Bruno Leipold

Bruno Leipold (born September 9, 1879 in Lauscha ; † September 20, 1948 in Schmalkalden ) was a German violinist, teacher, cantor and composer .

Life

Bruno Leipold, son of the master plumber Justus Leipold, received his first musical training on the violin in his hometown of Lauscha , after which he received lessons in music theory , piano and organ at the teachers' seminar in nearby Hildburghausen . After completing the teachers' seminar and working as a teacher in Schlettwein for three and a half years , Leipold studied violin, piano, organ and singing at the Leipzig Conservatory for a short time from October 1902 . From April 1904 to April 1916 he worked as a cantor in Wasungen . During this time, the young Leipold encouraged a flourishing musical life in the town, which was expressed above all in the founding of a quartet association, which he headed as prime violinist. Leipold's first compositions were also created in Wasungen.

At Easter 1916 Leipold was introduced as a Lutheran cantor in Schmalkalden. In Schmalkalden and the surrounding area, too, his work met with broad public approval through numerous church concerts and concerts by the Städtisches Leipold-Orchester. After having worked as choirmaster of the Leipold men's choir "Frohsinn" for a number of years, he became the first director of the Schmalkalden singers' association that had just been founded in 1920 and, in 1922, also the city's music director .

Works (selection)

Leipold composed organ and piano works, motets, cantatas, oratorios and choral works. He published a harmonium school, a small introduction to sacred choral music and a work on the national choral society.

• Oratorios: Jesus Nazarenus (op.159, 1924), Golgotha (op.216, 1930), Now sing and be happy. Christmas Oratorio for Solos, Choir, Strings and Orchestra , Solomon (1935), Simon Petrus, the Apostle. Popular oratorio based on the words of the Holy Scriptures (op. 267, 1936)
• Choral works: Sing praises to the Lord! 30 sacred chants for three-part choir (op.4), Under the blooming linden tree (op.19, 1912)
• Piano pieces: My Werratal. Waltz for piano (op. 10), turner and slide. 46 round dances for piano (op.61) March of the lead soldiers ( op.86 )
• Songs: Sehnsucht (Psalm 42, 1 - 6) for mezzo-soprano and tenor with piano, organ or harmonium (Op. 69, 1913), Himmelsfunken 15 sacred songs for medium voice with organ, harmonium or piano (Op. 186, 1926).

Literature (selection)

• Maren Goltz (Ed.): Musicians' Lexicon of the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen (1680-1918) , Meiningen 2008
• Erich Müller (Ed.): German Musicians Lexicon , Dresden 1929

Web links

• Literature by and about Bruno Leipold in the catalog of the German National Library