Julius Berger – Margarita Höhenrieder – Peter Sadlo: In Memoriam

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Born in Blumenthal, near Bremen, Germany, he studied composition with Paul Hindemith at the Berlin Hochschule for Music beginning in 1928. From 1938 he taught at the Volksmusikschule Berlin-Neu Köln. During the second world war he served as a clarinetist. From 1946 to 1957 he taught at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau. From 1957 to 1974 he taught at the Munich Hochschule für Musik. Among his notable students was the Egyptian composer Gamal Abdel-Rahim. He died on December 16, 2007 in Munich. One of its last desires was it to carry out its music into the world. Margarita Höhenrieder, Julius Berger and Peter Sadlo were close friends of the composer. Berger: “He was one of the most important German composers of the 20th century. Its legacy will inspire still many generations. I am proud to have him personally known”.