August Halm

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August Halm (born October 26, 1869 in Großaltdorf in Württemberg; † February 1, 1929 in Saalfeld / Saale in Thuringia ) was a German composer , theologian , music teacher and painter .

Life

August Halm was the third son of Hermann Friedrich Halm and Charlotte Auguste (née Kulmbach). At that time the father was a pastor in Großaltdorf. He combined his theology studies at the University of Tübingen with a study of composition. The academic music director Emil Kauffmann was regarded as a teacher and sponsor . After the turn of the century he met Hermann Lietz , Martin Luserke , Gustav Wyneken and Paul Geheeb . From 1906 to 1910 and from 1920 to 1929 he worked at the Free School Community of Wickersdorf near Saalfeld .

Halm was considered the most important music educator and spokesman for the “musical youth movement”. As a composer he remained behind his role model Anton Bruckner in his endeavor to combine the compositional techniques of the fugue and the sonata . However, he made a name for himself as a music esthetician as well as a music writer. His writings are characterized by a direct, illuminating and clear language.

August Halm Prize

Since 1988, the August Halm Prize has been awarded every three years by an independent specialist jury. The State University of Music Trossingen is the sponsor of the award and the sponsor of the award . The prize aims to honor personalities whose work helps promote an aesthetic value awareness.

Works

Tonkunst

  • Symphony in A major
  • Symphony in D minor for string orchestra (1910) (recording by WDR Cologne)
  • Concerto in C minor for string orchestra (recording at WDR Cologne)
  • Fugues in C minor, D minor and F fur for string orchestra (recording at WDR Cologne)
  • Old French chansons for monophonic and mixed choir with accompaniment of the string orchestra (recording at WDR Cologne)
  • Sonata in F minor for viola and piano
  • Three sonatas for piano and 2 violins, Wolfenbüttel 1923
  • Suite in D major for violin, piano and cello , Stuttgart-Leipzig 1919
  • Great Suite No. 3 in B minor
  • Sarabande with variations for piano
  • Quartet in B flat major

Fonts

literature

  • Pfleiderer, Wolfgang: August Halm . In: Württemberg. Monthly in the service of people and homeland, 1929, pp. 72–75.
  • Rothfarb, Lee A .: August Halm, A Critical and Creative Life in Music . University of Rochester, Rochester 2009, ISBN 978-1-58046-329-4 .
  • Stephan, Rudolf:  Halm, August Otto. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 568 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • August Halm (1869-1929) . Catalog for the exhibition d. History and Altertumsverein Esslingen am Neckar from June 15 to July 5, 1981 in the old town hall of Esslingen, [Catalog: Gudrun Maria Hawle, Margarete Kollmer, Robert Maschka], Esslingen 1981.
  • Rothfarb, Lee A .: »Music and Theology. August Halm at the intersection of his professional and creative path «, in: Music in Baden-Württemberg. Jahrbuch , 3 (1996), SS 115-134.
  • Rothfarb, Lee A .: “Between originality and ideology. The music of August Halm (1869–1929) «, in: Music in Baden-Württemberg. Jahrbuch , 5 (1998), pp. 175-199.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ August Halm Prize on Kulturpreise.de
personal data
SURNAME Halm, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, theologian and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Großaltdorf
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1929
Place of death Saalfeld / Saale