Dieter Schnebel (born 1930 in Lahr/Baden) is a composer. From 1976 until his retirement in 1995 Schnebel served as professor of experimental music at the Berlin Hochschule der Künste. Awards include the Arts Prize of Lahr in 1991, the first European Church Music Prize was conferred upon him by the City of Schwäbisch in the same year. He has been a member of the Berlin Akademie der Künste since 1991 and the Bayerische Akademie der Künste since 1996.

He has composed cycles including Maulwerke, Schulmusik, Laut-Gesten-Laute, Museumsstücke, Schaustücke. Influenced by Fluxus, Schnebel create theatrical pieces based on space and unusual entrances of performers, founding a group Die Maulwerker. His Musik zum Lesen [Music to Read], intended to be read and "listened to" in the mind.

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• Schott Musik International Composers: Dieter Schnebel