Franciscus Nagler

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Franciscus Nagler (full name: Franciscus Johannes Nagler ; born July 22, 1873 in Prausitz near Riesa , † June 4, 1957 in Leisnig ) was a German cantor, local poet and composer.

Life

Nagler, son of a schoolmaster and cantor, spent his student years in the St. Thomas Choir in Leipzig . After seminar studies in Dresden and further training at the Leipzig Conservatory , he took over a position as cantor in Limbach in 1898 . From 1902 to 1936 he was cantor and church music director in Leisnig. He then moved to Dresden at Traubestrasse 4, but returned to Leisnig after the bombing in 1945. His grave is in the Leisniger cemetery.

In addition to his professional activity, Nagler also worked as a choir director and composer. In Leisnig he directed the men's choir "Liederkranz", the women's choir and the "Saxonia" singing association. He also composed around 130 motets , cantatas , musical plays and choral works. In addition, there were literary works, short stories , fairy tales and texts for popular songs, children's festivals and home plays. Nagler was a co-founder of the Leisniger local group of the Kulturbund of the GDR and a member of the German Writers' Association .

Works (selection)

  • Village home - pictures from the boyhood (biographical novel; Saxon school bookshop / Meißen)
  • The sounding land (Verlag Bohn & Sohn, 1936)
  • Organists and other musicians from the local past (Baensch Druckerei, 1936)
  • ´s Klinghäus'l or "I just have to sing!" (Verlag A. Strauch, 1935)
  • Eight children's songs for three [also four] voices children's or women's choir (Verlag Huhle, 1932)

Honors

  • Oskar Seyffert coin of the Association for Saxon Folk Art (1922)
  • Golden Badge of Honor of the German Male Choir of Indianapolis (1922)
  • Honorary citizenship of Leisnig (1927)

The primary school in his place of birth, Prausitz, bears his name; in the long-standing town of Leisnig, Franciscus-Nagler-Strasse is named after him.

literature

  • Werner Schuder (Ed.): Kürschner's German Literature Calendar. Nekrolog 1936-1970. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 1973, ISBN 9783110830569 , p. 471.
  • Manfred Altner (Ed.): Sächsische Lebensbilder: literary forays through the Lössnitz, the Lausitz, Leipzig and Dresden , Edition Reintzsch, 2001, ISBN 9783930846252 , pp. 130 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prausitz website (Hirschstein community) , accessed on March 18, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Nagler, Franciscus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nagler, Franciscus Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cantor, local poet and composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Prausitz near Riesa
DATE OF DEATH June 4th 1957
Place of death Quietly