August Julius Nestler

August Julius Nestler (born December 3, 1849 in Grumbach ; † August 24, 1919 in Leipzig ) was a German composer , conductor , choir director and music teacher .

Life

The son of the landowner Julius Nestler attended the private seminar of the cantor Karl Friedrich Klinger at his home town from 1864 to 1870 . He was then sample teacher in Colditz and Hartha before the choice ability test at the Royal on October 18, 1873 teacher training college in Borna was. From 1873 to 1875 he studied music at the Conservatory and the University of Leipzig. From 1876 he worked as a teacher for music and singing and as a conductor of various choral societies in Leipzig.

In May 1878 he founded his own music institute in Leipzig, which he ran with great success until his death. From 1880 he was a singing teacher at the König-Albert-Gymnasium . In 1892 he was appointed Royal Music Director.

He composed songs , cantatas , motets for solos, mixed choir and orchestra, sonatas and fugues for organ, songs for male choirs and military marches.

August Julius Nestler was married to Laura Frieda Häßler (1851–1918). The marriage had four children, including the pianist and teacher at the Leipzig Conservatory Amadeus Nestler . In Leipzig was a member of the Masonic Lodge Apollo , to which his son also belonged.

literature

• Friedrich Jansa: German sound artists and musicians in words and pictures , Friedrich Jansa, Leipzig 1911
• Paul Frank, Wilhelm Altmann : Concise Tonkünstler Lexicon for Musicians and Friends of Music , G. Bosse, Regensburg 1936
• Stefan Altner: The Thomaskantorat in the 19th century. Applicants and candidates for the Leipzig Thomaskantorat from 1842 to 1918. Source studies on the development of the Thomaskantorat and the St. Thomas Choir from the discontinuation of public singing in 1837 to the first trip abroad in 1920 , Passage-Verlag, Leipzig 2006