Jürgen Oberschelp (born 12 July 1938) is a German conductor, choir director. He conducted the

Bielefelder Kinderchor Bielefelder Kinderchor is a children's choir founded in 1932 in Bielefeld by Friedrich Oberschelp in 1932 and led by him until 1984, when his son Jürgen Oberschelp took over until 2016. The choir, the first mixed children's choir in Germany, has ...

, a mixed children's choir that his father had founded in 1932, from 1984 to 2016.

Life

Oberschelp was born in Bielefeld.Wilfried Massmann: ''Wie die Alten sungen''. Neue Westfälische Zeitung, 12 July 2008 After studying musicology, geography and music education in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

, Mainz and Vienna, Oberschelp received his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

in 1972 in Cologne with the dissertation ''Das öffentliche Musikleben der Stadt Bielefeld im 19. Jahrhundert'', about public musical life in Bielefeld in the 19th century.''Das öffentliche Musikleben der Stadt Bielefeld im 19. Jahrhundert''
on WorldCat He taught music and geography at the Max-Planck-Gymnasium in Bielefeld from 1971 to 2002, when he retired as

Oberstudienrat Oberstudienrat ːbɐˈʃtuːdi̯ənˌʁaːt(male) or Oberstudienrätin ːbɐˈʃtuːdi̯ənˌʁɛːtɪn(female; both abbreviated with OStR; literally "senior councillor of studies" or "senior educational councillor") is an official title for a c ...

. In the 1960s, he took over the direction of the

, which his father

Friedrich Oberschelp Friedrich Oberschelp (1895–1986) was a German music teacher and choral conductor. He founded the Bielefelder Kinderchor, a mixed children's choir in Bielefeld, in 1932 and led it until 1984, making recordings and touring internationally. He al ...

had founded in 1932 as the first mixed children's choir in Germany. He organised many concerts and toured in Germany and abroad. He retired in 2016.

Publications

* ''Das öffentliche Musikleben der Stadt Bielefeld im 19. Jahrhundert.'' Bosse, Regensburg 1972 (zugleich: Köln, Univ., Philos. Fak., Diss. 1972); * ''Das Verschwinden der Kunst in der "Kunst des Zitats". Versuch über Popästhetik in den 80er Jahren.'' Univ., Diss., Bielefeld 1991

Recordings

As choral conductor with the Bielefelder Kinderchor: * ''Lieder zur Winter- und Weihnachtszeit.'' Ariola-Eurodisc, Gütersloh / Munich 1980 * ''Jetzt kommen die lustigen Tage.'' Ariola-Eurodisc, Gütersloh / Munich 1980 * ''Die schönsten europäischen Volkslieder.'' Ariola-Eurodisc, Gütersloh / Munich 1981 * ''Das grosse Jubiläumskonzert. 50 Jahre Bielefelder Kinderchor.'' Ariola-Eurodisc, Gütersloh / Munich 1982 * ''75 Jahre Bielefelder Kinderchor''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oberschelp, Jurgen German conductors (music) German choral conductors 1938 births Living people Musicians from Bielefeld