Erich Hartmann (musician)

Erich Hartmann (January 26, 1920, in Leipzig – July 6, 2020)[1][2] was a German double bass player and composer.

The son of a piano maker, he grew up between the Conservatory of Music and St. Thomas Church in Leipzig.

As a young music student he studied the compositions of Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg.

Erich Hartmann founded a double bass quartet in 1967, whose members were himself, Klaus Stoll, Wolfgang Kohly, Manfred Dupak, and later Rudolf Watzel and Friedrich Witt.

His works include Oktett (für Kontrabässe), composed for his colleagues of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1972.