Emil Richard Wagner

Emil Richard Wagner (born March 14, 1871 in Marienberg ; † April 21, 1950 in Annaberg-Buchholz ) was a German composer .

Life

The son of a master tailor attended the school in Marienberg and from 1885 to 1891 the teachers' college in Annaberg . He got his first job in 1891 as an assistant teacher in Buchholz . In 1896 he took over the office of cantor at St. Katharinenkirche, which he held for 54 years until his death in 1950. During this time he experienced u. a. the destruction of his place of work by an air raid in February 1945.

After obtaining a diploma for voice training from Engel in Dresden in 1911 , he was appointed church music director in 1916 . From his time in Dresden he introduced Vespers in the church in Buchholz. He wrote several books, e.g. B. Learning by playing , organ movements, motets, sacred and secular songs. For male choirs he wrote several compositions and arranged songs from the Erzgebirge , including by Anton Günther, Stephan Dietrich and Edwin Bauersachs for choirs. As the lieder master of the Upper Ore Mountains Singing Association, he was responsible for around 90 choirs in Saxony between 1906 and 1933 and the organization of several singing festivals. He composed the hymn to Buchholz based on a poem by Paul Schulzethat begins with the words: "Buchholz, high-rise city, because my heart is at home!"

literature

• Karl Hans Pollmer : Erzgebirge Calendar Stories , Berlin 1972, p. 54

Web links

• Literature by and about Emil Richard Wagner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Werner Kaden : Wagner, Richard Emil . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
• Literature by and about Emil Richard Wagner in the Saxon Bibliography