Carl Schadewitz
Carl Schadewitz (born January 23, 1887 in St. Ingbert , † March 27, 1945 in Repperndorf near Kitzingen ) was a German composer, music teacher and conductor.
life and work
Carl Schadewitz studied piano, violin, flute and composition at the Bavarian State Conservatory in Würzburg, where he was a student of Max Meyer-Olbersleben and then conductor with an Austrian operetta touring company. From 1908 he lived in Würzburg, where he conducted seven choral societies before the First World War. He also taught at the Israelite Teacher Training Institute . After the war he taught at the Adam Institute , a private commercial and secondary school in Würzburg. In Würzburg, Schadewitz also worked as a music teacher at the grammar school from 1921 to 1945, and as a teacher of music theory at the State Conservatory for several years. From 1924 to 1936 he was choirmaster of the Würzburg Singers' Association.
Since May 1, 1940, Schadewitz had been a member of the NSDAP with the party number 7,634,877. In March 1933, still an antimilitarist and pacifist, he already sent his March for Infantry Music Our Leader to Joseph Goebbels in 1934 . The choir compositions Ehre der Arbeit (1934), Gebet für das Reich (1935), Der deutsche Morgen op. 36 (1936) and Heldengedenken (1943) were created for the choir . He also directed the Gau Orchestra of the Political Organization.
In 1941 Schadewitz was awarded the Johann Stamitz Prize, and in 1943 the Max Reger Prize of the Gaus Mainfranken.
In addition to choral music (including the oratorio Kreisler Heimkehr op. 21, 1923) and songs, Carl Schadewitz also wrote orchestral works (including the symphonic poem Aus der Westmark op. 46, 1943) and chamber music. Many of his manuscripts were burned in 1945 as a result of the war.
literature
- Friedrich Blume (Ed.): Music in the past and present . 1st edition, 1949-1986.
- Anton Maxsein and Franz Rauhut (eds.): From the neo-romantic to the modern - Carl Schadewitz. Publishing house of the Max-Dauthendey-Gesellschaft Würzburg, after 1950.
Web links
- Entry in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online
- Sheet music and audio files by Carl Schadewitz in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ^ Bruno Rottenbach: Würzburg street names. Volume 2, Fränkische Gesellschaftdruckerei, Würzburg 1969, p. 74 ( Schadewitzstrasse [...] ).
- ↑ Archive portal .
- ↑ Bruno Rottenbach (1969), p. 74.
- ↑ Bruno Rottenbach (1969), p. 74.
- ↑ Fred K. Prieberg: Handbook of German Musicians 1933-1945 , Kiel 2004, CD-ROM Lexicon, p. 6028
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schadewitz, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schadewitz, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, music teacher and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Ingbert |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1945 |
| Place of death | Repperndorf near Kitzingen |