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German composer
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Male
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Birth:
12 November 1941(Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
Death:
9 June 2015
The details
Biography
Introduction
Rainer Riehn (12 November 1941 – 9 June 2015) was a German music composer and conductor and 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.
Conducted works
- Les Chants de Maldoror, a poetic novel by the Comte de Lautréamont
- Das Lied von der Erde, a work of six songs by Gustav Mahler