Belgian-French composer André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813), who had studied in Rome, was early-on enthusiastic about opera and became one of the celebrated Parisian opera composers...
André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741-1813) studierte in Rom und legte bei Padre Martini in Bologna das Examen ab. Schon früh begeisterte er sich für die Oper und war während der Revolutionsepoche auch einer der gefeiertsten Opernmeister in Paris. Von der Republik wurde er dort auch mit der Gründung eines Konservatoriums beauftragt.
Gerhard Baumann was born on 3rd September, 1921 in Klein Rogan.
From 1936 to 1940 he studied trumpet and violin and then worked as an orchestral musician. He finished his postgraduate studies in composition and conducting in 1953 and became leader of the police orchstra in Schwerin. After a short employment at the Rundfunkblasorchester Leipzig (Leipzig broadcast band) he was hired as...