Werner Heetfeld

• b. 8.12.1930
• first instrument: diatonic single-action accordion
• chromatic button accordion from 1948
• 1949 first performance of "Musik für Trompete und Akkordeon-Orchester"
• 1954 first prize winner of International Composers Competition in Philadelphia/USA with "Rhapsody for Accordion and Symphony-Orchestra"
• accordion teacher, composer and arranger in Ruhr area from 1955 to 1965
• compositions: mainly for accordion and accordion with other instruments

Works for accordion
• Suite für Solo-Akkordeon, 1953
  (published under the pseudonym of Stephan Heepen)
  Wie ein Marsch
  Lied ohne Worte
  Kleiner Rhapsodischer Walzer
  
• Vier stilistische Variationen, 1955
• Ballett-Szenen, 1955
• Musicas Portuguesas, 1955 (duet for two accordions)
• Staccato-Polka, 1956
• Sinfonische Etüde Nr. 1, 1956

Links
• Find comprehensive information on Werner Heetfeld at DoHe-Verlag. 120 of his compositions are available.