Georg Enoch Robert Prosper Philipp Franz Karl Theodor Maria Heinrich Johannes Luitpold Hartmann Gundeloh Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (29 July 1946 – 15 June 2018) was a German conductor. He also owned the large

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estate Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl. He founded musical ensembles for performances of sacred choral works, and the Herrenchiemsee Festival. In 1975, he co-founded the BUND, a German organization dedicated to protecting the

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Career

Born in Guttenberg, Bavaria, Germany, on 29 July 1946, he was a member of the

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, and the son of CSU politician Karl Theodor von und zu Guttenberg and Rosa Sophie Prinzessin von

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. He was the father of CSU politician

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Buhl-Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (born 5 December 1971), known professionally as Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, is a German businessman and politician of the Christian Soc ...

. Guttenberg studied composition and conducting in Munich and Salzburg, influenced by

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Antal Doráti Antal Doráti (, , ; 9 April 1906 – 13 November 1988) was a Hungarian-born conductor and composer who became a naturalized American citizen in 1943. Biography Antal Doráti was born in Budapest, where his father Alexander Doráti was a vi ...

and . He founded musical ensembles for performances of sacred choral works. In 1967, he founded the choir Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, leading them to international recognition within short time. They appeared at festivals such as the

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, the Berliner Festwochen, the

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in Salzburg, the

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, the

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and the . They toured in Europe and South America. Guttenberg focused on sacred choral works such as Bach's ''

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'' and ''

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'', and is regarded as a ''Bekenntnismusiker'', performing the works as a personal confession. In a personal style, he combined the knowledge of

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with modern and vital expressiveness. From 1981 to 1987, Guttenberg also conducted the in

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. He worked as a guest conductor with orchestras such as

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, the

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, the orchestra of the

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, and the

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. In 1997, Guttenberg co-founded the orchestra KlangVerwaltung. In 2010, he conducted Verdi's

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in Rome in honour of

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. In 2001, he founded the Herrenchiemsee Festival, with performances at

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, and served as its

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. For the opening of 2012 festival, he programmed four

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s in a dramatiturgical sequence: ''O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort'', BWV 20, ''Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen'', BWV 12, ''Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch'', BWV 86, and ''Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir'', BWV 130. A reviewer noted music-making in chamber scale, but with spiritual depth and intensity. In 2017, when his choir celebrated its 50th anniversary, he and the choir received the

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at a Bruckner concert at

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, performing his

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and his unfinished Ninth Symphony. He was politically active in

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, and was in 1975 a co-founder of the BUND, a German organisation dedicated to protecting the natural environment. He left the organisation in 2012. Guttenberg died in Munich on 15 June 2018 at the age of 71.

Awards

* 1988: Deutscher Kulturpreis * 1991: Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse * 2001:

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* 2008:

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(returned in 2018) * 2017:

References

External links

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Discography Enoch zu Guttenberg
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Abendzeitung Munich, 16 June 2018 * ttp://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Guttenberg-Enoch-zu.htm Enoch zu Guttenberg (Conductor)Bach Cantatas Website
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) / Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
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