Benedikt Tumforde

Benedikt Tumforde , also Bendix Tumforde (born June 29, 1882 in Hetlingen , † after 1942) was a German conductor and military musician.

Life

Imperial Army

Benedikt Tumforde was born on June 29, 1882 in Hetlingen. On August 5, 1902, Tumforde joined the infantry regiment "Lübeck" (3rd Hanseatic) No. 162 , where he spent his first two years of service. The young musician mastered several instruments, including the piano , violin , clarinet and bassoon . From 1904 to 1906 he served with the 6th West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 149 in Schneidemühl , after which Tumforde was a musician with the 1st Brandenburg Pioneer Battalion from Rauch No. 3 with the garrison in Spandau . On April 1, 1910, Benedikt Tumforde was sent to theAssigned to the Royal Academy of Music in Charlottenburg , which he graduated in March 1913. In November of the same year the newly qualified conductor was appointed music master and transferred to Küstrin to take over the music corps of the local pioneer battalion No. 28 .

First World War

At the head of the battalion music corps, music master Tumforde went into the First World War . In the middle of the war, in 1916, he moved to Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 35 , where he went through the war to the end. Tumforde received the Iron Cross 1st Class for his military service

Reichswehr

In 1919 the Wuppertal Police Orchestra was founded in Police School 3 in Sennelager by Tumforde, who was already music master of the Reichswehr at the time . In the same year he also built up the music orchestra of the Düsseldorf police. After that he also worked with the police orchestras in Hamm and Stettin . From 1925 to 1934 he directed a civil wind orchestra in Stettin.

Wehrmacht

On July 3, 1934, Bendix Tumforde was promoted to music master and came to Potsdam , where he became head of the music corps of the 1st Battalion of the 9th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment . With his orchestra he accompanied a flag battalion during the Nazi party rally in Nuremberg . He was then transferred to the newly established Infantry Training Battalion (regiment since 1936), which was initially assigned to the Döberitz Infantry School . Tumforde gained notoriety when he gave performances with the music corps for foreign athletes in front of the Olympic Village during the 1936 Olympic Games . Benedikt Tumforde also took part in the monster concerts at the Olympiastadion Berlin . On November 1, 1938, Tumforde was appointed master musician. After parts of the Infantry Training Regiment were handed over to the newly established Greater Germany Division , Tumforde was given a new position as music master in the 178 Infantry Regiment . After he presumably also served with the 447 Infantry Regiment for a while , Tumforde retired on July 1, 1942 and settled in Rathenow .

During his service as a music officer in Döberitz and in the Olympic Village, music master Tumforde also recorded the Olympic anthem and made numerous other records. His record repertoire included not only German marches, but also wind music pieces of foreign origin, including marches by John Philip Sousa .

After the war Tumforde lived in Düsseldorf .

Web links

• Benedikt Tumforde at Discogs (English)
• Washington Post on YouTube , recorded by the Music Corps of the Infantry Training Battalion of the Döberitz Infantry School; Direction: Senior Music Master Benedikt Tumforde.
• With bombs and grenades on YouTube , recorded by the Music Corps of the Infantry Training Regiment, Olympic Village; Direction: Music Master Benedikt Tumforde.