Hans Christoph Karl Friedrich Naumilkat (9 December 1919 – 13 February 1994) was a German composer and music educator.
Life
Born in
Schönebeck
Schönebeck (), officially Schönebeck (Elbe), is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, approx. southeast of Magdeburg.
For much of the twentieth century it was noted ...
, Naumilkat passed his
Abitur
''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...
in 1938 and subsequently studied music and
music education
Music education is a field of practice in which educators are trained for careers as elementary or secondary music teachers, school or music conservatory ensemble directors. Music education is also a research area in which scholars do origina ...
in Braunschweig, Berlin and Halle.
After the Second World War, Naumilkat headed the folk music department, the music department of
children's radio Children's radio is a radio format aimed primarily at preteen children. Examples include the now defunct Radio Disney network of radio stations, Kids Place Live satellite radio channel and in the UK Fun Kids.
Stations
See also
*List of children ...
and the children's choirs of the
Berliner Rundfunk
The Berliner Rundfunk (BERU) was a radio station set in East Germany. It had a political focus and discussed events in East Berlin. Today it is a commercial radio station broadcast with the name "Berliner Rundfunk 91.4".
History
The Berliner R ...
, which were founded in 1950. He worked as a freelance composer and from 1957 as a music teacher.
In 1966, he was appointed as professor and from 1968 to 1974, he directed the "Ensemble Etkar André" at the in Berlin. From 1974, he was choirmaster and music teacher at the .
Hans Naumilkat
on AllMusic
Naumilkat composed mainly vocal works for his choirs, for school practice and for the GDR pioneer organisation; the lyrics of many of his songs were written by his wife Ilse, who also worked as a choir director. Through inclusion in school books, radio broadcasts, television productions with the choirs he conducted and live performances up to the act of state, his songs achieved wide distribution.
Naumlkat died in Berlin at the age of 74.
Compositions
* Cantatas
** ''Die Brücke''
** ''Deutschland, du liebe Heimat''
** ''Vom Trümmerstein zum Bauprogramm'', 1952
** ''Wir wollen aufrecht gehen durch dieses Leben'', 1958
** ''Über unserer Heimat scheint die Sonne'', 1959
** ''Jeder neue Morgen bringt uns ein neues Glück'', 1966
** ''Junge Saat unterm Bohrturm'', 1978
* ''Weihnachtslied''
* '' Vorfreude, schönste Freude'' (text: Erika Engel-Wojahn)
* ''Kinder- und Pionierlieder''
** ''Fröhlich sein und singen''
** ''Unsere Heimat
(Eng: Our Homeland) was a popular song in the German Democratic Republic, where it was sung by the Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation. The lyrics were written by Herbert Keller and the melody by Hans Naumilkat. The song demonstrates strong ...
''
** ''Wir haben Ferien und gute Laune''
** ''Soldaten sind vorbeimarschiert''
** ''Das Fernsehturmlied''
** '' Bummi-Lied (Kam ein kleiner Teddybär)''
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German composers
1919 births
1994 deaths
People from Schönebeck