Hans Hartwig

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Hans Hartwig (born February 24, 1917 in Neisse , Upper Silesia , † June 25, 2012 in Ulm ) was a German composer , conductor , violinist and trumpeter .

Life

Hartwig received his first violin lessons at the age of eleven. From 1932 to 1936 he attended the music and orchestra school in Münsterberg and during this time took special lessons with the Philharmonic of the Silesian Philharmonic in Breslau . He completed his military service in the music corps of the 14th Infantry Regiment in Constance . He then studied in Berlin at the Academy of Music Dirigatur . From 1940 to 1943 (general dissolution of the still existing music corps) he was conductor of the music corps in the 10th Panzer Regiment.

After the war, Hartwig was Kapellmeister at the “New Theater” in Karlsruhe (1946–1948). From 1950 to 1953 he was a musician in the Südwestfunk- Tanzorchester Baden-Baden . From 1953 he was music director in Gengenbach / Black Forest, from 1965 he took on the same function in Weingarten / Württemberg.

Works (selection)

Works for wind orchestra

Marches :

  • Fürstenberg March
  • Count Waldburg
  • Allgäu-Schussen March
  • With fresh momentum
  • San Lorenzo March (arrangement)
  • Emil Dörle March

Procession marches :

Overtures :

  • The puppeteer
  • premiere
  • Promenade concert
  • Music festival
  • Titus (adaptation)
  • The Abduction from the Seraglio (adaptation)
  • The Caliph of Baghdad (edit)
  • Laetitia Overture

Solo works and chamber music

  • Funny polka (for 3–4 trombones )
  • The happy soloist (for tenor horn or baritone)
  • In the beautiful Danube Valley (for trumpet )
  • Three Twens (for 3 trumpets)
  • Magic of the Mountains (for 2 flugelhorns )
  • Schnick-Schnack (for trombone)

Other works

  • Ave Maria
  • Dramatic legend
  • Manhattan, Choral and Dixieland
  • Russian diary
  • Folk song medley
  • Festive entry
  • Bonjour Paris
  • Festive serenade
  • Lusatian polka
  • Lipizzaner parade

Potpourris

  • Operetta sounds
  • Off to the hunt (hunter's songs and hunting signals)
  • From old times (melodies of old 4/4 marches)
  • Russian diary (Russian folk melodies)
  • Gasparone (melodies from the operetta of the same name)
  • Silent Night, Holy Night (Christmas carols)
  • Memories of Martha (melodies from the opera of the same name)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulm composer Hans Hartwig died , Südwest-Presse June 27, 2012, accessed July 4, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Hartwig, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Neisse , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 2012
Place of death Ulm