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Hellmut Schnackenburg
Hellmut Schnackenburg (27 September 190215 August 1974) was a German conductor and director of music. Life Born in Halle (Saale), Schnackenburg grew up in Altona where he studied music. At the Cologne Opera he was répétiteur and Kapellmeister as well as music director at the Wuppertaler Bühnen from the 1920s to the 1930s. In 1937, he became Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the Bremer Philharmoniker. In 1941, the ''Neue Zeitschrift für Musik'' gave a positive review of the 1941 program, and complimented him on including a thorough analysis in the program. His contract was not renewed in 1943, so he was succeeded in office by opera director Fritz Rieger. In July 1945, he was reinstated as GMD of the Philharmonische Gesellschaft. After the war, the concerts took place in the Decla cinema in Walle or in the Bremen City Hall. In 1947, the concerts could take place again in the concert hall Die Glocke. On 4 April 1948, he conducted the world premiere of Braunfels' opera '' V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Director Of Music
A music(al) director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert band, the director of music of a film, the director of music at a radio station, the person in charge of musical activities or the head of the music department in a school, the coordinator of the musical ensembles in a university, college, or institution (but not usually the head of the academic music department), the head bandmaster of a military band, the head organist and choirmaster of a church, or an organist and master of the choristers (the title given to a director of music at a cathedral, particularly in England). Orchestra The title of "music director" or "musical director" is used by many symphony orchestras to designate the primary conductor and artistic leader of the orchestra. The term "music director" is most common for orchestras in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Glocke (Bremen)
Die Glocke (The Bell) is a concert hall in the centre of Bremen, Germany. Standing on the site of a building from the Middle Ages, it was designed by Walter Görig (1885–1974) and completed in 1928. Its elegant Art Deco design and excellent acoustics have been praised by a number of artists including Herbert von Karajan. History In the Middle Ages, the octagonal bell-shaped (hence its name) chapter house of the cathedral stood south of it on the Domsheide in the ''Dombezirk'', an enclave under the sovereignty and legal control of the cathedral. It was the venue for the meetings of the chapter and, from 1648, for the deliberations of the court. In 1737, a new octagonal building was constructed on the site, coming under the authority of the City of Bremen in 1803. From 1857, it belonged to the ''Künstlerverein'' (Artists Association). After a fire in 1915, the old ''Glocke'' building was demolished, making way for a new concert hall with the same name, designed by Walter Gà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1902 Births
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Music Directors
A music(al) director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert band, the director of music of a film, the director of music at a radio station, the person in charge of musical activities or the head of the music department in a school, the coordinator of the musical ensembles in a university, college, or institution (but not usually the head of the academic music department), the head bandmaster of a military band, the head organist and choirmaster of a church, or an organist and master of the choristers (the title given to a director of music at a cathedral, particularly in England). Orchestra The title of "music director" or "musical director" is used by many symphony orchestras to designate the primary conducting, conductor and artistic leader of the orchestra. The term "music director" is most common for orch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Conductors (music)
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Das Große Bremen-Lexikon
''Das Große Bremen-Lexikon'' is an 18th-century encyclopaedia by the Freie Hansestadt Bremen, written by Herbert Schwarzwälder about * the region, as Territory of Bremen, as Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (Bremen Archbishopric), as Bremen-Verden and * an encyclopaedia of the Hanseatic city Bremen and the maritime city Bremerhaven.. History In Bremen, ''Brema literata'' was published anonymously in 1709 by Heinrich Iken. The fourth edition was last published in an adaptation by in 1726. In the work were reported gossips by writers and scholars. Around 1765 the started with a work ''Bremisch-Niedersächsisches Wörterbuch''. The work appeared from 1767 to 1772 in five volumes as a regional encyclopaedia. Words, terms and cultural-historical topics were treated. In 1818, the ''Lexikon aller Gelehrten'' by the cathedral pastor was published as an encyclopaedic collection of biographers. From 1961 to 1965, the ''Weser-Kurier'' published as a book a ''Kleines Bremer Lexikon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Schwarzwälder
Herbert Schwarzwälder (14 October 1919 – 11 September 2011) was a German historian. With his decades of work and his extensive publications, he has had a major influence on the research and communication of the . Life Schwarzwälder was born in Bremen. His younger brother was the Heimatforscher (1929–2019). He attended the grammar school and graduated in 1938 with his Abitur. He was then called up for Reichsarbeitsdienst, then for military service with an air force and the anti-aircraft artillery. During the Second World War, he was first deployed in the Homeland Security, later in a technical department in the Soviet Union and in the West. Schwarzwälder had to spend several years as prisoner of war in camps in France, the US and England. In 1947, he was able to return to Bremen.Günter Garbrecht''Professor Dr. phil. Herbert Schwarzwälder'' , url=http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/~bremhist/Schwarzw.html/ref> In ''Ein Streifzug durch Bremens Geschichte'', Online-Geschichtsproj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Orff
Carl Orff (; 10 July 1895 – 29 March 1982) was a German composer and music educator, best known for his cantata ''Carmina Burana'' (1937). The concepts of his Schulwerk were influential for children's music education. Life Early life Carl Orff (full name Karl Heinrich Maria Orff) was born in Munich on 10 July 1895, the son of Paula Orff (née Köstler, 1872–1960) and Heinrich Orff (1869–1949). His family was Bavarian and was active in the Imperial German Army; his father was an army officer with strong musical interests, and his mother was a trained pianist. The composer's grandfathers, Carl von Orff (1828–1905) and Karl Köstler (1837–1924), were both major generals and also scholars. His paternal grandmother, Fanny Orff (née Kraft, 1833–1919), was Catholic of Jewish descent. His maternal grandmother was Maria Köstler (née Aschenbrenner, 1845–1906). Orff had one sibling, a younger sister named Maria ("Mia", 1898–1975), who married the architect Alwin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Van Kempen
Paul van Kempen (16 May 1893 – 8 December 1955) was a Dutch conductor. Personal life Van Kempen was born in Zoeterwoude, Netherlands. He studied at the Amsterdam conservatory from 1910 to 1913, including composition and conducting with Julius Roentgen and Bernard Zweers, as well as violin with Louis Zimmerman. From 1913, he was a second violinist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. One year later, he was in the first violin section. After 1916, he began to make his career more in Germany, and served as concertmaster in orchestras in Posen, Bad Nauheim und Dortmund. In 1932, Van Kempen became a German citizen. He died in Amsterdam at age 62. Career Van Kempen was music director in Oberhausen for 2 years. From 1934 to 1942, he was principal conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic. In 1942, he succeeded Herbert von Karajan as ''Kapellmeister'' in Aachen, serving through 1944. Several years after World War II, in 1953, Van Kempen became general music director of the city of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of The Arts Bremen
The University of the Arts Bremen (German: Hochschule für Künste Bremen, HfK Bremen) is a public university in Bremen, Germany. It is one of the most successful arts institutions, and its origins date back to 1873. The University of the Arts Bremen runs a Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, and a Faculty of Music, with approximately 900 students, 65 professors and about 180 assistant professors. The academic subdivisions within the University are Music, Art, Design and practical theory. The institution's specialisms in both music and visual arts is unique within Germany, save for the Berlin University of the Arts. Recent works and exhibitions combine visual art, digital media and music, with emphasis on co-operation between disciplines. History In 1998, the institution celebrated the tenth anniversary of the University of the Arts and the 125th anniversary of the Art Academy. Since 2003, the Fine Arts Faculty of the University of the Arts Bremen has been located at Speicher XI, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verkündigung (Braunfels)
''Verkündigung'' ("Annunciation") is a 1935 mystery opera (''ein Mysterium'') in a prologue and four acts by Walter Braunfels to the composer's own libretto after the German translation of Paul Claudel's ''L'Annonce faite a Marie''. Claudel's play tells the story of a woman, Violaine, who moved by pity kisses a leper and contracts leprosy herself, but heals the leper she had embraced. Violaine also brings back to life the child born to her sister Mara and Jacques, the man who betrayed her, and then dies herself. The names of Claudel's characters are germanified so the father Andre Vercors becomes Andreas Gradherz, Pierre de Craon becomes Peter von Ulm, and so on. The opera was premiered on 4 April 1948 in Cologne, conducted by Hellmut Schnackenburg, with Trude Eipperle as Violaine. Roles Recordings *Verkündigung – Andrea Trauboth (Violaine), Chieko Shirasaka-Teratani (Mara), Siegmund Nimsgern (Andreas Gradherz), Claudia Rüggeberg (the mother), John Bröcheler (Jacobaeus), Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
