Eduard Pütz
# Eduard Pütz

Eduard Pütz (13 February 1911, in Illerich – 18 January 2000, in Bad Münstereifel) was a German composer and music teacher.

## Selected works

       Pütz's scores are published by Schott Music, Edition Tonger, Tonos Musikverlag and Hans Gerig Verlag.

### Opera

* Riders to the Sea, Opera in 1 act (1972); libretto by Heinrich Böll after John Millington Synge

### Orchestral

* Invention für Barbara for string orchestra (1956)
* Concerto grasso for string orchestra and jazz-combo (1981)
* Blue Fantasy (1996)
* Tagebuchblätter aus Frankreich

### Concertante

* Concerto giocoso for piano and orchestra (1979)
* Pyrenäen-Rhapsodie (Pyrenees Rhapsody), 3 Impressions for piano and orchestra (1984)
* Concerto for cello and orchestra (1985)
* Romanze for alto saxophone, cello, string orchestra and percussion (1989)

### Chamber music

* Sonatina for cello and piano (1963)
* Improvisation modale for flute and piano (1964)
* Nugae, 7 Little Pieces for recorder, celesta and guitar (1969)
* Ballade für T.S. for guitar (1973)
* Tenso for shakuhachi and guitar (1975)
* 5 Poèmes for violin and piano (1978)
* Canto épico for string quartet (1981)
* Die Marionetten der Ree Loo, Garden Music for violin and piano (1983)
* Meditationen for viola and guitar (1983)
* Frammenti for 4 violas (1986)
* Cries in the Dark, Blues for saxophone and string quartet (1986)
* Lydian Romance for cello and piano (1986)
* "O Welt...", Quartet for oboe, violin, viola and cello (1987)
* Sonata for 7 cellos (1988)
* Sonata for viola and piano (1988)
* Arabeschi capricciosi for flute and guitar (1989)
* Funny Serenades for violin and piano (1989)
* Traumstück for viola and harp (1989)
* Adagietto for cello and piano (1990)
* Blues for Benni for viola and piano (1991)
* Blues Fantasy for 6 cellos (1991)
* Dancing Strings for string quartet (1991)
* Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (1991)
* Tango passionato for 4 cellos (1992)
* Capricious Waltz for flute and piano (1993)
* Twilight Dream for violin and piano (1993)
* Notturno pastorale for oboe and piano (1993)
* Short Stories, 10 Little Pieces for cello and piano (1994)
* Serenade for treble recorder and accordion (1994)
* String Quartet No. 2 (1994)
* Piano Trio (1996)
* Why?, Impressions for 4 saxophones (1996)
* Blue Waltz for flute and piano (1997)
* Jazz Capriccio for alto saxophone and piano (1998)

### Harpsichord

* Suite baroque for harpsichord (or piano) (1977)

### Organ

* Rosa mystica

### Piano

* Sonatina in B♭ (1945)
* Frohes Musizieren, 6 Little Pieces for piano 4-hands (1947)
* Auf dem Rummelplatz, Musik für Hansmartin, Little Pieces (1948)
* Fünf Bagatellen (5 Bagatelles) (1950)
* Sonatina in F (1960)
* Hälfte des Lebens, Klavierstück in 2 movements after a poem by Friedrich Hölderlin (1975)
* Litaniae alle cinque (1976)
* Mr. Clementi Goin' on Holidays, Short Exercises in Blues and Rock Styles (1976)
* Toccata bruta (1976)
* Capriccio, Notturno und Blues (1980)
* 12 Präludien zum Gebrauch an Sonntagnachmittagen (12 Preludes for Use on Sunday Afternoons) (1984)
* Sentimental Serenades (1987)
* I'm Sorry, Mr. Czerny, Little Jazz and Jazz-related Pieces (1988)
* Jazz Sonata (1988)
* Let's Swing, Mr. Bach!, 6 Piano Pieces in "Play-Bach" Style (1991)
* Pas de deux, Petit Ballet for piano 4-hands (1991)
* Waltzing the Blues, 3 Jazz Waltzes (1991)
* Young People's Music Box, 12 Easy Pieces (1992)
* Nachtstücke (Night Music) (1993)
* Let's Play Together, 10 Jazzy Pieces for piano 4-hands (1994)
* How about That, Mr. Offenbach!, Can-Can Fantasy (1995)
* Valsette (1996)
* Jazz-Sonatine (1998)
* Take It Easy, 3 Little Piano Pieces in Jazz Style (2000)

### Vocal

* When We Dead Awaken for soprano, flute, electric guitar, electric piano, percussion and double bass (1974); words by Rudi Holzapfel
* Requiem im Park for mezzo-soprano, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, cello, piano and bongos (1980); words by Ursula Claude
* Melodie am Abend for baritone and piano (1981)

### Choral

* Johnny John, 5 Impressions for male chorus (1964); words by Hansjochem Kunze
* Der irre Spielmann for mixed chorus (1993); words by Joseph von Eichendorff
* Requiem nach Texten des alten und neuen Testamentes for soprano, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra (1994)
