Erich Bürger (guitarist)

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Erich Bürger (born August 4, 1902 in Berlin , † May 8, 1994 in Wiesbach (Pfalz) ) was a German guitarist and music teacher .

Life

After completing elementary school and doing an apprenticeship as a machinist, Bürger studied guitar with Bruno Henze , who also lived near him on Lützowstraße (Berlin-Tiergarten), and with Heinrich Jordan (1877– approx. 1933) in Berlin. He worked as a guitarist in the Berlin Mandolin and Lute Orchestra eV from 1896 (conducted by Carl Henze ), in the Berlin Chamber Mandolin Orchestra (conducted by Bruno Henze), at theaters, the German State Opera, and in film and radio. Since 1925 he gave lessons as a certified guitar teacher.

From 1932 Eich Bürger (primary guitar) formed the Berlin guitar quartet together with Bruno Henze (quint bass guitar / arrangements), Willi Schlinske (1st third guitar) and Gerhard Tucholski (2nd third guitar) . From 1949 to 1953 it was the Berlin guitar trio , without Tucholski. Both formations became known through concerts and radio recordings.

He then worked for ten years in the Berliner Ensemble under Bertolt Brecht . From 1951 to 1972 he taught at the Municipal Conservatory , the 1966 Stern Conservatory of Music Academy Berlin was annexed. Among his most important students were Werner Pauli , Jürgen Kliem (* 1938), Peter Weirauch , Herbert Simmeties (1941–1996), Carlo Domeniconi and Klaus-Michael Krause (* 1948).

His preferred guitars were instruments by José Ramírez (1922–1995) and Hermann Hauser .

In 1957 he published the record Springtime with four folk songs together with the Solo Quartet Berlin (Singing) .

literature

  • Józef Powroźniak: Guitar Lexicon . Verlag Neue Musik, Berlin 1986 (3rd edition), p. 42.
  • Rainer Stelle: On the 80th birthday of Erich Bürger. In: Guitar & Laute 4, 1982, No. 6, pp. 367-370.
  • Obituary in the Berliner Morgenpost from May 26, 1994
  • Brita Rehsöft : The history of guitar music in the GDR (diploma thesis), edited and illustrated with photos / notes by Rainer Stelle (four episodes). In: Zupfmusikmagazin: year 1994, No. 4, pp. 140–142, year 1995, No. 1, pp. 9–12, year 1995, No. 2, pp. 59–63, year 1995, No. 3, Pp. 100–102 (trade journal of the Bund Deutscher Zupfmusiker e.V. )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fritz Buek: Heinrich Jordan on his 50th birthday , in "The Guitar Friend", Heft 3-4, p. 27, Munich 1927
  2. ↑ []: On Heinrich Jordan's 50th birthday , in "Österreichische Gitarre Zeitschrift", 1st year, issue 4, p. 94, Vienna 1927
  3. ^ Fritz Buek: The guitar and your masters , supplement 1925–1935, Berlin undated (1st edition from 1925), [here: misprint "Hans" (instead of: "Heinrich") Jordan]
  4. ↑ Hans-Jürgen Schulz: Bruno Henze - a life for music , in "The Guitar Friend", 12th year, No. 1/2, Munich 1961, pp. 2-4
  5. ↑ ETERNA EP 530000 to 530099 . Olaf von Wolfframsdorff. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Citizen, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1994
Place of death Wiesbach , Rhineland-Palatinate