Heinz Geese Explained

Heinz Geese (6 April 1930 in Bonn – 23 April 2008),^[1] also Heinz Gieese^[2]) was a German composer, pianist, conductor and arranger.

As a conductor he led the Großes Unterhaltungsorchester of the broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) on radio and recordings. Geese was also composer of musicals and performed as a pianist.

Geese died in Bonn at age 78.

Work

Compositions

• Foxy rettet Amerika, a musical for children from 8 - 80 by Fritz Graßhoff, Schott Music 1977
• Die Seefahrt nach Rio, scenic cantata with verses by James Krüss, Schott Music
• Bolero Smeralda. Für Gitarre solo und Zupforchester. Zimmermann, Frankfurt 1988

Recordings

• Fernsehwunschkonzert with René Kollo, Deutsche Austrophon, 2006
• Fernsehwunschkonzert with Ingeborg Hallstein, Deutsche Austrophon, 2005
• Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert, music by Franz Lehár, TIM The International Music Company, Vertrieb, 2003

Book

• With : . Die phantastischen Abenteuer auf einem fremden Planeten. With a greeting from Mildred Scheel, for the benefit of the German Cancer Aid; Ariola-Eurodisc Society, Munich [1974]

Notes and References

1. https://de.schott-music.com/shop/autoren/heinz-geese Heinz Geese
2. compare his entry in the German National Library catalogue