Carl Caelius

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Carl Caelius
Carl Caelius, Kyoto 1955 to 1961

Carl Emil Reinhold Caelius (born January 7, 1908 , † January 16, 1984 ) was a German Kapellmeister and choir director.

Life

Koblenz, 1933 to 1939

After studying at the Cologne Music School , Carl Caelius was Kapellmeister and Choir Director at the Koblenz City Theater . He initially worked as a repetitor and was responsible for rehearsing the arias with singers and stage service. Back then, the Koblenz theater was able to win Lisa Wahler's private ballet school for regular participation, and Caelius also took on the duties of a ballet repetitor.

The Koblenz Theater received its own dance group for the first time in 1935/36 under the direction of Käthe Hoppe. During this time, in addition to his previous duties, Caelius worked his way into choir management. On November 25, 1935, he conducted the ballet Das Bilderbuch .

In the 1936/37 season Caelius became choir director and studied with the artists Orpheus and Eurydice , Merry Wives of Windsor , Dorothée, Sorotschintzi Fair, Tsar and Carpenter , La Bohème and begging students .

In 1937/38 he handed over the duties of dance repetitor to Josef Jung, while Caelius continued to rehearse with the choirs and to do repetition and stage duties in this and the following year. At the desk, Dr. Gustav Koslik, Dr. Ludwig Meinecke and Josef Jung.

Various places of work from 1939 to 1955

In 1939 Caelius moved to the Breslau Opera House , where he stayed for four years. There he was again conductor and repeater. In the 1943/44 season he moved to Gablonz an der Neisse , where, as the city's music director , he was to take on the duties of Kapellmeister, musical chief conductor and conductor of the symphony concerts. Due to a decree of the German Reich Defense Commissioner, all German theaters were closed on September 1, 1944; Carl Caelius was called up for military service and was taken prisoner by the Soviets , from which he was released in 1945.

In the seasons 1948/49 to 1952/53 Caelius was engaged at the Theater der Stadt Heidelberg , where he was director of studies and conductor. In 1949 he conducted the world premiere of Hans Werner Henze's first opera Das Wundertheater . He then worked in Graz and Mannheim, most recently in the 1954/55 season as Kapellmeister and solo coach.

Appointed to Japan from 1955 to 1961

In 1955 Caelius was appointed to Kyoto to build a symphony orchestra according to European standards. The Kyoto Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1956 and was under the administration of the city of Kyoto. The fourth oldest orchestra in Japan was the only one administered by a public authority in its day. With singers from the Nikikai singing ensemble , they performed operas by Mozart and won numerous prizes. The initially 40-strong orchestra was expanded and shortly before Caelius returned to Germany, it comprised a total of 80 musicians. Carl Caelius led the conducting class, the university orchestra and the choir. He was made a professor, but the Japanese climate and the overhaul requested by the Japanese took their toll. Carl Caelius collapsed at the desk. He left Japan in 1961 with many awards. He received the culture award from the Japanese minister of culture. Emperor Hirohito presented the Koblenzer with the Order of the Holy Treasure , and the Japanese government awarded him the Medal of Honor on the blue ribbon. His successor was Hans Joachim Kauffmann , who took over the symphony orchestra for two more years until it came under Japanese direction.

Retirement

Returning to his hometown Koblenz, Professor Carl Caelius worked as a choirmaster at the Koblenz Music Institute in the 1968/69 season . He then worked as a music teacher and artistic advisor on the institute's board.

On January 26, 1984 Carl Caelius died after a long illness in the Protestant monastery in Koblenz. In the same year he was posthumously honored with the Peter Cornelius plaque of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Individual evidence

  1. Chronicle of the Musik-Institut Koblenz , accessed on October 12, 2016