Erno Seifriz

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Erno Seifriz (born March 15, 1932 in Wiesensteig , Swabian Alb ; † April 4, 2012 ) was a German music didactic, music historian and choir director .

Life

Seifriz studied natural sciences in Tübingen and school and church music in Stuttgart. He was initially active in school in Hechingen and Friedrichshafen.

In 1962 he became a music lecturer at the newly established Weingarten University of Education , and in 1963 professor of music there. He founded the Upper Swabian Chamber Choir in 1963 and was its director until 2007. He conducted numerous oratorio concerts with the choir, from 1970 in the " Wolfegger Concerts" that he founded , and from 1981 also in the St. Martin Basilica . He was also the founder and long-time director of the university choir of the PH Weingarten and the church choir of the Catholic parish of St. Maria in Weingarten. Seifriz also composed his own works for his choirs.

Since the beginning of his activity in Weingarten, Seifriz has researched the music history of the Reichsabbey Weingarten , edited monastic music from Weingarten and other Upper Swabian monasteries and performed it with the Upper Swabian Chamber Choir and other ensembles. His essay Musikschaffen und Musikleben in Oberschwaben from 1971 represents the first scientific overview of the music history of the region. Seifriz was responsible for the rediscovery of the monastery composers Jakob Reiner (1560–1606) and Michael Kraf (around 1580–1627) and played their works on phonograms and for broadcasts on SWF . The 1989 Basilica Concert with works by Michael Kraf was also televised.

Seifriz was from 1964 to 2004 chairman of the cultural group of the city of Weingarten .

Honors

Publications (selection)

Authorship

  • Music creation and life in Upper Swabia . In: Stefan Ott (Ed.): Oberschwaben. Face of a landscape. Otto Maier, Ravensburg 1971, ISBN 3-473-43555-4 , pp. 235-280.
  • Jakob Reiner's choir song “Bewüt sich Gott” - a small farewell speech . In: "Communicatio enim amicitia". A gift for Ulrich Hötzer. Hochschul-Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 1983, ISBN 3-8107-5013-1 , pp. 205-220.
  • Jakob Reiner and his litany on the Holy Blood . In: 900 years of adoration of the Holy Blood in Weingarten 1094–1994. Festschrift for the anniversary of the Holy Blood on March 12, 1994. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1994, ISBN 3-7995-0398-6 , pp. 281-294.
  • What is the music doing in Oranien Castle? The secularization of musical culture in Weingarten Monastery . In: Old monasteries - new masters. Secularization in the German southwest 1803. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7995-0212-2 , Volume 2, Part 2, pp. 1333-1342.
  • Cantores, band masters and composing priests. Music in Weingarten Monastery . In: "Schwabenspiegel". Literature from the Neckar to Lake Constance 1000–1800. Volume 2: Articles. OEW, Ulm 2003, ISBN 3-937184-01-5 , pp. 227-234.
  • Who is the author of the “ Salve Regina ”? Notes on Hermannus Contractus and his contribution to music history . In: In the Oberland. 16th year 2005, issue 2, pp. 37–42.
  • “The clear wave of jubilation in the city of the Danube spring”. Music at the court of the Prince of Fürstenberg in Donaueschingen in the 18th and 19th centuries. In: Mark Hengerer and Elmar L. Kuhn (eds.): Adel im Wandel. Upper Swabia from early modern times to the present . Verlag Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 978-3-7995-0216-0 , Volume 1, pp. 363-376.
  • A keg of Weingartischer red wine for the prince of music: Orlando di Lasso's relationship to the monastery on Martinsberg . In: In the Oberland. 18th year 2007, issue 2, pp. 50–58.
  • Upper Swabian Chamber Choir 1963 to 2007. Notes from the choir director . In: In the Oberland. 20th year 2009, issue 2, pp. 36–44.
  • Encounters: Chopin, Schumann and Heine. Echoes of the International Lake Constance Festival 2010 . In: Life at the lake. Yearbook of the Bodenseekreis. 28th year 2011, pp. 251-259.

Editing

  • "Ringel Ringel range". The first songs, games and rhymes. (Selection: Erno Seifriz). Otto Maier, Ravensburg 1969
  • The song boat. Songs from around the world. (Selection: Erno Seifriz). Otto Maier, Ravensburg 1970
  • Renaissance choral songs by composers between the Danube and Lake Constance. Weingarten undated
  • Jakob Reiner: Nice new German songs. Reprint of the 1581 edition. Weingarten undated

literature

  • Frieder Lau: Prize of the Hypo Foundation 1992 to Erno Seifriz . In: In the Oberland . 4th year 1993, issue 1, pp. 61–62.
  • Anton Wassermann: The music world owes him a lot. In: Schwäbische Zeitung , April 10, 2012.
  • Britta Zimmermann: Erno Seifriz - a life for music and culture . In: Official Gazette and Citizen Newspaper of the City of Weingarten. Issue 10/2012 (March 16, 2012), p. 5. ( PDF file, 2.8 MB )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Britta Zimmermann: Erno Seifriz - a life for music and culture.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Official Journal and Citizens' Journal of the City of Weingarten , 10/2012 edition of March 16, 2012, accessed on April 24, 2012. p. 5. (PDF file, 2.8 MB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.weingarten-im-blick.de  
personal data
SURNAME Seifriz, Erno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music historian and choir director
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesensteig , Swabian Alb
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 2012