Franz Beyer (musician)

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Franz Beyer (born February 26, 1922 in Weingarten ; † June 29, 2018 in Munich ) was a German violist , university professor and editor .

family

Franz Beyer was the son of Otto Paul Beyer, born in Heukendorf in the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg on September 12, 1885, and his second wife Anna Günter, born in Schelklingen on July 16, 1895. The first wife of his father Marie, nee. Schmuker also came from Schelklingen, but died (born Schelklingen April 2, 1886, † Weingarten October 23, 1918) at the age of 32. During his military service, Franz Beyer's father was a hoboist in the infantry regiment of King Wilhelm I (6th Württ.) Nro 124, stationed in Weingarten. Apparently the music ran in the family, because Franz Beyer's grandfather Ernst (or Christian) Bernhard Beyer (married to Maria Amalie Beyer née Wendler) was also a musician in Heukendorf.

After his military service in Weingarten, Franz Beyer's father settled there and was a music director by profession. It was particularly important to the father to introduce his three children to music at an early age. The eldest daughter Anna Maria (called Marianne) (born in Weingarten on Nov. 15, 1919) became a cellist. The second-born Franz was taught to play the violin by his father from his fifth birthday. Franz graduated from the music academy in Trossingen .

career

During the Second World War he fell into French captivity, where he even organized a chamber music orchestra. After the end of the war, Franz Beyer switched to the viola . After training as a violist, Beyer became a member of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra under Karl Münchinger , the Strub Quartet (1951–1953 and 1962–1965) and early music ensembles such as the Cappella Coloniensis and the Collegium Aureum .

Franz Beyer married Anneliese Holder (* 1926; † October 2018 in Munich) around 1950. The three sons Johannes, Friedemann (film historian) and Daniel (classical conductor) came from the marriage .

From 1962 to 1995 he was professor for viola and chamber music at the University of Music and Theater in Munich .

Editor of musical works

Beyer was best known as the editor of musical works, especially through his new edition of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem KV 626, which is now internationally recognized because of its careful and respectful handling of the traditional version by Franz Xaver Süßmayr and in recordings a. a. by Leonard Bernstein , Sir Neville Marriner , Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Frieder Bernius .

Beyer also edited, supplemented and reconstructed numerous works, particularly of the Viennese Classic , such as Mozart's Pantalon and Colombine KV 446 (416 d ).

Honors

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bernd Redmann: The university mourns Prof. Franz Beyer. University of Music and Drama Munich , accessed on July 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Stadtarchiv Schelklingen, marriage register of the registry office 1912, No. 11 and 1919, No. 2.
  3. ↑ a b Richard Sandomir: Franz Beyer, Who Revised Mozart's Requiem, Is Dead at 96. New York Times, July 23, 2018, page D6.
  4. ↑ Nanette Kolb, Raimund Kolb: Culture Prize . In: Norbert Kruse, Hans Ulrich Rudolf, Dietmar Schillig, Edgar Walter (eds.): Weingarten. From the beginning to the present . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach 1992, ISBN 3-924489-61-0 , p. 524-528 here p. 527 .
  5. ↑ Anton Wassermann: A piece of Weingarten sounds along with the Mozart Requiem. In: Schwäbische Zeitung , August 26, 2014, accessed on July 5, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Beyer, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violist, university professor and editor
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Weingarten (Württemberg)
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 2018
Place of death Munich