Background
Buechner, Margaret was born on May 27, 1922 in Hannover, Germany. Came to the United States, 1951, United States citizenship, 1961. Daughter of Wilhelm and Martha Voss.
Buechner, Margaret was born on May 27, 1922 in Hannover, Germany. Came to the United States, 1951, United States citizenship, 1961. Daughter of Wilhelm and Martha Voss.
Master of Music, University Königsberg and University Wuerzburg and Conservatory, Germany, 1943. Private studies in composition and orchestra with Otto Luening, Columbia University, 1955.
Born in Hanover, she emigrated to the United States in 1951 and became an American citizen in 1961. Other major works are two related to her adopted country: Liberty Bell for chorus and orchestra, which incorporates a 1959 recording of the actual bell by Columbia Records, and the "symphonic trilogy" The American Civil War. She died in Midland, Michigan, at the age of 76.
Married Werrner Buechner, 1948 (dvi.