Theodor Krüger (13 January 1891Harald Müller (text), Ulrich Loeper (images): ''Biographisch-bibliographisches Lexikon Celler Musiker. Komponisten, Sänger, Instrumentalmusiker, Musikpädagogen, Musikwissenschaftler, Instrumentenbau'' – 28 December 1966) was a German music educator,

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, pianist, composer and writer, especially on historical flutes.

Life

Born in

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, Krüger grew up in Celle. Born at the time of the

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, Krüger received his first music lessons at the age of 9 from the pianist and flutist Friedrich Ferdinand Theodor Bach, who served in the Celle

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as a musician in

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. During his training as a pianist at the "Louis-Krohn-Musikschule" in

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he already wrote his first compositions. In 1910 he returned to Celle, where he continued his studies in piano and theory with Fritz Reichert and Heinrich Lutter, with whom he founded the ''Verein der Musikfreunde Celle''. He acquired his qualification as a choir conductor by studying singing with the concert and oratorio singer Heinrich Kühlborn. Also in 1910, during the shooting festival in Celle, Krüger met his future wife Marie Suerburg (18 May 1891 in Celle - 2 February 1983 in

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); the two married on 14 August 1914; the couple had two sons: Walter (21 August 1911 in Celle, killed in action 2 October 1941 in Russia) and Hans (4 April 1927 in Celle - 15 July 1986 in Metzingen). During the First World War he served as a soldier, probably in a chapel, with an unknown place of assignment. In 1923 he founded the men's double

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"The Eight". Krüger temporarily took over the direction of the larger Celle male choirs: "Thalia", "Euterpe" and at the time of National Socialism also the male choir "Cellensia", which was a member of the . Krüger also became active in other musical areas: He took over the direction of the "1st Celler accordion club of 1936" on 1 February 1937. In his house ''Am Heiligen Kreuz 27'' in Celle

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, he taught piano,

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and

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. Among his students was Hermann Alexander Moeck. Krüger researched and taught about

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, especially woodwind- and

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s. After the Second World War Krüger conducted among others the

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Wathlingen Wathlingen ( Eastphalian: ''Wateln'') is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km southeast of Celle. Wathlingen is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde A (, ; plural: ''Samtg ...

and the "Volkschor Burgdorf". Krüger died shortly before his 76th birthday. His burial place is situated in the cemetery of Celle.

Work

Compositions

* ''Liebkosung (Cajolerie)'' – Waltz for

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''(Miss Marie Surburg in adoration -dedication-)'', Hannover: Verlag Gries & Schornagel, issue 272 * ''Deutscher Glaube'', Lied für Gesang und Klavier, 1934; ''Saxonia

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'' als Pliaphon- ( "for personal use only"), Dresden: Musikverlag Saxonia, Landhausstraße 11, by letter dated 9 June 1934, postmarked ''Deutsche Musik-Premieren-Bühne e.V., Schallplatten-Aufnahme-Abteilung'' * ''Celle-Lied'' (Piano movement; text and

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by Arnold Breling) * ''Gondolièra aràbique – Exotisches Poèm für Klavier''

Writings

* Various writings in ''"Der Blockflötenspiegel" – Arbeitsblätter zur Belebung historischer Instrumente in der Jugend- und Hausmusik'', Verlag Hermann Moeck, Celle: ** ''Neue Forderungen zur Wiedergabe alter Musik'', Jg. 1931, issue 5, May, ** ''Ein alter Meister ( J. H. Schein) stellt sich vor'', Jg. 1931, issue 7, July, ** ''Einladung zum Arbeitstreffen für Spieler von Blockflöten und anderen historischen Instrumenten auf der Jugendburg Ludwigstein vom 17.-21. Mai 1932'', Jg. 1932, issue 5, (addendum) ** ''Die neue Forderung: Faksimile-Drucke alter Meister zum praktischen Gebrauch'', Jg. 1932, issue 2, February, ** ''Die Notierung der Tonfarbe'', Jg. 1933, issue 11,

Nachlass

From the

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of the composer and amateur photographer Krüger, for example, several boxes with glass plates- negatives were handed over to the in Celle.

Literature

* N.N.: ''Die Chöre des Krüger-Kreises'', in ''

Cellesche Zeitung The ''Cellesche Zeitung'' is a medium-size local newspaper with a circulation of 32,200.Informationsgemeinschaft zur Feststellung der Verbreitung von Werbeträgern e.V. II/05 It is distributed in the town and district of Celle in North Germany by ...

'' dated 15 October 1928 * N.N.: ''Vierzig Jahre Chorarbeit'', in ''Cellesche Zeitung'' dated 31 March 1950 * Harald Müller (text), Ulrich Loeper (images): ''Biographisch-bibliographisches Lexikon Celler Musiker. Komponisten, Sänger, Instrumentalmusiker, Musikpädagogen, Musikwissenschaftler, Instrumentenbauer, Glockengießer, Musikverleger, Musikalienhändler und Musiktherapeuten''''Biographisch-bibliographisches Lexikon Celler Musiker, Komponisten, Sänger, Instrumentalmusiker, Musikpädagogen, Musikwissenschaftler, Instrumentenbauer, Glockengiesser, Musikverleger, Musikalienhändler und Musiktherapeuten''
on WorldCat (''Celler Beiträge zur Landes- und Kulturgeschichte. Publication series of the and the Bomann-Museum of Celle'', vol. 31), edited by the city of Celle, 2003, .

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kruger, Theodor 1891 births 1966 deaths People from Celle 20th-century German composers German classical pianists German male classical pianists German choral conductors German music educators 20th-century German non-fiction writers 20th-century German male musicians