solo using the notes of his name (eS, A, C, H, E, Re). Wolfgang Fortner created the theme and three variations Zum spielen für den 70. Geburtstag, Thema und Variationen für Violoncello Solo. These compositions were partially presented in Zurich on 2 May 1976. Wolfgang Fortner died in Heidelberg in 1987, aged 79. Prizes 1948 Schreker-Prize Berlin. 1953 Louis Spohr Prize Brunswick. 1955 Bearer of the "Great Prize of Art-Music" of North-Rhine/Westphalia. 1955 Member of the Academy of the Beautiful Arts of Berlin. 1956 Member of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste of Munich. 1957 President of the German section of the ISCM (from 1971). 1960 Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. 1975 President of the Dramatists' Union. 1977 Reinhold Schneider Prize of Freiburg. 1977 Grand Medal of Service of the Federal Republic of Germany 1977 Honorary Doctorate of the Universities of Heidelberg and Freiburg. Notable students Among his students were composers Günther Becker, Arthur Dangel, Friedhelm Döhl, Hans Ulrich Engelmann, Diego H. Feinstein, Peter Förtig, Volkmar Fritsche, Hans Werner Henze, Carl Johnson, Milko Kelemen, Rudolf Kelterborn, Karl Michael Komma, Arghyris Kounadis, Ton de Kruyf, Uwe Lohrmann, Wolfgang Ludewig, Bruce MacCrombie, Roland Moser, Diether de la Motte, Nam June Paik, Graciela Paraskevaidis, Robert HP Platz, Rolf Riehm, Wolfgang Rihm, Griffith Rose, Mauricio Rosenmann, Dieter Schönbach, Manfred Stahnke, Henk Stam, Karen Tarlow, Peter Westergaard, Hans Zender, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Heinz Werner Zimmermann, conductors Thomas Baldner and Arturo Tamayo and translator Hans Wollschläger. Selected works Operas Bluthochzeit. Lyric Tragedy in 2 Acts/7 Pictures, libretto by the composer after the drama Bodas se sangre by Federico García Lorca in Enrique Beck's German translation (1957) Corinna. Opera buffa in one act after a comedy by Gérard de Nerval (1958) In seinem Garten liebt Don Perlimplin Belisa. Opera after Federico García Lorca (1962) Elisabeth Tudor. Opera in three acts after a libretto by Mattias Braun (1972) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, with Helga Dernesch and William B. Murray That time. Scenic cantata after Samuel Beckett (1977) Ballets Die weiße Rose. Ballet after Oscar Wilde (1950) Die Witwe von Ephesus. Pantomime after a scenario of Petronius Carmen (Bizet Collagen). Music for a ballet by John Cranko (1971) Other works String quartet no. 1 (published 1930) Concerto for organ and strings (published 1932) Concertino in G minor for viola and chamber orchestra (1934) Sonatina for piano (1935) Concerto for string orchestra (1935?) Sinfonia