(b 1973)
Jörn Arnecke, born in Hameln in 1973, is Professor of Music Theory and Aural Training at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar, where he has headed the Centre for Music Theory since 2009; since 2019 he has been Dean of Faculty III. For the LISZT University, he oversees the series "Paraphrasen - Weimarer Beiträge zur Musiktheorie" (Georg Olms Verlag Hildesheim). He studied composition and music theory with Volkhardt Preuß and Peter Michael Hamel at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. In 1997/98 he was one of the last students of Gérard Grisey at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris. In addition to music-theoretical publications from Dufay to Lachenmann, he has also emerged as a composer, including music-theatre works commissioned by the Hamburg State Opera (2003, 2005), the RuhrTriennale (2007), the Bremen Theatre (2011), the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf-Duisburg (2015) and the Weimar Art Festival (2022).
Jörn Arnecke Composition Timpani and Percussion Requirements
Ariadne (1999)
No Timpani + 1 percussion + celeste
Triangle, 3 congas, orchestral bass drum, tam tam, marimba, vibraphone
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Butterfly Blues (musical theatre) (2004)
No Timpani + 2 percussion
1) 2 octaves crotales, tuned wine glass, wind chimes, whip, maracas, tambourine, tom tom, orchestral bass drum, lions roar 2) triangle, tuned wine glass, maracas, wood block, 3 gongs, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, xylophone
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Erstarrung (2000)
No Timpani + 2 percussion
Antique cymbals, wood block, 3 tom toms, tenor drum, Odaiko, glockenspiel
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Das Fest im Meer (music theatre) (2001/2)
No Timpani + 2 percussion
Wind chmes, 5 temple blocks, wood block, 5 tom toms, conga, 3 bongos, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, suspended cymbal, tubular bells, glockenspiel, lions roar, wind machine
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Folie (2000)
Timpani + 2 percussion
Wood block, 5 tom toms, tambourine, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone
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Frage
Timpani + 1 percussion
Triangle, orchestral bass drum, tubular bells, tam tam, vibraphone
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Gezeiten (2005)
Timpani + 2 percussion
1) Tubular bells, vibraphone, wind machine 2) 2 octaves crotales, orchestral bass drum, gong, xylophone
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Nachtferne (1996)
Timpani + 2 percussion
1) Triangle, whip, wood block, suspended cymbal, xylophone, vibraphone 2) triangle, wood block, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, suspended cymbal, tam tam, xylophone
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Unter Eis (music theatre) (2007)
No Timpani + 4 percussion
1) Flexatone, temple block, tom tom, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, vibraphone 2) 2 octaves crotales, agogo bell, temple block, lions roar, tom tom, tubular bells 3) triangle, bird call, tubular bells, maracas, temple block, snare drum, orchestral bass drum suspended cymbal 4) swanee whistle, wood block, ratchet, temple block, orchestral bass drum
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Welcome to Paradise Lost (music theatre) (2020-21)
No Timpani + 1 percussion
3 tom toms, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, clash cymbals, suspended cymbal, vibraphone, verrophone
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