Julius Otto (composer)

Ernst Julius Otto after a photograph by Friedrich Brockmann

Ernst Julius Otto (born September 1, 1804 in Königstein (Saxon Switzerland) , † March 5, 1877 in Dresden ) was a German male vocal composer , music teacher , choir director and Kreuzkantor .

Life

The birthplace of the Otto brothers in Königstein, in front of it the Julius Otto monument

Memorial plaque for the Otto brothers on the house where they were born

Otto was a pupil of Christian Theodor Weinlig at the Kreuzschule in Dresden and from 1822 to 1825 a pupil of Johann Gottfriedschicht in Leipzig and performed motets and cantatas from an early age . He first worked as a teacher at the Blochmann Institute in Dresden and was from October 2, 1828, interim and finally from 1830 to 1875 cantor of the Kreuzkirche . Among his students were Friedrich Baumfelder , Edmund Kretschmer and Johannes Gelbke . At times he was the conductor of the Dresdner Liedertafel .

Grave of Ernst Julius Otto

Otto wrote numerous motets, cantatas, masses and a Te Deum . In addition, Otto worked as a cantor at the Sophienkirche and the Frauenkirche in Dresden.

Ernst Julius Otto died in Dresden in 1877 and was buried in the Trinitatisfriedhof .

His estate is kept in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library.

Appreciation

Julius Otto Monument in Dresden, 2010

The Julius Otto Bund , founded in Dresden in 1876, was named after Otto, and in the early days it was heavily influenced by Hugo Richard Jüngst . In the Strehlen district , a Julius-Otto-Straße was named in 1890.

A monument by Gustav Kietz , which Julius Otto showed and was inaugurated in front of the Kreuzschule on Georgplatz in 1886 , was melted down in 1942 for war purposes. A copy based on preserved plaster casts and interpreted by Niklas Klotz has been standing on the square between the Dresden Kreuzkirche and the NH Hotel on Dresden's Altmarkt since August 2010 .

Another monument is located in front of the city pharmacy in Otto's hometown Königstein and in Pirna (Dr.-Wilhelm-Külz-Straße).

Catalog of works (selection)

• multi-volume collection of male choir songs under the title "Ernst and Scherz"

Cycles for male choir

• The singing hall
• Fellow trips
• Journeyman trips
• Soldier life
• The song table operette
• The spinning evening

Oratorios

• The Savior's Last Words
• The celebration of the redeemed at the tomb of Jesus and Job

Operas

• The castle on the Rhine
• The locksmith of Augsburg

literature

• Moritz Fürstenau :  Otto, Julius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 757-760.

Web links

Commons : Ernst Julius Otto  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ernst Julius Otto's estate in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library
• Compositions by Ernst Julius Otto in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library (catalog until 1983)
• Compositions by Ernst Julius Otto in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library (catalog 1984–2000)
• Sheet music and audio files by Ernst Julius Otto in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Calliope | Union catalog for archival and archive-like stocks and national documentation instrument for personal papers and autographs. Retrieved May 6, 2020 .