page_title: Martin Scherber
section_title: Metamorphosis-Symphonies
hierarchical_section_title: Martin Scherber / Metamorphosis-Symphonies
caption_attribution_description: English: The composer of the Metamorphosis-Symphonies Martin Scherber on the grand piano about the early fifties Deutsch: Martin Scherber am Bechsteinflügel in der Entstehungszeit der Metamorphosen-Symphonien
context_page_description: Martin Scherber
  was a German composer and the creator of what he described as "metamorphosis symphonies".
context_section_description: There he created the Symphony No.1 in d minor (written in 1938). Years of experience as a soldier (1940-46 military service: anti-aircraft-artillery on railway, music corps, medical service, prison camp 'Munsterlager') in World War II stirred him for a long time. So one can see the 2. Symphony in f minor (1951–1952), and the 3. Symphony in b minor (1952–1955), which followed this directly, as a more important continuation of his musical path which began with the d-minor-Symphony. The composer called them 'Metamorphosis-Symphonies'. These symphonies are his main work.
  He also composed instrumental music, works for the choir, songs and pieces for the piano. To this belonged the "ABC", a piano cycle in which he attempts to catch the mood of German sounds of speech.
caption: The composer of Metamorphosis-Symphonies, 1951–55.
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