Harald Genzmer (9 February 1909 – 16 December 2007) was a German composer of classical music and an academic. Biography The son of the legal historian , Genzmer was born in Blumenthal, near Kiel, Germany, he studied composition with Paul Hindemith at the Hochschule für Musik Berlin beginning in 1928. From 1938 he taught at the Volksmusikschule Berlin-Neukölln. During the early part of the Second World War he served as a military band clarinetist. When his pianistic abilities were noticed by the Musikmeister, he was put on detached duties as a pianist/accompanist for "Lazarettenkonzerte", concerts for recuperating wounded officers. He was based for some time near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where he made the acquaintance of Richard Strauss. When the war ended, he was offered a post at the Musikhochschule München. This was blocked by the American authorities, and so, from 1946 to 1957 he taught at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau. From 1957 to 1974 he taught at the Musikhochschule München. He hung a framed review from the Süddeutsche Zeitung above his piano, which stated after the premiere of his 1955 Sinfonietta for Strings that it was a work destined only for oblivion. Sharing the frame was a cutting from a few years later, reporting that in the previous year it had been the most performed work for string orchestra in Europe. Among his notable students are Bertold Hummel, Egyptian composer Gamal Abdel-Rahim, British composer John McCabe, and Japanese composer Toyoko Takami. He died on 16 December 2007 in Munich. Awards 1960 Music Prize of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste 1961 1st Prize of the Deutscher Sängerbund 1962 Preis zur Förderung der Musik der Stadt München 1991 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art 1996 Kulturpreis der Bayerischen Landesstiftung 1998 Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille in Gold Compositions Source: Orchestral works 1940 Konzert Nr. 1 für Trautonium und Orchester 1942 Musik für Streichorchester 1946 Erstes Concertino, for piano and strings with flute 1948 Konzert für Klavier und Orchester 1950 Konzert für Violoncello und großes Orchester 1952 Konzert Nr. 2 für Mixtur-Trautonium und Orchester 1954 Konzert für Flöte und Orchester 1955 Sinfonietta, for strings 1957 rev.1970 1. Sinfonie, for full orchestra 1957. Kammerkonzert, for oboe and string orchestra. 1958 2. Sinfonie, for strings 1959 Prolog, for orchestra 1959 Konzert für Violine und Orchester. 1960 Divertimento giocoso for two woodwind instruments and string orchestra 1963 Concertino Nr. 2, for piano and strings 1963 2. Orchesterkonzert