Adolf Seifert (composer)

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Adolf Seifert (born June 28, 1902 in Asch , Egerland , Bohemia ; † December 3, 1945 in Arzberg , Upper Franconia ) was a German-Bohemian teacher, music teacher and composer .

Life

After attending the German teacher training college in Prague , Seifert became an elementary school teacher like his father .

He taught at the German Protestant School in Prague from 1922 to 1927 while studying pedagogy at the German University of Prague and in 1925 with a dissertation on Hermann Lietz for Dr. phil. received his doctorate . Out of enthusiasm for singing and the German folk song in particular, Seifert continued his education in music, passed the state examination for choral singing in 1926 and was henceforth mainly in the field of music education, including the singing movement , but also in the field of musical racial studies , as well as active mainly in the German-Bohemian area in national work. Seifert led several hundred singing weeks in the entire German-speaking area.

After professional positions in Waldenburg ( Silesia ) and Jebenhausen ( Württemberg ), Seifert, NSDAP member since May 1, 1933, under number 3,584,239, succeeded the Jewish director Karl Adler , who was dismissed in March 1933, as head of the Stuttgart Conservatory In 1936 the first music school “ Kraft durch Freude ” in the German Reich was called the “Stuttgart Music School” , and from 1938 the State University of Music was appointed.

By 1941 at the latest, Seifert became director of the teacher training institute in Komotau . He was called up in World War II , was taken prisoner by the Soviets and died in 1945 as a result of the consequences.

Works (selection)

Seifert wrote many songs and choral works. He was the editor of seven song books.

As a composer

  • The Sermon on the Mount. Religious choral work, 1932.
  • Do not despair, you little bunch. Cantata, 1932.
  • Freedom and bread. For two-part choir and piano, 1933.
  • Nobody has greater love. Cantata in memory of the fallen for soloists, choir and orchestra, 1933.
  • Holy homeland, land in need. Cantata for choir and orchestra, premiered in Gablonz an der Neisse for the second Sudeten German Folk Music Week in 1938.

In addition, numerous canons, song sets (among others for “ The moon has risen ”, “Wach auf, meins Herzens Schöne”) and other choral works.

As editor

  • The rose bush. Folk songs, 1925.
  • Sing praises. Spiritual songs of the German people. In a two-part set with the assistance of Walther Hensel , 1926.
  • Guys out. German-style songs for male choir, 1927.
  • Old folk songs, 1929.

Other publications

  • Music education in the national school. Memorandum on behalf of the NS teachers' association of the Württemberg-Hohenzollern district, 1933.
  • Music and race. Lecture at the Stuttgart Music School, Stuttgart 1933.
  • People and art. Collected Essays, 1940.
  • Folk song and race. A contribution to racial studies (Part II of: "On the nature and nature of German music. A folk music study based on the folk song"), 1940.

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SURNAME Seifert, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Bohemian teacher, music pedagogue and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Asch , Egerland , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH December 3, 1945
Place of death Arzberg , Upper Franconia