Karl Amadeus Hartmann

Karl Amadeus Hartmann

This profile of the German composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-63) combines documentary and Performance footage. It looks at his championship of new music with the Musica Viva concerts he organised in Munich after 1945, and includes extensive excerpts from his opera Des Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend, as well as his Symphonies No. 6 and No. 8.

  • No: R0207
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Composer: Karl Amadeus Hartmann
  • Conductor: Heinz Fricke, Rafael Kubelík
  • Director: Klaus Voswinckel
  • Music Genre: Classical Music
  • Production year: 1986
  • Run time: 01:15:00
  • Producers: RM Arts/Bayerischer Rundfunk
  • Format: HDTV