Ernest Majo
Ernest Majo (von Majowski) (born August 25, 1916 in Herne , † August 22, 2002 in Schramberg ) was a German composer , conductor , musician and professor . He also used the pseudonyms Jean Arimont and Ernst Sloma .
Growing up in a family making music, he began his music studies in 1932 at the Folkwang University in Essen , namely composition with Ottmar Gerster (1897–1969) and instrumentation and harmony with Hermann Erpf (1891–1969). In 1936 he joined a marine music corps. In 1938 he worked in the municipal orchestras in Gera , Ratibor and Hildesheim . In 1940 he was drafted again into the Marine Music Corps. After the war he settled back in Hildesheim. Between 1956 and 1962 he worked in various Bundeswehr music corps. Then he moved to Schramberg in the Black Forest , where he was municipal music director of the Schramberg town music club from 1967 to 1976 and head of the town music school.
The thematic directory of Ernest Majo's compositions includes around 250 printed orchestral works. This includes the march as well as the symphonic poetry, the educational game music as well as the respective avant-garde composition, absolute and functional, open-air and concert hall music, sacred and secular works.
Works
Works for wind orchestra
- 1959 Capriccio
- 1959 Jewish Passion
- 1962 Four madrigals
- 1965 Two melodic pieces
- 1970 Festive wind music
- 1970 Impressions of an old city
- 1973 Festive Baroque
- 1975 Attila Symphonic Poetry
- 1975 Grimming impressions
- 1975 Sinfonietta No. 1
- 1975 Toccata great
- 1976 Ave Maria after Johann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod for wind orchestra
- 1976 King Lear Symphonic Poem
- 1976 Concertino fugato
- 1976 Swedish Rhapsody
- 1977 Triptych based on the pictures of the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald
- 1977 Memories of a Poet Suite
- 1979 Concerto for oboe and wind orchestra
- 1979 Spectacle No. 2 Symphonic sequences on themes from the Radetzky March by Johann Strauss (father)
- 1980 Prologo sinfonico
- 1980 Toccata secunda
- 1980 Celebration Memory
- Grave, Grazioso LÄistesso Tempo
- Fugato chorale
- 1980 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1981 Toccatina
- 1984 Serenade fatale - a little battle music
- 1985 Eisenerzer festival prologue
- 1985 Rhapsodic sequences about BACH
- 1986 Extrafonie Thematic Reflections - Suite in 3 movements
- Rigorous
- Aria chromatica
- Theme a la Marcia and Fuga
- 1987 Sonthofen Suite - Alpine impressions
- 1987 1st Symphony - "From the Old World"
- Allegro
- largo
- scherzo
- Finale chorale
- Adriatic nights overture
- Balkan fever
- Cowboy games
- The Magic Network Overture
- The little tambour
- A bouquet of roses (serenade)
- Memories of Iceland
- Holiday season
- Fiesta España Overture
- Happy everyday life overture
- Happy ending overture
- Happy time
- Hava nagila Israeli fantasy
- Hungaria
- Hyde Park Promenade Overture
- In dulci Jubilo festive Christmas music
- Intrade
- Youth Overture
- Kinderland overture
- Maestoso
- March of Westminster
- Mississippi melody fantasy
- Music of the world
- Nordic ride overture
- Overture Scherzando
- Ace of Spades
- Open concert overture
- Prelude for wind orchestra
- Prelude miniature
- Puszta legend
- Rhapsody française
- Russlandia Rhapsody
- Serenade for Elisabeth
- Silesian Rhapsody
- Swabian Express
- Swabian stories
- Slavonian Rhapsody
- Sur le pont d'Avignon Rhapsody
- Vagant overture
- Preamble (Prolog)
- Christmas symphonia
- Christmas cycle
- Circus premiere overture
- Two melodic pieces (The morning / The evening)
Web links
- Works by and about Ernest Majo in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Majo, Ernest |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arimont, Jean (pseudonym); Sloma, Ernst (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, conductor, musician and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herne , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 2002 |
| Place of death | Schramberg , Germany |