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)