Carl Ferdinand Adam

Carl Ferdinand Adam (also: Karl Ferdinand Adam; * December 22, 1806 in Constappel , today the municipality of Klipphausen , Saxony ; † December 23, 1868 in Leisnig , Kingdom of Saxony ) was a German music teacher, cantor, choir director and composer.

Life

Carl Ferdinand Adam was the son of a teacher and organist. He was brought up at Schleinitz Castle together with the only son of Chamberlain von Zehmen . At the age of twelve he attended the Kreuzschule in Dresden. Here he received singing and piano lessons from Heinrich Marschner, among others . He then studied at the University of Leipzig jurisprudence . He dropped out of law school to study music. Christian Theodor Weinlig was one of his teachers. After completing his music studies, he first settled in Dresden as a music teacher. On July 2, 1834 Adam was elected director of the recently founded Dresden male choir Orpheus . In 1842 he founded the Dresdner Liederkranz with Julius Otto . From 1844 he was cantor and music director in Leisnig. Here he founded the Liederkranz men's choir on January 13, 1845 , which he directed for nine years.

Works (selection)

Carl Ferdinand Adam wrote many pieces for male choir. His best-known and still popular work today is the evening song: evening will again be for a five-part male choir. In addition, he wrote songs, piano pieces and variations, but also cantatas and small oratorios.

Six four-part songs for soprano, alto, tenor and bass op. 4. I Lullaby : The Kiss. Slumber dear little ones ; II hunter's song . Trarah: It sounds so lovely ; III Schifferlied: Swim my boat ; IV Lullaby : All quiet in sweet peace ; V Spring song: It breaks in the resounding dance ; VI Morning song : God under your father's hat. Published by G. Rotter in Leipzig.

Six songs by Uhland, Hoffmann von Fallersleben and Mörike for four and five male voices op. 5. I My Fatherland: Faithful love to the grave ; II Free Art: Sing to whom singing has been given ; III Jung Volker. Song of the robbers: Jung Volker, this is our robber captain ; IV The boy mountain member: I am the shepherd boy from the mountain V Spring belief: The gentle air has awakened ; VI Abendlied: It will be evening again . Published by Rotter in Dresden, 1841.

Poems by a living man for male choir or quartet singing op. 6. I Rheinweinlied: Where such a fire still flourishes ; II Call: tear the crosses out of the earth ; III Reiterlied: The anxious night is now over ; IV Song of the young at the amnesty of the old: Like the thunder of waves from the distant sea ; V The Last War: Who Can Fold His Hands . Published by Rotter in Dresden in 1941.

Six choirs for male choir. I It must be spring after all: And the winter is looming , II Serenade: Up, up ; III Germania: O I grieved suitor ; IV champagne song: We attacked recently ; V My beloved: How can I forget yours ; VI In the night .

The 46th Psalm: God is our confidence for male choirs

Six four-part songs. I rest: In the arms of love ; II New spring: New spring has come : III The bird in the forest: Bird, what are you singing : IV Forest song: Where there are bushes : V Old German song: The spring has arrived : VI Morning song : The stars are hereditary .

Six gymnastics songs. I Turnerruf: Wake up ; II gymnast ride: gymnast with the fresh ; III The Gym Brothers: Who has so fresh ; IV Gymnastics Song: With God's Help ' ; V Flag oath: Greetings ; VI Celebratory song: Turner up for an argument .

Six chants. I what we love ; II serenade: tones, small sounds ; III Resting in the shade ; IV Singer's farewell: When often in ; V Bergmannslied: Deep in the gloom ; VI Weineskraft: Brothers drinking .

Memorial plaque on Adam's house in Leisnig

Commemoration

Monument to Carl Ferdinand Adams in Leisnig

In Constappel, a memorial plaque was attached to the schoolhouse, where Adam was born. In 1909 a memorial was erected in Leisnig. There is also a memorial plaque on Adam's house at Kirchplatz 4 in Leisnig.

literature

Robert Mustol: Three Unknown Composers. In: The Lyra. Volume 11, No. 12, Vienna March 15, 1888, p. 109.
Adam, Karl Ferdinand. In: Theodore Baker: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. 3rd edition Schirmer, New York / Boston 1919.
Memories of former Kreuzschule students: Carl Ferdinand Adam, the promoter of male choir singing. In: Die Union , Dresden district; 41 (1986), 298 of December 19, 1986, ISSN 0232-1769, p. 4.

Web links

Sheet music and audio files by Carl Ferdinand Adam in the International Music Score Library Project

Carl Ferdinand Adam at Discogs (English)

Memorial plaque on the house where Carl Ferdinand Adams was born at the Deutsche Fotothek

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c City of Leisnig: City of Leisnig - Carl Ferdinand Adam (1806 - 1865). Retrieved January 7, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Robert Mustol: Three unknown composers . In: Anton August Naaff (Ed.): The Lyra . tape 11 , no. 12 . Vienna March 15, 1888, p. 109 .
^ SLUB Dresden: The Dresden men's choir Orpheus after its 30th anniversary. Accessed January 7, 2018 (German).
↑ Louis Kindscher: Carl Ferdinand Adam: Six four-part songs for soprano, alto, tenor and bass op.4 . In: Gustav Bock (Ed.): Neue Berliner Musikzeitung . tape 11 , no. 9 . Ludwig, Berlin February 25, 1857, p. 66 ( archive.org [accessed January 7, 2018]).
↑ Six songs by Uhland, Hoffmann v. Fallersleben u. Möricke for four u. five male voices opus 5 /. Accessed January 7, 2018 (German).
↑ 6 Lieder for Mens' Voices, Op.5 (Adam, Carl Ferdinand) - IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .
↑ Poems of a living person for male choir or quartet singing; opus 6 /. Accessed January 7, 2018 (German).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Carl Ferdinand Adam . In: Fr. Pazdirek (Ed.): The Universal Handbook of Musical Litterature . Verlag des Universal - Handbuch der Musikliteratur, Pazdírek & Co. KG, Vienna, p. 76 .
↑ Memorial plaque for Carl Ferdinand Adam (December 22nd, 1806-23th, 1867). In: Deutsche Fotothek. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .
↑ Adam, Karl Ferdinand . In: Theodore Baker (Ed.): Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians . 3. Edition. G. Schirmer, New York / Boston 1919, p. 4 ( archive.org [accessed January 7, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Adam, Carl Ferdinand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Adam, Karl Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German music teacher, cantor, choir director and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 22, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH	Constappel , today the municipality of Klipphausen , Saxony
DATE OF DEATH	December 23, 1868
Place of death	Leisnig , Kingdom of Saxony

[:0-1] City of Leisnig: City of Leisnig - Carl Ferdinand Adam (1806 - 1865). Retrieved January 7, 2018 .

[:1-2] Robert Mustol: Three unknown composers . In: Anton August Naaff (Ed.): The Lyra . tape 11 , no. 12 . Vienna March 15, 1888, p. 109 .

[3] SLUB Dresden: The Dresden men's choir Orpheus after its 30th anniversary. Accessed January 7, 2018 (German).

[4] Louis Kindscher: Carl Ferdinand Adam: Six four-part songs for soprano, alto, tenor and bass op.4 . In: Gustav Bock (Ed.): Neue Berliner Musikzeitung . tape 11 , no. 9 . Ludwig, Berlin February 25, 1857, p. 66 ( archive.org [accessed January 7, 2018]).

[5] Six songs by Uhland, Hoffmann v. Fallersleben u. Möricke for four u. five male voices opus 5 /. Accessed January 7, 2018 (German).

[6] 6 Lieder for Mens' Voices, Op.5 (Adam, Carl Ferdinand) - IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .

[7] Poems of a living person for male choir or quartet singing; opus 6 /. Accessed January 7, 2018 (German).

[:2-8] Carl Ferdinand Adam . In: Fr. Pazdirek (Ed.): The Universal Handbook of Musical Litterature . Verlag des Universal - Handbuch der Musikliteratur, Pazdírek & Co. KG, Vienna, p. 76 .

[9] Memorial plaque for Carl Ferdinand Adam (December 22nd, 1806-23th, 1867). In: Deutsche Fotothek. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .

[10] Adam, Karl Ferdinand . In: Theodore Baker (Ed.): Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians . 3. Edition. G. Schirmer, New York / Boston 1919, p. 4 ( archive.org [accessed January 7, 2018]).