Ernst Münch (musician)

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Ernst Münch ( French : Ernest Munch , * 1859 ; † 1928 ) was an organist and choirmaster from Alsace .

Life

Ernst Münch was the brother of Eugen Münch and father of Emmi, Fritz and Charles Münch . He worked as an organist at the Wilhelmerkirche in Strasbourg and founder of the Wilhelmer Choir, which was particularly dedicated to the works of Johann Sebastian Bach .

Albert Schweitzer , who had learned piano and organ with Eugen Münch in Mulhouse , took over organ accompaniment for his performances of Bach's cantatas and passions from 1894 . Münch and the Wilhelmer Choir introduced the performances of the Bach Passions on Good Friday , which gave church music a strong boost. Contrary to the fashion of the time to perform Bach's works in a modernized way, he endeavored to have a correct historical performance practice .

Ernst Münch taught organ playing at the Strasbourg Conservatory. For example, René Louis Becker , Heinrich Boell , Adolf Hamm and Joseph Müller-Blattau studied with him .

Münch's daughter Emma married Paul Schweitzer, Albert Schweitzer's brother. His son Fritz Münch succeeded him as conductor of the Bach concerts with the Wilhelmer Choir and became director of the Strasbourg Conservatory.

Student (selection)

literature

  • Albert Schweitzer: Memories of Ernst Münch (1945). In: Essays on Music. Edited by Stefan Hanheide, Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel and Basel, 1988, ISBN 3761809204 , pp. 185–194.
  • Harald Schützeichel: Albert Schweitzer and the organ . Vol. I, pp. 265-268.
  • Albert Schweitzer, Helene Bresslau: The years before Lambarene: letters 1902–1912 . Edited by Rhena Schweitzer Miller and Gustav Woytt. Verlag CH Beck, Munich, 1992. ISBN 3-406-36788-7

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Albert Schweitzer, Helene Bresslau: The years before Lambarene , p. 378
  2. ↑ Theologische Realenzyklopädie: Vol. 32, Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2001, ISBN 3110167123 , p. 239
  3. ^ A b Albert Schweitzer: From my life and thinking (1931). Meiner, Hamburg, 1975, ISBN 3-7873-0321-9, pp. 14-16 ( Memento from January 20, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Münch, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Munch, Ernest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Organist and choirmaster from Alsace
DATE OF BIRTH 1859
DATE OF DEATH 1928