Benno Ziegler (composer)

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Benno Ziegler (born December 16, 1891 in Munich ; † January 22, 1965 ibid) was a German musicologist , composer , conductor , librarian and ministerial official.

Life

Benno Ziegler was born in Munich on December 16, 1891, the son of Hans Ziegler, who was a violinist at the Munich court orchestra, and Katharina Ziegler, née Göttfried. The family includes the brother Georg, who was born in 1893 and died in 1910, and his sister Johanna (1894–1970).

Ziegler spent his youth in Munich, where he attended elementary school in Solln and the Royal Theresiengymnasium . After graduating from high school, he began studying law in the winter semester of 1912/13 at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, which he broke off a year later to begin studying musicology and philosophy there, where he was among other things Adolf Sandberger , Theodor Kroyer and Eugen Schmitz studied. During his studies he became a member of the AGV Munich .

During the First World War he registered as a so-called “ one-year-old volunteer ” for military service in the Royal Bavarian Army and was employed as head of the X-ray station in the front section of the war hospital department in Roubaix (France). After this service, he continued his musicological studies, which he won in 1916 with a thesis on Placidus von Camerloher, thanks to the support of Sandberger, as a Dr. phil. completed. From 1919 to 1921 he took over the management of the Munich Citizens Hall Choir .

In 1920 Ziegler took up a position as a librarian at the Bavarian State Library in Munich, which served him as preparation for the examination for the higher library service. A year later - after passing the state examination - he was accepted into the civil service and changed to the state librarian at the University Library of Würzburg , where he stayed for six years before returning to Munich in 1928 after being promoted to the state librarian at the Bavarian State Library.

After the handover of power to the National Socialists in the German Reich in January 1933, Ziegler was transferred to the Bamberg State Library because, as a result of the Reichstag fire on the night of February 27-28, 1933, he made the statement that “this Hitler […] was a megalomaniac idiot "was. Due to the subsequent denunciation by his librarian colleague Rudolf Kummer , the management of the Bavarian State Library, which Ziegler was benevolent, felt compelled to send him to Bamberg in order to prevent further suspicions. There, however, Ziegler was first retired and dismissed as a civil servant in 1934 on the basis of the “ Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service ” passed on April 1st .

In the following years Ziegler took over the position of church musician at his home parish St. Johann Baptist in Munich-Solln and, after completing a supplementary course, passed the A-examination for church musicians. From 1937 he was employed as a church musician at St. Benno in Munich until the church was completely destroyed in 1944. In the last year of the war, Ziegler was drafted to watch in a medical station in Munich-Solln. As early as July 1, 1945, due to an order from the American military government, he was reinstated in the civil service as senior librarian at the Bavarian State Library in Munich. He only held this position for a few weeks, as he was appointed music advisor to the Bavarian Ministry of Culture , where he stayed until his retirement in 1957. In addition to this activity, Ziegler worked sporadically as a church musician at St. Johann and as choir regent at St. Benno.

Benno Ziegler died of kidney failure childless and single on January 22nd, 1965 in Munich and was buried in the Solln cemetery.

Catalog raisonné (with lyricist, year and work number - complete up to 1940)

I. Songs

  • Evening prayer (Angelus Silesius) 1937 31
  • Evening sun (W. Widder) 1925 16
  • All Souls' Day (Michael Gebhardt) 1926 17
  • Ave Maria (Max Reuschle) 1922 10
  • Trees (Elisabeth Dauthendey) 1927 16
  • Mountain Hikers (Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson) 1917 17th
  • Flower greeting (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) 1922 10
  • Christmas Eve (Elisabeth Dauthendey) 1928 16
  • The riders and the nails (Else Eberhard-Schobacher) 1923 12
  • The dying warrior (Maria Janitschek) 1914 5
  • The United (Otto Julius Bierbaum) 1923 12
  • But you were cold (Michael Gebhardt) 1926 17
  • Ein Lied (W. Widder) 1925 16
  • Once upon a time, the sun and the stars go cold (Elisabeth Dauthendey) 1923 12
  • Surrender (Hans Probst) 1931 21
  • Once upon a time (L. Neubert) 1929 21
  • Falling leaves on my hand (Elisabeth Dauthendey) 1927 16
  • Prayer (Anton Möderl) 1937 31 Prayer (Hermann Claudius) 1932 21
  • Glück (Caesar Otto Hugo Flaischlen) 1922 10
  • Glück (Hermann Hesse) 1926 16
  • Goodnight song (Caesar Otto Hugo Flaischlen) 1919 7
  • Homesickness (old German folk song; Eduard Mörike) 1930 16
  • At home in 1931 23
  • Come Holy Spirit 1915 31
  • Love (Otto Julius Bierbaum) 1923 12
  • Madonna im Rosenhag (Elisabeth Dauthendey) 1939 21
  • My wife 1940 36
  • With a flower in hand 1934 21
  • Morning prayer (Michael Gebhardt) 1934
  • Night (Hermann Hesse) 1918 7
  • Night (Michael Gebhardt) 1929 17
  • New Year's wish (Hans Probst) 1937 36
  • Rest (Hans Probst) 1936
  • Close my eyes both (Theodor Storm) 1922 10
  • Be quiet! Be quiet! (Michael Gebhardt) 1931 23
  • Summer rest (Michael Gebhardt) 1931 23 Stabat mater 1915
  • Dream (Benno Ziegler) 1922 12
  • Consolation (Theodor Storm) 1922 10
  • Despair (Hermann Hesse) 1915 7
  • Christmas carol (Theodor Storm) 1922 12
  • When in dull starlight 1923 12
  • When the light of the stars (Michael Gebhardt) 1926 17
  • Like the glowing sun (Benno Ziegler) 1940 36
  • Wish 1931 23

without opus

  • To the wind 1912
  • Nenuphar (Friedrich Wilhelm Weber) 1913

II. Choirs a) German

  • Evening walk to the beloved (Heinrich Hart) 1924 13
  • Christmas Eve (Robert Eduard Prutz) 1909
  • Christmas Eve (Elisabeth Dauthendey) 1928 19th
  • Your hands (Wilhelm Holzamer) 1924 13
  • The black journeymen (Konrad Waldhier) 1940 35
  • Earth, dear earth (Otto Julius Bierbaum) 1929 22
  • After work (Joseph Maria Lutz) 1939 35
  • Heimat (Max Mell) 1932 25
  • In the spring wind (W. Widder) 1925
  • Youth (Hermann Claudius) 1932 26
  • Come all her little angels (folk song) 1937 32
  • Lenzmorgen (Hans Probst) 1929 19th
  • Now we ask the Holy Spirit (hymn) 1938 32
  • Summer Night (Hans Probst) 1929 19th
  • At midnight (Friedrich Nietzsche) 1923 14
  • Vagabond song (Andreas Niedermayr) 1928
  • My soul rises to God (hymn) 1939 32

without opus number

  • SV claim 1929
  • Motto: Allwo das Lied sounds in 1938

b) Latin

  • Auctor beate saeculi 1933 27
  • Ave Maria in G flat major 1914 6
  • Ave Maria in A major 1916 6
  • De profundis 1938 33
  • Domine convertere 1916 8
  • Exsurge Domine 1915 8
  • Intende voci 1919 8
  • Inveni David 1912 8
  • Justus, ut palma florebit 1908 3
  • Justus, ut palma florebit 1918 8
  • Justus, ut palma florebit 1938 33
  • Liberasti nos 1939
  • O sacrum convivium 1913 3
  • Pange Lingua in E flat major 1915 4
  • Pange Lingua in B major 1915 4
  • Pange Lingua D flat major 1915 4
  • Pange Lingua in G major 1915 4
  • Pange Lingua in A major 1918 9
  • Pange Lingua F sharp minor 1917 9
  • Pange Lingua in G major 1919 9
  • Pange Lingua in G major 1931 27
  • Pange Lingua in A major 1933 27
  • Pange Lingua A flat major 1935 27
  • Priusquam te formarem 1913 8
  • Sacerdotes Domini 1913 3
  • Sciant gentes 1939 33
  • Tenuisti 1915 8
  • Terra tremuit 1913 3
  • Virga Jesse 1939 33

without opus

  • Asperges me 1935
  • Ave Maria 1912
  • Kyrie in A major (8 voices) 1913
  • Kyrie in D major (8 voices) 1911
  • Inveni David 1912
  • Missa in C major (4 voices) 1912
  • Missa in F major (2-part male choir) 1915
  • Vexilla Regis 1938
  • O sacrum convivium 1940

III. Larger works a) Dramatic

  • Life is cheerful, art is serious 1922 11
  • An expressionist comedy by Alfons Stroedel

b) vowel

  • Betsing Mass 1935 30
  • Litaniae SSMI Cordis Jesu 1935 28
  • Mass in F major 1913 1
  • Missa Et homo fortis est 1935 29

c) Instrumental

  • Wind quintet in F minor 1926 15
  • Hohenfels Dances 1939 40
  • Inventions for piano 1913 2
  • Prelude in A minor for organ 1928 20
  • Romance for violin and piano in C major 1930 18
  • Student intrada according to the old wise Meum est propositum 1931 24

without opus number

  • Fantasy for piano 1909
  • Piano trio in D major 1908
  • Largo for violin and piano in C sharp minor 1911
  • Sonata for violin and piano in B flat major 1908
  • Old Style Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major 1912
  • Sonatina for violin and piano in C major 1912
  • String trio in A major 1909
  • String quartet in G major 1908
  • Suite for violin and piano in G minor 1912
  • Toccata for organ in C major 1913
  • Trio for violin, violoncello and piano 1913

IV. Edits

Editing of various compositions, etc. a. by Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonín Dvořák and Karl Kammerlander

Fonts / compositions

Fonts

  • " Musikhochschule "; in: Lexicon of Pedagogy, Freiburg i. Br .: undated, Sp. 555ff
  • Placidus from Camerloher. 1718-1782. The life and works of the old Bavarian composer (inaugural dissertation), Munich: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (Phil. Fac.), 1916
  • On the relationship between church music and the liturgical style , in: Musica Sacra, vol. 52, 1919, p. 33ff
  • Memorandum on the first five years of work of the Solln Church Choir Association, written and dedicated to all its members and supporters by Benno Ziegler , Straubing, 1919
  • Placidus from Camerloher. An old Bavarian sound artist [= pp. 163–216; Partial reprint of the dissertation: pp. 1–33 and 85–105], Freising: Historischer Verein Freising, 1920
  • Beethoven and the folksong , in: Die Einkehr. Entertainment supplement to Münchner Neuesten Nachrichten, vol. 1, no. 49, 1920
  • Folk Art Watch. A contribution to the correct evaluation of the folk song , in: Neue Musik-Zeitung, vol. 52, 1921
  • Guild book of traveling journeymen. With drawings by A. Paul Weber , Spandau, Johannesstift: Selbstverlag der fahrenden Gesellen, 1924
  • Adolf Sandberger. A sketch of life , Munich: Verlag der S.-V.-Zeitung, 1925
  • A teaching of choir singing in monasteries and monasteries. According to a manuscript from the XV. Century in the possession of the University Library of Würzburg with translation and introduction , Würzburg, 1926
  • From the opera , in: Würzburg a provincial town? Or the cultural broadcast of Würzburg, Würzburg: 1927, pp. 48–51
  • On musical life , in: Würzburg a provincial town? Or the cultural broadcast of Würzburg, Würzburg: 1927, pp. 42–47
  • Simon Breu . A picture of the life of the choir song composer and music teacher . With picture and sheet music supplements and a catalog raisonné , Würzburg: Stürtz, 1928
  • On the history of the Privilegium exclusivum of the Mainz music engraver Bernhard Schott , in: Festschrift for Georg Leidinger on his 60th birthday on December 30, 1930 (Ed .: Albert Hartmann) Munich, 1930, pp. 293–306
  • Johann Nepomuk Möswang. A Lower Bavarian district administrator and church composer , in: Kirchenmusikalisches Jahrbuch, Jg. 30, 1936, pp. 1ff
  • Master of Design , (Authors: Sepp Pickel; Richard Mund; Benno Ziegler), Munich: Lurz 1948
  • Hermann Zilcher , in: Die Mainleite (Ed .: Historischer Verein, Schweinfurt; City Archives and City Library Schweinfurt), Schweinfurt: 1956 No. 2, p. 4
  • Festivals and celebrations of the German kind . (Heinz Dänhardt, Benno Ziegler eds.), Hamburg: Hanseat. Publishing house: no year

Other writings (without title)

  • Musica Sacra: Volume 49 (1916) pp. 133f., Volume 53 (1920) pp. 9f., 17f., 25f
  • Sursum Corda: 1st year (1919) pp. 5ff., 68ff., 81ff
  • The choirmaster: 1st year (1920) p. 123ff
  • Monthly booklets for Catholic church music: 3rd year (1921) p. 70f
  • Neue Musik-Zeitung: Volume 42 (1921) p. 117f
  • Soul. Monthly magazine in the service of the Christian way of life: 3rd year (1921) p. 304f., 10th year (1928) p. 103f
  • Pages of the Akademischen Gesang-Verein Würzburg: 11th year (1922) p. 126ff., 162f., 14th year (1925) p. 23ff., 15th year (1926) p. 121ff., 17th year . (1928) p. 1ff., 19th year (1930) p. 2
  • Marienlieder… by Hermann Zilcher: Op. 52 (text book Leipzig; preface from BZ "Würzburg, Easter 1925.")
  • Musica Sacra: Vol. 56 (1926) p. 115ff
  • Bayerische Frauenzeitung: 2nd year (1927) p. 98f
  • SV Zeitung: Volume 44 (1927) Various articles
  • Association newspaper of the AGV Munich: 15th year (1927) p. 53ff., 16th year (1928) p. 159f.
  • Würzburg a provincial town or the cultural broadcast of Würzburg. Würzburg 1927. pp. 42ff., 48ff
  • Süddeutsche Sänger-Zeitung: 22nd year (1928) p. 98f
  • Arndt-Blätter: 33rd year (1930), No. 2 p. 12ff
  • Announcements from the Gotia Alt-Herren-Verband: June 1930, p. 2f
  • Journal for Bavarian State History: 4th year (1931) p. 116ff
  • Church music yearbook: 30th year (1935), p. 140ff

Published compositions

  • The dying warrior . Seal by Maria Janitschek . For 1 voice with piano accompaniment, Munich: Zierfuß, 1916
  • Stabat mater. For 1 voice with organ or piano accompaniment , Munich: Zierfuß, 1916
  • Earth, dear earth . For male choir (three-part), Wolfenbüttel: Kallmeyer, 1929
  • Student cantata . Musical arrangement by Benno Ziegler. Linking text by Richard Knussert ; in: Association newspaper of the AGV Munich, Munich 1930
  • Homesickness . To an old German folk song text. For a voice and organ or string trio accompaniment, Wolfenbüttel: Kallmeyer, 1931
  • Pange lingua. For four upper voices , Werk, 26, Munich: 1932
  • Pray singing mass . Munich: self-published, 1935
  • Festive prelude. For organ . Werk 20, Solln: printed as a manuscript by the composer, 1936
  • Rest . For a voice and piano, Munich: self-published, 1936
  • Raoul Koczalski : Semrud: a fairy tale from the Orient in 5 pictures and a prelude ; (Text based on a fairy tale from “A Thousand and One Day”, a dramatic sketch by Benno Ziegler and the comic opera “Der betrogene Kadi” by Christoph Willibald Gluck ), op. 118. Cologne-Bayental: Rischer & Jagenberg, 1936

literature

  • Rudolf Vierhaus : German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE). Volume 10. Saur, Munich 2008, p. 838.
  • Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945. Edited by the Leo Baeck Institute, Jerusalem. Saur, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 .
  • Walter Tetzlaff: 2000 short biographies of important German Jews of the 20th century. Askania-Verlag, Lindhorst 1982, ISBN 3-921730-10-4 .
  • Fridolin Dressler : The Bavarian State Library in the Third Reich. In: Rupert Hacker (ed.): Contributions to the history of the Bavarian State Library. De Gruyter, 2000, ISBN 978-3-11-181525-1 , pp. 285-308.
  • Manfred Komorowski : National Socialist Legacy in Libraries. In: Peter Vodosek, Manfred Komorowski (Hrsg.): Libraries during National Socialism. Part 2. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of Alter SVer (VASV): Address book and Vademecum. Ludwigshafen am Rhein 1959, p. 136.
  2. ↑ Hans-Gerd Happel: The scientific library system in National Socialism. With special consideration of the university libraries. Saur, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-598-22170-3 , p. 46. In 1989, Happel did not determine Ziegler's identity and does not list him in the table of dismissed academic librarians, ibid. P. 34
  3. ↑ His colleague Max Stefl was also a victim of this denunciation.
  4. ↑ Contrary to numerous sources, Benno Ziegler did not emigrate to the Netherlands, but stayed in Munich. Source: B. Marx (Munich) - Benno Ziegler's great-nephew
  5. ^ Manfred Komorowski: National Socialist Legacy in Libraries. In: Peter Vodosek , Manfred Komorowski (Hrsg.): Libraries during National Socialism. Part 2. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2000, ISBN 3-447-03308-8 , p. 286
  6. ↑ Grave number: M-1-0047
personal data
SURNAME Ziegler, Benno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and music writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1965
Place of death Munich