Albert Krantz (musician)

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Albert Krantz (* 1851 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † April 9, 1938 ibid) was a German military musician in the Prussian Army .

Life

Krantz attended the Löbenichtsche Realgymnasium and played five years with the Stadtmusikus in Braunsberg (East Prussia) . In 1872 he began his career with military music in Königsberg . As a Hautboist he served with the Infantry Regiment "von Boyen" (5th East Prussian) No. 41 in Königsberg and with the 1st Baden Leib Grenadier Regiment No. 109 in Karlsruhe . From 1880 to 1882 he was seconded to the University of Music in Charlottenburg . Johannes Brahms rehearsed the still unpublished Tragic Overture and the Academic Festival Overture with all the professors and lecturers . On the alto trombone Krantz shone with the playing of the sight.

In May 1883 he came to Infantry Regiment No. 43 as a "music master on trial". Under twelve regimental commanders , he not only played military music, but also symphonic works. His Richard Wagner evenings were very popular in Königsberg . Krantz and his chapel also became famous outside of East Prussia . When the 43er was named Infantry Regiment "Herzog Karl von Mecklenburg-Strelitz" (6th East Prussian) No. 43 in 1889 , Krantz composed the Duke Karl-Marsch . After the last imperial parade on Devauer Platz (1910), the 43ers provided the flag company. SM were impressed by the flag troop march and wanted to take it with them for the guard corps . Krantz wrote it down overnight and put it in the score . For this he received the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern . The regimental commander Friedrich von Gontard valued Krantz very much and made sure that he received the rarely awarded title of Kgl. Music director received.

When his regiment under Ernst von Eisenhart-Rothe moved into the First World War and took the musicians with him as auxiliary sickbearers of the medical service , Krantz stayed at home at 63 years of age; but he founded a new music corps. The proceeds from concerts went to charity . The band often played in hospitals and at the burial of soldiers. Krantz retired as a lieutenant in 1920 . For almost forty years it was one of the most popular features of the Königsberg townscape. When he died at the age of 87, he left behind a son and daughter. He was buried in the Luisenfriedhof in Hufen (Königsberg) . His memories from my life are preserved .

Krantz was a Freemason and from 1905 a member of the Königsberg Lodge Zum Todtenkopf and Phoenix .

Honors

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Otto Fischer: The Royal Prussian Music Director Albert Krantz . Herzog Karl-Blätter [des IR 43], August 10, 1960, printed in: Working group for military music in the German Society for Heereskunde, Bulletin No. 9, December 1980
  2. ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1
  3. ↑ Chronicle of the Johannisloge "Zum Todtenkopfe und Phönix". Berlin 2009, self-published by the Lodge "Zum Todtenkopf und Phoenix"
personal data
SURNAME Krantz, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German military musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg i. Pr.
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1938
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)