Vormär, and later also as Realism. His best-known works include the drama Die Nibelungen and the tragedies Agnes Bernauer and Maria Magdalena. Personal details
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Adelbert von Chamisso
| 1787-1838
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Georg Trakl
| 1887-1914
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Theodor Storm
| 1817-1888
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Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
| 1825-1898
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