Hans Otte
Hans Günther Franz Otte (3 December 1926, Plauen – 25 December 2007, Bremen) was a German composer, pianist, radio promoter, and author of many pieces of musical theatre, sound installations, poems, drawings, and art videos. From 1959 to 1984 he served as music director for Radio Bremen. From the early 1960s onwards, Otte frequently presented contemporary experimental American composers in his Bremen radio festival ''Pro Musica Nova'', among them in those days completely unknown people like John Cage, David Tudor, Terry Riley, and La Monte Young. From 1959 on, Otte lived and worked in Bremen, Germany. His catalogue of compositions contains more than 100 works.Otte had studied in Germany, Italy, and at Yale University in the United States. His teachers included the composer Paul Hindemith and the pianist Walter Gieseking.
Some of Otte's works, especially his extended suites for solo piano, are characterized by very minimal means but are nevertheless quite subtle and sophisticated in their architecture and expression. ''Das Buch der Klänge'' (The Book of Sounds, 1979–82) and ''Stundenbuch'' (Book of Hours, 1991–98) are his best-known pieces in this genre, and Otte often performed them himself. His last public recital was given in Amsterdam in 1999. Recordings of these works, with Otte as performer, are available on CD.
In his works, Otte drew significantly on European and Asian spirituality, integrating various prayers into the fabric of the music.
In 1991 his work "KlangHaus" became a permanent interactive sound installation in the Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen in Bremen, Germany.
A book, ''Hans Otte : Klang der Klänge = Sound of sounds'', by Ingo Ahmels (de), was published in 2006. An accompanying DVD contained excerpts from a conversation with Otte by Ahmels in 1999, and further excerpts from conversations with Herbert Henck from 2001, and with Hans-Joachim Hespos from 2004. It also contained the ''Otte-Werkeverzeichnis'' (OWV), a complete catalogue of Otte's works compiled by Ahmels, and authorized by Otte. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Otte, Hans, 1926-2007
London : Universal Edition, 1963
London : Universal Edition, 1963
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by Otte, Hans, 1926-2007
[Hong Kong] : Naxos, 2010
[Hong Kong] : Naxos, 2010
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by Otte, Hans, 1926-2007
[Place of publication not identified] : Celestial Harmonies, 2007
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by Otte, Hans, 1926-2007
München : ECM Records, 1999
München : ECM Records, 1999
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by Otte, Hans, 1926-2007
[Place of publication not identified] : 1001 Notes, 2022
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by Otte, Hans, 1926-2007
Arizona : Celestial Harmonies, 2007
Arizona : Celestial Harmonies, 2007
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by Otte, Hans, 1926-2007
[Place of publication not identified] : Celestial Harmonies, 2006
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by Otte, Hans, 1926-2007
München : Witton, Conn. : Kuckuck ; Distribution in U.S.A. & Canada, Celestial Harmonies, 1984
München : Witton, Conn. : Kuckuck ; Distribution in U.S.A. & Canada, Celestial Harmonies, 1984
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by Otte, Hans, 1926-2007
[Hong Kong] : Naxos, 2010
[Hong Kong] : Naxos, 2010
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by Otte, Hans, 1926-2007
Berlin : E.R.P. Musikverlag Eckart Rahn ; Tucson, Ariz. : Celestial Harmonies, 2006
Berlin : E.R.P. Musikverlag Eckart Rahn ; Tucson, Ariz. : Celestial Harmonies, 2006
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by Fricke, Florian, Hamel, Peter Michael, 1947-, Hartmann, Thomas de, 1885-1956, Otte, Hans, 1926-2007, Riley, Terry, 1935-
[Place of publication not identified] : Celestial Harmonies, 1986
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by Ahmels, Ingo
Mainz : Schott Musik International, 2006
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Mainz, Germany : Wergo, 2008
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by Zacher, Gerd
New York : Heliodor/Wergo, 1970
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by Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963
[New York] : Decca, 1950
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Berlin : Tucson, Arizona : E.R.P. Musikverlag ; Celestial Harmonies, 2007
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Berlin : Tucson, Arizona : E.R.P. Musikverlag ; Celestial Harmonies, 2007
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by Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963
Hamburg, W. Germany : Deutsche Grammophon, 1989
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