Erich Band

Erich Band (1912)

Erich Richard Band (born May 10, 1876 in Berlin , † May 13, 1945 in Waidhofen an der Ybbs ) was a German conductor , choir director and composer . From 1905 to 1924 he was court conductor in Stuttgart. Here he conducted the world premiere of Siegfried Wagner's opera in 1917 . From 1924 to 1932 he was general music director in Halle, where he was in charge of the city theater orchestra .

Life

Erich Band was born in Berlin in 1876 as the son of Professor Oskar Band and his wife Luise Stelter. After attending the Luisenstadt high school , he studied piano and composition at the Royal University of Music from 1894 to 1897 . He also attended the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin .

From 1897/98 he was a trainee Kapellmeister at the Mainz City Theater . In 1898/99 he was 1st Kapellmeister at the Princely Theater Detmold . In 1899 he moved to the Koblenz City Theater . From 1900 to 1902 he worked as a conductor in Berlin. In 1902 he undertook a winter concert tour to the Liegnitz opera of the month. In 1904/04 he was 1st Kapellmeister at the Bremen City Theater and in 1904/05 at the Rostock City Theater .

From 1905 to 1924 he was court conductor in Stuttgart . Here he was responsible for the world premiere of the opera In everything is hats to blame! by Siegfried Wagner . From 1910 he also took over the direction of the Society for Classical Church Music and the Teachers' Choir. He also taught at the Stuttgart University of Music .

In 1924 he became the municipal general music director and opera director in Halle . Accordingly, from 1924 to 1932 he directed the Halle City Theater Orchestra .

Band published u. a. the contribution to the history of the development of the modern orchestra (1910). He also emerged as a composer (inter alia chamber music and songs) and arranged Auber's The Black Domino (Stuttgart 1908) and Weber's Euryanthe (Stuttgart 1923).

He was a board member of the Reich Association of German Tonkünstler and Music Teachers , deputy chairman of the Stuttgart Tonkünstlerverein and sworn expert for music of the chambers for Württemberg, Baden and Hesse.

The band was with the soprano Olga Band-Agloda , geb. Linzer (1872–1941) married. He died shortly after the end of the war in Waidhofen an der Ybbs in occupied post-war Austria .

Works

7 piano pieces op.1
Piano sonata op.2
String quartet in A major op.3
Songs op.4, 6 and 8
2 piano pieces op.5
Romance for violoncello and orchestra op.7
2 chants with orchestra op.9
Peace for choir and orchestra op.10

Awards

He was the recipient of the following awards:

Frederick Order (Württemberg), Knight's Cross
Royal Crown Order (Prussia), 1st class
Griffin Order (Mecklenburg)
Wilhelmskreuz (Württemberg)
Zentenar Medal (Prussia)
Landwehr service award

literature

Band, Erich . In: Paul Frank: Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstlerlexikon. For musicians and friends of music . Edited by Wilhelm Altmann , 12th, very expanded edition, Carl Merseburger, Leipzig 1926.
Band, Erich Richard . In: Friedrich Jansa (Hrsg.): German sound artists and musicians in words and pictures . 2nd edition, published by Friedrich Jansa, Leipzig 1911.
Band, Erich . In: Erich H. Müller (Ed.): German Musicians Lexicon . W. Limpert-Verlag, Dresden 1929.
Band, Erich . In: Hugo Riemann : Musiklexikon . Edited by Alfred Einstein , 11th edition, M. Hesse, Berlin 1929.
Band, Erich . In: Nicolas Slonimsky : Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians . 5th edition, G. Schirmer, New York 1958, p. 82 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Erich Band - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Erich Band in the catalog of the German National Library
Erich Band in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
Entry to Erich Band in Kalliope

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Band, Erich . In: Erich H. Müller (Ed.): German Musicians Lexicon . W. Limpert-Verlag, Dresden 1929.
↑ ^a ^b volume, Erich . In: Hugo Riemann : Musiklexikon . Edited by Alfred Einstein , 11th edition, M. Hesse, Berlin 1929.
^ Peter P. Pachl : Siegfried Wagner's musical and dramatic work . Schneider, Tutzing 1979, ISBN 3-7952-0248-5 , p. 103.
↑ Susanne Range (Red.): Klangspuren. 100 years of the Halle Opera House orchestra 1897–1997 . Edited by the Halle Opera House, Halle / Saale 1997, no p.
↑ ^a ^b volume, Erich . In: Nicolas Slonimsky : Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians . 5th edition, G. Schirmer, New York 1958, p. 82 ( online ).
^ Volume, Erich Richard . In: Friedrich Jansa (Hrsg.): German sound artists and musicians in words and pictures . 2nd edition, published by Friedrich Jansa, Leipzig 1911.
↑ Band-Agloda, Olga. In: Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens †: Large singer lexicon . Volume 1: Aarden - Castles . 4th, expanded and updated edition, Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11598-9 , pp. 232f.

personal data
SURNAME	Band, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Band, Erich Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German conductor, choir director and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 10, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	May 13, 1945
Place of death	Waidhofen an der Ybbs

[Müller-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Band, Erich . In: Erich H. Müller (Ed.): German Musicians Lexicon . W. Limpert-Verlag, Dresden 1929.

[Riemann-2] volume, Erich . In: Hugo Riemann : Musiklexikon . Edited by Alfred Einstein , 11th edition, M. Hesse, Berlin 1929.

[3] Peter P. Pachl : Siegfried Wagner's musical and dramatic work . Schneider, Tutzing 1979, ISBN 3-7952-0248-5 , p. 103.

[4] Susanne Range (Red.): Klangspuren. 100 years of the Halle Opera House orchestra 1897–1997 . Edited by the Halle Opera House, Halle / Saale 1997, no p.

[Slonimsky-5] volume, Erich . In: Nicolas Slonimsky : Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians . 5th edition, G. Schirmer, New York 1958, p. 82 ( online ).

[6] Volume, Erich Richard . In: Friedrich Jansa (Hrsg.): German sound artists and musicians in words and pictures . 2nd edition, published by Friedrich Jansa, Leipzig 1911.

[7] Band-Agloda, Olga. In: Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens †: Large singer lexicon . Volume 1: Aarden - Castles . 4th, expanded and updated edition, Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11598-9 , pp. 232f.