Herbert Kelletat

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Herbert Kelletat (born October 13, 1907 in Saalfeld , Mohrungen district ; † May 25, 2007 in Flensburg ) was a German musician, organist, author of musicological works and choir director. Since 1930 he has published scientific publications, especially on the history of the organ and questions of musical temperatures .

Life

He experienced early childhood in Graudenz (West Prussia) and in Liebstadt (East Prussia) . The family later lived in Bromberg (1917–1921) and Halle (1921–1930). Kelletat began studying German, English and musicology at the Friedrichs University in Halle in 1926 . Although his parents moved to Marienburg (West Prussia) , he initially stayed in Halle and later switched to studying at the Albertus University in Königsberg . From 1930 to 1934 he expanded his studies in musicology with Joseph Müller-Blattau and organ playing with Adolf Wieber . On the occasion of a trip to the Baltic States in 1932, he met Monika Hunnius in Riga .

In 1933 he received his doctorate in philosophy with his dissertation on the history of German organ music in the early classical period and became Müller-Blattau's assistant. From 1934, Kelletat completed further studies (organ playing and improvisation) at the church music school in Berlin-Spandau with Gerhard Schwarz , Herbert Schulze and Ernst Pepping . In the same year he married Margarete Nominikat. On the side, Kelletat wrote music reviews for the “Preussische Zeitung”. He deepened his organ studies with Karl Matthaei in Winterthur , Switzerland. From 1935 to 1944 he worked for almost ten years as a cantor and organist at the Old Town Church.

In 1944 his habilitation took place under Walther Vetter on the history of the organ in East and West Prussia and he was awarded the title of professor. In 1946 he founded the Rostock University of Music , but fled to West Berlin in the same year and began teaching at the University of Music. From 1948 to 1951 Kelletat was cantor and organist in Soest and in 1948 founded the Evangelical Student Choir in Germany. For more than 20 years, from 1951 to 1972, Kelletat was the organist and cantor of the church on Hohenzollernplatz in Berlin-Wilmersdorf . During this time he was regional church music warden for Berlin from 1952 and founded the Berlin choir in 1953.

In 1980, after the death of his wife Margarete Kelletat, he moved to Bad Salzuflen and married Hedwig Bülow. In 2002 Herbert Kelletat moved to Flensburg to the Gotthard-und-Anna-Hansen-Stift of DIAKO (Diakonische Anstalten). In 2004 he wrote his work Mein Weg zur Musica Sacra , which was published in Flensburg in 2005. Kelletat last lived in Flensburg and was engaged in musicological work until his death.

Concerts

  • 1985–2001: Concerts with the “Hamburger Recorder Ensemble” (later “Musica Tre Fontane”)
  • 1992: Organ Mass Erlöserkirche Bad Salzuflen (85th birthday)
  • 1994: On musical temperature, Volume III, Franz Schubert, Merseburger, Kassel, 1994
  • 2002: Concert in the church hall of the Ev. Collegiate deserts in Bad Salzuflen
  • 2002: Organ concert for the 95th birthday in the DIAKO church
  • 2004: Organ concert for the 40th birthday of the granddaughter Donata Dörfel in the DIAKO church
  • 2005: Music therapy for roommates of the Gotthard-and-Anna-Hansen-Stift of DIAKO
  • 2006: Organ concert in the DIAKO Flensburg (on the 99th birthday)

Fonts

  • About the musical temperature especially with Johann Sebastian Bach. Oncken, Kassel 1960.
  • On the history of German organ music in the early classical period. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1933.
  • To the musical temperature. Merseburger, Berlin
  • Improvisation for organ. Merseburger, Berlin 1976.

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personal data
SURNAME Kelletat, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, musicologist, organist, author of musicological works and choir director
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Saalfeld , district of Mohrungen
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 2007
Place of death Flensburg