Career
He got his training from Lex van Delden. His oeuvre consists of a series Musica: solo pieces some with accompaniment, some solo. And of a series Canto: large scale works for chamber ensembles and orchestras.
The style of Norbert Wissing"s music can be described as moderately modern or Neo-Romantic.
He uses long melodic lines in a basically modal world, his harmonies are built on fourths. The orchestration of Wissing"s music is refined and powerful.
Influences on his melodic style have been traced back to Carl Nielsen and Leoš Janáček, while the orchestration of Wissing is influenced by Gustav Mahler, Dmitri Shostakovitch and Richard Strauss. Brass Quintet No1 1987
Brass Quintet No2 2006/9
String Quartet 1998
Libramente per ensemble da camara 2012
Musica per Oboe d"amore e Arpa 2013
Die Todes Fuge for voice and orchestra, 2002/10.
