Eduard Erdmann(1896-1958): a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music

[Dundonnell]

Erdmann joined the Nazi Party in 1937 but it did him no good since his music was unacceptable to the regime. In fact Erdmann essentially ceased composing in the 1930s and did not resume until after the end of the war.

EDUARD ERDMANN: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1914:   Symphonic Poem "Am Gardasee", op. 4  (destroyed)
1918:   Rondo for orchestra, op.9: 11 minutes    +   (Koch Schwann cd)
1919:   Symphony No.1, op.10: 23 minutes    +  (Koch Schwann cd)
1923:   Symphony No.2, op.13: 27 minutes    +  (Koch Schwann cd)
1928:   Piano Concerto, op.15: 30 minutes
1930:   "Standchen" for small orchestra, op.16: 15 minutes    +  (cpo cd)
1946:   Concertino(Rhapsody and Rondo) for Piano and Orchestra, op.18: 17 minutes
1947:   Symphony No.3, op.19: 49 minutes    +   (cpo cd)
1951:   Symphony No.4, op.20: 34 minutes   +   (cpo cd)
1952:   Capricci: A Little Kaleidoscope for small orchestra, op.21: 13 minutes   +  (cpo cd)
1955:   Monograms-A Little Serenade for orchestra, op.22: 11 minutes    + (cpo cd)



Source:

http://claude.torres1.perso.sfr.fr/ExilBerlin/ErdmannEduard/ErdmannOeuvres.html

[Christo]

What makes Erdmann an interesting name for me, is the fact that he was a Baltic German, born in Cēsis (Wenden) in Latvia and later a music student in Riga. He became a German composer, but could have become a 'Latvian' composer, had he stayed and adapted to the new conditions of the Latvian independence after WWI. Others, in both Latvia and Estonia, did.