Erhard Mauersberger (29 December 1903 in

Mauersberg Mauersberg is a district of the Großrückerswalde municipality in the Erzgebirgskreis district of Saxony, Germany. Geography Location Mauersberg is located about southwest of Marienberg in the Ore Mountains. The village extends over about ...

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– 11 December 1982 in

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) was a German choral conductor who conducted the

Thomanerchor The Thomanerchor (English: St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig) is a boys' choir in Leipzig, Germany. The choir was founded in 1212. The choir comprises about 90 boys from 9 to 18 years of age. The members, called ''Thomaner'', reside in a boarding scho ...

as the 14th

Thomaskantor (Cantor at St. Thomas) is the common name for the musical director of the , now an internationally known boys' choir founded in Leipzig in 1212. The official historic title of the Thomaskantor in Latin, ', describes the two functions of cantor a ...

since

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

. He was also an academic teacher and composer.

Biography

Mauersberger, the son of a cantor in

, was the younger brother of

Rudolf Mauersberger Rudolf Mauersberger (29 January 1889 – 22 February 1971) was a German choral conductor and composer. His younger brother Erhard was also a conductor and composer. Career After positions in Aachen and Eisenach, he became director of the re ...

, who was cantor of the

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. He was a Thomaner (a member of the

) from 1914 to 1920 under

Gustav Schreck Gustav Ernst Schreck (born 8 September 1849 in Zeulenroda; died 22 January 1918 in Leipzig) was a German music teacher, composer and choirmaster of St. Thomas School, Thomasschule zu Leipzig, in Leipzig from 1893 to 1918. Life Schreck was born ...

.Erhard Mauersberger
on the bach-cantatas website He studied the organ with

Karl Straube Montgomery Rufus Karl Siegfried Straube (6 January 1873 – 27 April 1950) was a German church musician, organist, and choral conductor, famous above all for championing the abundant organ music of Max Reger. Career Born in Berlin, Straube stu ...

at the Leipziger Konservatorium. In 1925 he became director of the

Aachener Bachverein Aachener Bachverein (often abbreviated as ABV) is a German oratorio choir of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland in the city of Aachen that was founded in 1913 by Heinrich Boell. Although the chorus sings a varied repertoire that encompasses ...

, and in 1928 became a teacher at the Mainz Conservatory and a cantor at the Christuskirche in Mainz. From 1930 he was cantor at the Georgenkirche in

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. In 1932 he started teaching at the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt", Weimar, and was appointed professor for choral conducting in 1946. In autumn 1933 he joined the

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. From 1939 on, he worked in their

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and was the musical editor of their "de-Judaized" hymnal, ''Grosser Gott, wir loben Dich''. Beginning in 1950, he directed the Thüringer Kirchenmusikhochschule in Eisenach. From 1961 to 1972 he was

, succeeding Kurt Thomas. With his brother, he conducted Bach's ''

St Matthew Passion The ''St Matthew Passion'' (german: Matthäus-Passion, links=-no), BWV 244, is a '' Passion'', a sacred oratorio written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander. It sets ...

'' in a recording with

Peter Schreier Peter Schreier (29 July 1935 – 25 December 2019) was a German tenor in opera, concert and lied, and a conductor. He was regarded as one of the leading lyric tenors of the 20th century. Schreier was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor conduct ...

as the

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Theo Adam Theo Adam (1 August 1926 – 10 January 2019) was a German operatic bass-baritone and bass singer who had an international career in opera, concert and recital from 1949. He was a member of the Staatsoper Dresden for his entire career, and sang ...

as the

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(voice of Jesus),

Adele Stolte Adele Stolte (12 October 1932 – 26 September 2020) was a German soprano singer in concert and Lieder, and an academic voice teacher. Biography Born in Sperenberg, Stolte attended schools in Lübeck and Potsdam. She studied voice with Anneli ...

Annelies Burmeister Annelies Burmeister (25 November 1928 in Ludwigslust – 16 June 1988 in Berlin) was a German contralto and actress. Burmeister studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Weimar. She was a member of the Deutsche Oper in Berlin and made severa ...

Hans-Joachim Rotzsch Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (25 April 1929 – 25 September 2013) was a German choral conductor, conducting the Thomanerchor from 1972 until 1991 as the fifteenth Thomaskantor since Johann Sebastian Bach. He was also a tenor and an academic teacher. B ...

and

Günther Leib Günther Leib (born 12 April 1927) is a German operatic baritone and professor of voice. A Kammersänger of the Dresden State Opera, he sang leading baritone roles both in his native Germany and internationally during the course of his stage c ...

.Zwei Brüder in Harmonie
(Two brothers in harmony) review 2005 (in German) He composed works ''

a cappella ''A cappella'' (, also , ; ) music is a performance by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Ren ...

'' in late romantic style for the choir.

References

Sources

* Eduard Crass: ''Die Thomaner. Kommentierter Bildbericht über ihre 750jährige Geschichte 1212–1962.'' VEB Verlag Leipzig 1962. * * *

External links

*
Erhard Mauersberger
on Leipzig-Lexikon (in German)
Entries for Erhard Mauersberger
on

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