Albrecht Brede

Albrecht Brede (born December 19, 1834 in Besse , † January 15, 1920 in Kassel ) was a German composer .

Brede was born as the fourth child of the farmer and brewery owner Johann Adam Brede in Besse near Fritzlar . From 1857 he worked as a cantor and music teacher in Sontra . From 1869 he worked as a music teacher at the Höhere Töchterschule (today's Jacob-Grimm-Schule ) in Kassel and was appointed music director in 1880 . Around 1910 he composed the melody of the Hessenlied . The text was written by Karl Preser , a well-known poet during his lifetime .

Individual evidence

↑ Wilfried Hansmann: Albrecht Brede and Johann Wiegand: Success and Failure of Two Music Teaching Careers (= Sabine Henze-Döhring [Hrsg.]: Studies on Hessian Music History . No. 5 ). Merseburger, Kassel 1994, ISBN 3-87537-257-3 , urn : nbn: de: hebis: 34-2009072829207 (Zugl .: Kassel, Gesamtthochsch ., Diss., 1992).

^ Herbert Köhler: The Hessenlied composer Albrecht Brede and his Sontraer time. A contribution to the local history of Sontra. Magistrate of the City of Sontra, Sontra 1980.

↑ Hans Jürgen Fuchs: Hessian song book. Old songs from the Hessian landscapes. Hessdienst of the State Chancellery, Wiesbaden 1985 a. ö., ISBN 3-89214-011-1 , p. 19.

personal data
SURNAME	Brede, Albrecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 19, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH	Besse
DATE OF DEATH	January 15, 1920
Place of death	kassel

[1] Wilfried Hansmann: Albrecht Brede and Johann Wiegand: Success and Failure of Two Music Teaching Careers (= Sabine Henze-Döhring [Hrsg.]: Studies on Hessian Music History . No. 5 ). Merseburger, Kassel 1994, ISBN 3-87537-257-3 , urn : nbn: de: hebis: 34-2009072829207 (Zugl .: Kassel, Gesamtthochsch ., Diss., 1992).

[2] Herbert Köhler: The Hessenlied composer Albrecht Brede and his Sontraer time. A contribution to the local history of Sontra. Magistrate of the City of Sontra, Sontra 1980.

[3] Hans Jürgen Fuchs: Hessian song book. Old songs from the Hessian landscapes. Hessdienst of the State Chancellery, Wiesbaden 1985 a. ö., ISBN 3-89214-011-1 , p. 19.