Georg Heike(1933–2023)
1933-07-21∗07/21/1933 in Idosch, Poland
2023-01-15†01/15/2023 in Bad Münstereifel, Germany
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Georg Heike was born on 21 July 1933 in Lodz (Poland). After graduating from high school, he studied musicology, phonetics, communication research and psychology in Bonn (Germany). In 1960 he earned his doctorate under Werner Meyer-Eppler.
Heike took violin and piano lessons and intensively studied harmony and counterpoint, since 1985 also viola playing. Together with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Heike was a lecturer and collaborator at the Cologne Courses for New Music.
Since 1969 he has held a professorship for Phonetics at the University of Cologne, since 1998 Heike has been emeritus. Since then he has been mainly engaged in composition and publications in the field of music and language. Georg Heike now lives in Bad Münstereifel and Blankenheim. If you are interested in Georg Heike's complete compositional works, which include orchestral works, we recommend that you visit www.georg-heike.de or www.sprachmusik.de (see media center).
Heike took violin and piano lessons and intensively studied harmony and counterpoint, since 1985 also viola playing. Together with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Heike was a lecturer and collaborator at the Cologne Courses for New Music.
Since 1969 he has held a professorship for Phonetics at the University of Cologne, since 1998 Heike has been emeritus. Since then he has been mainly engaged in composition and publications in the field of music and language. Georg Heike now lives in Bad Münstereifel and Blankenheim. If you are interested in Georg Heike's complete compositional works, which include orchestral works, we recommend that you visit www.georg-heike.de or www.sprachmusik.de (see media center).
Works
• Sechs pieces for Viola, 1985-2002 • La Follia (Corelli, op. 5, No. 12), for Violin and ViolaMedia Center
Online Shop
• 6 Pieces, for viola solo, Part (1), FIRST PRINTPublisher
• La Follia, for Violin and Viola, Score, parts (2)
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