Erhard Fietz

Erhard Fietz

Erhard Fietz (born July 23, 1934 in Markneukirchen ; † April 30, 2007 in Zwickau ) was a teacher, musician, conductor, composer and collector of Vogtland melodies.

Life

At the age of 9 he learned to play the violin and later to play the mandolin and guitar. From 1943 he played in the Markneukirchen mandolin club "Harmonie" under the direction of Herold Pöhland and thus found access to works of modern plucked music by Konrad Wölki , Hermann Ambrosius and Kurt Schwaen . He graduated from the Markneukirchen instrument making school and worked in his father's (Horst Fietz) workshop. In 1952 he completed his apprenticeship as a guitar maker. Erhard Fietz studied at the Hochschule für Musik Weimar with Erich Repke (mandolin), Walter Socha (guitar) and Werner Hübschmann (music theory / composition). From 1958 on he taught mandolin, later also clarinet, and music theory at the Robert Schumann Conservatory in Zwickau and directed the Institute's plucked orchestra for 40 years. With his plucking quartet he worked for the Leipzig radio for the new plucked music and traditional Vogtland folk music and was also engaged for solo tasks. He was closely associated with the Bund Deutscher Zupfmusiker BDZ, from 1991 to 2003 as President, since 2003 as Honorary President of the BDZ Saxony and was honored in 1998 with the BDZ's Gold Medal of Merit. In 1993 he was a founding member / board member of the Landesjugendzupforchester Sachsen and later became its long-term companion. Numerous compositions, publications and jury activities are the basis of his diverse musical work. Most recently he devoted himself to the work of the Markneukirchen dialect chronicler Johann Heinrich Gläsel . The plucked instrument maker workshop of his father Horst Fietz can be visited since 2006 in the Gerber-Hans-Haus (part of the Musical Instrument Museum) in Markneukirchen.

Works

For plucked orchestra or ensemble

• Carving pipes (2003)
• Vogtland sketch (1968)
• Bauhausler studies (published by Vogt & Fritz Verlag, Schweinfurt)
• Mandolin Concert (2000) - Version for mandolin and plucked orchestra (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2008)

For mandolin solo or chamber music with mandolin

• Auf der Landstraße: Spielmusik (1989) ([in: Three compositions for mandolin alone] published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2016)
• Der einsame Franz: Study (1997) ([in: Three compositions for mandolin alone] published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2016)
• Ostkreuz for a singing and speaking voice, mandolin and violoncello to texts by the composer (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2011)
• Album pages for JG (2002) ([in: Three compositions for mandolin alone] published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2016)
• Bicinien for oboe and mandolin (1990) (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2008)
• Partita KHJ for clarinet and mandolin (1989) (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2010)
• Game and gift game for recorder and mandolin
• Encounters for mandolin and accordion (1995) (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2016)
• Concert duo, for mandolin and guitar
• Johannes-Variationen: for mandolin and guitar (1998) (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2011)
• Concerto for mandolin and strings
  • Original version (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2008)
  • Version for mandolin and plucked orchestra (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2008)

Vocal music

• Meister Philipp (res et verba): Words for mixed choir - after Luther and Melanchthon - (1996) (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2010)
• Bonhoeffer-Words for voice and two guitars (1986) (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2014)
• Philip and the Ethiopian for voice and two guitars (1985) (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2014)

Music for puppet theater

• Father and son, music for a puppet show based on eoplauen ( Erich Ohser )

Music for woodwinds

• Trio for woodwinds - flute, clarinet, bassoon - (1996)
  • Original version (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2007)
  • Version for two clarinets and bass clarinet (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2007)

Music for violin

• Sonatine (quasi fantasia) in one sentence (1997) (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2010)

Music for harp

• Triptych for harp solo (2001) (published by EBERT MUSIK VERLAG, Leipzig, 2008)

Incidental music

• Bürger Jourdin: Scenes from Molière for a jazz band (1985) - concert version for flute, mandolin, guitar, singing a. Speaking voice, percussion (1993)

Honors

• Johann Walter plaque of the Saxon Music Council 2006
• Gold medal of merit from the Association of German Plucked Musicians BDZ
• Entry in the honor book of the city of Zwickau

literature

• Erhard Fietz: Friedrich Glier - composer, teacher, musician and musical stimulator in Markneukirchen. In: Association of composers and musicologists of the GDR (ed.): Contributions to the music history of the Karl-Marx-Stadt district. Karl-Marx-Stadt 1988.
• Erhard Fietz: The mandolin in the GDR. A cultural-historical consideration. Vol. 26 of the series of publications of the Federal Academy for Musical Youth Education Trossingen, DIN A 4, 137 pages, 30 illustrations.
• Erhard Fietz: About associations and associations of amateur instrumental work, especially plucked music, in the 'Weimar period' (1919 - 1933) and their activities in the West Saxon region. (1990, manuscript.)
• Erhard Fietz: From the life and work of the Vogtland poet Max Schmerler. With an appendix 'Old and new Tschamperliedle from the music corner'. (18 melodies / 11 song titles) [1989], ed. u. Notation: Christa Fietz. In: Sächsische Heimatblätter 1 (2010).
• Erhard Fietz: From the beginnings of new work for plucked instruments in the work of composers from the Karl-Marx-Stadt district, combined with explanations of their prehistory. (1989, manuscript.)

Web links

• Literature by and about Erhard Fietz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Erhard Fietz in the Saxon Bibliography