Elmar Walter

Elmar Walter (born January 31, 1979 in Traunstein ) is a German musicologist , conductor , composer and musician .

Life

Walter took recorder lessons at the age of six . The accordion was added at the age of nine . In 1992 he started playing the tuba , in 1994 he learned the Styrian harmonica . He attained after secondary education degree at the Reiffenstuel Secondary School Traunstein (training toward technology) in 1997 at the Technical School Traunstein the college entrance . As a temporary soldier , he became a member of Army Music Corps 12 in Veitshöchheim . In May 1998 he was transferred to Air Force Music Corps 1 in Neubiberg near Munich . During this time he began his first studies in bass tuba with Tom Walsh ( Munich Philharmonic ) at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich .

In 2000 he enrolled at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg . From 2006 to 2009 he did his doctorate there in musicology. On March 11, 2010, he was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy for "Wind and Wind Music. Music between folk music, folk music, military music and art music ”(Tutzing 2011) awarded. At the same time, Walter was employed from October 2004 to September 2008 as tuba player and registrar in the Mountain Music Corps , which is stationed in Garmisch-Partenkirchen .

Act

Since 2008 he has been the head of the folk music department of the Bavarian State Association for Home Care e. V., Munich. Among other things, he works there as editor of the magazine “Volksmusik in Bayern”. He also writes specialist articles focusing on musicology, musical folklore and music education . In addition, he appears as a speaker at advanced training courses, courses and working groups. His research focus is on traditional popular music.

Walter has been leading the semi-professional Schabernack wind orchestra since 2003 , with which he has released five albums. Since 2010 he has led the Jung-Traunwalchen brass band. In the meantime (2013) the orchestra has founded its own association called "Musikkapelle Nussdorf im Chiemgau". Furthermore, he has been the chairman of the Orff '95 eV association since 2013

Due to his position at the Bavarian State Association for Homeland Care, he is a member of the music advisory board of the Bavarian State Ministry for Science, Research and Art, as well as chairman of the “working conference of full-time, nationally active folk music nurses and researchers in Bavaria” and chairman of the working group “musicians-friendly inn”.

Prizes and awards

Walter is the holder of the "Carl Orff Medal" of the Orff '95 e. V., with which he was honored by Lieselotte Orff, the composer's widow, in 2000. On January 10, 2015, he received the Sudetendeutschen Landsmannschaft award for music.

Works

Monographs

Wind and brass music. Music between folk music, folk music, military music and art music. Tutzing 2011.
together with Griebel, Armin: 30 years research center for Franconian folk music - Festschrift. Contains the lectures on the 21st Seminar for Folk Music Research and Maintenance in Bavaria 2011 in Würzburg and the symposium On Dealing with Musical Traditions. 30 years research center for Franconian folk music in Ansbach, 2011. Published in 2013

Essays

125 years in the service of music. Die Obermüller Musikanten, in: Volksmusik in Bayern, 28th year, issue 3, Munich 2011.
31 years on the road ... The 4 musicians from Hinterberg. Walking the tightrope between maintaining tradition and commerce, in: Volksmusik in Bayern, 28th year, issue 2, Munich 2011.
together with Heyl, Stephanie: Volksmusik. Realities - wishes - perspectives. 21st seminar for folk music research and maintenance from February 4th to 6th 2011 in Würzburg, in: Volksmusik in Bayern, 28th year, issue 1, Munich 2011.
Folk music in Bavaria in the field of tension between folk music research and folk music care, presented using examples, in: Nussbaumer, Thomas: Festschrift Josef Sulz, Innsbruck 2011.
Music in the most famous inn in the world, the Munich Hofbräuhaus, lecture at the conference "Munich Sound: Urban Folk Culture and Popular Music", conference proceedings in preparation, published by the Institute for Folklore of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the City of Munich.
Folk music and brass music - do they go together? In: Bayerische Blasmusik, 6/2009.

Compositions

Brass music

Böhmische Riwanzl, Polka, Wertach Musikverlag, 2004.
Silberdistel-Waltz, Schorer Music Publishing, 2011.
Pettstadter Mädel, Polka, Schorer Music Publishing, 2011.
The old days, Polka, Schorer Music Publishing, 2011.
Thoughts at home, Waltz, Schorer Music Publishing, 2011.
Egerländer Brautwalzer, Schorer Music Publishing, 2011.
Spalter Hopfen, Polka, Schorer Music Publishing, 2011.
Seeger Pfingstfest-Polka, Schorer Music Publishing, 2011.
Bergstätt-Polka, Schorer Music Publishing, 2011.

Pieces for string music

A Roas through Chiemgau
At the tiled stove
At the staad'n lake
To Schuasta Sepp seina
Elisabeth Landler
For d'Barbara
Stefani Scottish
At the right time
For a foolish liabs dirnei
For d'Marianne
To Christei seina

Postponed arrangements

Me and my life (composer: Max Obermüller), Novas Musikverlag, 2011.
Herbstfest-Polka (composer: Andreas Buchmeyer), Schorer Music Publishing, 2011.

Discography (selection)

A musical journey from Chiemgau to the Berchtesgadener Land. Emacker room music. Koch / Universal. 2001. (Styrian harmonica)
A hearty music. Emacker room music. Tyrolis . 2002. (Styrian harmonica)
Young and lively. Jokes in a pack of 12. 2004. (conductor)
Boyish pranks. Jokes in a pack of 12. 2006. (conductor)
Thought leaps. Jokes in a pack of 12. 2008. (conductor and singer)
Egerland delicacies. Jokes in a pack of 12. Bogner Records. 2010. (conductor and singer)