Herbert Gadsch (1913-2011): Violin concerto (1976)

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The German composer Herbert Gadsch (1913-2011) composed a Violin concerto in 1976. The full score can now be downloaded free of charge from my website:

https://www.tobias-broeker.de/rare-manuscripts/violin-concertos/herbert-gadsch/


Here is a short biography about Herbert Gadsch:

Edmund Herbert Gadsch was born on 7 April 1913 in Mittweida (Germany). His father could play different string instruments and clarinet on a good level and so the young Herbert Gadsch came in contact with music from an early age. He learned to play the piano and began to study music at the Kirchenmusikalischen Institut in Leipzig in 1930. His teachers included Friedrich Högner (organ), Carl Adolf Martienssen (piano), Kurt Thomas (choral conducting) and Johann Nepomuk David (music theory). He graduated in 1935 as an organist and cantor.
Herbert Gadsch then moved to Großenhain, where he first worked as an organist, later also as the cantor of the Marienkirche. In 1942 Herbert Gadsch was drafted for military service and held in Russian war captivity since 1945 until his release in 1950. He returned to Großenhain and again fulfilled the position of organist and cantor until his retirement in 1986. He also gave lectures in music theory, organ and church music history at the Landeskirchenmusikschule in Dresden and worked as chorus master in Großenhain for 20 years.
Herbert Gadsch died on 3 February 2011 in Großenhain (Germany).