Erwin Zillinger

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Erwin Zillinger (born June 1, 1893 in Dresden ; † August 24, 1974 in Lübeck ) was a North German church musician, organist and composer .

Life

Zillinger, who came from Dresden, studied church music in Leipzig from 1913 to 1916 , especially with Karl Straube . He found his first job in 1919 at the Schleswig Cathedral . He was involved in the organ movement , together with Günther Ramin and Hans Henny Jahnn . In 1930 the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schleswig-Holstein appointed him its first regional church music director. From 1936 he taught at the State Conservatory for Music in Lübeck, which later became the Lübeck University of Music . In 1939 he was appointed church musician at Lübeck Cathedral as the successor to Wilhelm Stahl . After the destruction of the historic Arp Schnitger organ in the cathedral in 1942, Zillinger concentrated on choral work and in 1948 founded the Lübeck Cathedral Choir. His successor was Uwe Röhl in 1967 .

Zillinger's estate is kept in the Lübeck city library .

Honors

Works (selection)

  • German Mass based on the sayings of the Bible. 5 movements for 3 mixed choirs and 3 solo voices (1925–1930)
  • Motet cycle From the kingdom of God. 6 movements for 6-part mixed choir a cappella
  • Motet I think 3–7 voices (1932)
  • The zoological garden: a series of songs for individual voices, choir, etc. Orchestra based on poems by Rilke, H. Claudius, EF Peters et al. As Ms. gedr. Schleswig: [Landeskirchenmusikdir. E. Zillinger] [1932]
  • Job: Man and Fate. Oratorio for 7 solos, choir, large orchestra and organ. (1934) Study score, ed. v. Arndt Schnoor. Lübeck: Library of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck 2004 (Publications of the Lübeck City Library: Series 3; Vol. 43: Music)
  • German sayings
  • Psalm cantata
  • Motet for the Sunday of the Dead. Munich: Friedemann Strube [1985] (North Elbian choir sheet; 2)
  • German Mass for 7-part a cappella choir (adaptation of the larger German Mass based on sayings of the Bible ) Edition: Carus-Verlag CV 10.202 / 00
  • Numerous sentences for worship practice, including Schmücke dich and Nun danket alle Gott (for two organs, timpani and wind instruments)
  • (Adaptation) Gregorio Allegri : Miserere mei, Deus. Edition: Carus-Verlag CV 01.539 / 00 score

literature

  • Meik Arndt: Erwin Zillinger (1893–1974) catalog raisonné. Lübeck: Library of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck 2000 (publication of the Lübeck City Library; Series 3, Vol. 6) ISBN 3-933652-07-3
  • H. Brelowski: Erwin Zillinger in memory. in: Musik und Kirche 64 (1994), pp. 370–371
  • Max Reinhard Jaehn: Mecklenburg's organ memorial from 1926: additions to Erwin Zillinger and Hans Henny Jahnn. In: Acta Organologica 29 (2006), pp. 387-434
  • Günther Pods: In memoriam Erwin Zillinger. In: Der Kirchenmusiker 44, pp. 153–154
  • Arndt Schnoor: bequests from Lübeck musicians of the 20th century in the Lübeck City Library. In: Der Wagen 1995, pp. 108–118
  • Wilhelm steel: music history of Lübeck. Volume II: Sacred Music. Kassel and Basel: Bärenreiter 1952, pp. 173 and 185f

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personal data
SURNAME Zillinger, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION North German church musician, organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1974
Place of death Lübeck