On this page you can download scores and sets of parts
of Klaus Obermaier's compositions as PDF files.

thirty-five (1986) – string quartet no. 2
download PDF:
score 274kb
violin 1 90kb
violin 2 69kb
viola 66kb
cello 65kb
premiered by
Arnold Quartet
Aug. 27, 1989, 3rd international St. Gallen Festival, Austria.
CD: Klaus Obermaier compositions 1985-2005, Extraplatte EX 651-2
thirty-five / excerpt

String Quartet No. 3 (1986)
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score 321kb
violin 1 180kb
violin 2 167kb
viola 148kb
cello 160kb
premiered by
Arnold Quartet
Aug. 27, 1989, 3rd international St. Gallen Festival, Austria.
CD: Klaus Obermaier compositions 1985-2005, Extraplatte EX 651-2
string quartet no. 3 / excerpt

35 (1988/1997) – saxophone quartet
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score 380kb
soprano sax 130kb
alto sax 125kb
tenor sax 125kb
baritone sax 125kb
premiered by
Quatuor Alliage (Daniel Gauthier - s, Monique Sylvestre - a, Christophe Fourmaux - t, Dejan Presicek - b),
Dec. 7, 1997, Opéra du Rhin, Strasbourg/France
35 / excerpt
tasten (1992) – for piano
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piano score 166kb
premiered by
Hermann Kretzschmar (Ensemble Modern),
May 9, 1997, 'Ein Ort fuer Neue Musik', Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
CD: Klaus Obermaier compositions 1985-2005, Extraplatte EX 651-2
tasten / excerpt
chords (1992) – for guitar and piano
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piano score 443kb
guitar part 201kb
premiered by
Klaus Obermaier (guitar) and Robert Spour (piano),
Nov. 11, 1993, Musikfest bei den Minoriten, Graz/Austria.
CD: box music, Klaus Obermaier & Robert Spour, Extraplatte EX 251-2
chords / excerpt
dehpur (1988) – for guitar and piano
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piano score 281kb
guitar part 128kb
premiered by
Klaus Obermaier (guitar) and Robert Spour (piano),
June 30, 1991, Phoenix Theatre, Linz/Austria.
CD: new music for guitar and piano, Klaus Obermaier & Robert Spour, Extraplatte EX 178
dehpur / excerpt

Ueberlagerung und Verschiebung (1985) – guitar duo or 2 marimbaphones
download PDF:
duo score 1.6mb
premiered by
Klaus Obermaier and Alois Watzinger,
May 5, 1987, Steinbruenninger Woche fuer Neue Musik/Germany.
LP: Guitar Duo Klaus Obermaier & Alois Watzinger - Works of Austrian twentieth-century composers (Extraplatte EX 74, 1986).
CD: Klaus Obermaier compositions 1985-2005, Extraplatte EX 651-2 (2 marimbaphones)
version for 2 marimb. / excerpt
Etude (1994) – for guitar
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guitar score 50kb
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Klaus Obermaier composed for the Kronos Quartet, the German Chamber Philharmonics and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the Alliage Quartet (saxophone quartet), the Arnold Quartet (string quartet of the German chamber philharmonics) a. o.
He studied classical guitar at the Bruckner-Conservatory Linz/Austria and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Karl Scheit.
From 1989 to 1998 he toured and recorded with the Ensemble Modern Frankfurt.
In 2005 and 2008 he taught as an adjunct professor for composition at the Webster University Vienna.