August Scharrer

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August Christian Karl Scharrer (born October 18, 1866 in Strasbourg ; † October 24, 1936 in Fürth ) was a German conductor and composer .

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Life

Scharrer came from a Nuremberg merchant family, was the great-grandson of the founder of the first German railway line, Johannes Scharrer and contemporary of Gustav Mahler , Richard Strauss , Johannes Brahms and Anton Bruckner , with whom he was also known and corresponded actively. He was married to Rosa Schlingloff from 1903 and had the children Walter (* 1903), Hermann (* 1906) and Hildegard (* 1910).

Scharrer studied at the Strasbourg Conservatory and at the University of Berlin, where his first compositions were also created. He began his musical career as a répétiteur of the Karlsruhe Opera (1897–98), Kapellmeister in Regensburg (1898–1900) and second conductor of the Munich Kaimorchester (1900–04) before he was conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic from 1904 to 1907 . In this role he led a. a. On October 22, 1904, the first concert appearance of a black pianist in the Singakademie in Berlin and the first performance of Gustav Mahler's 5th Symphony in Scheveningen in June 1905. Afterwards he was director of the city conservatory in Strasbourg, chief conductor in Baden-Baden (1909 –1914) and municipal music director and conductor of the teachers' choir in Nuremberg (1914–1925).

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Before and in addition to his work as a conductor, Scharrer composed numerous choral and orchestral pieces, including the D minor symphony "Per aspera ad astra" and the opera "The Redemption" (Opus 12), which premiered on November 21, 1895 in Strasbourg has been.

In addition, he set numerous songs by z. T. well-known poets, so z. B. by Heinrich Heine, Eduard Mörike and Hofmann von Fallersleben.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Black Music Research Journal Vol. 10 No. 1, 1990, p. 113
  2. ^ Henry Louis de la Grange: "Gustav Mahler - Vienna: Thriumph and Disillusion", New York 1999, p. 320
  3. ↑ German Family Archives Volume 55, Neustadt / Aisch 1972, p. 99
  4. ^ Waldo S. Pratt, The History of Music: A Handbook and Guide for Students, Schirmer 1907, p. 659
  5. ↑ Opera Info (English) accessed on April 26, 2011

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personal data
SURNAME Scharrer, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scharrer, August Christian Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1936
Place of death Fuerth