Franz Blumenberg

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Autograph by Franz Blumenberg, 1899

Franz Michael Blumenberg (born February 7, 1869 in Remagen , † June 1, 1940 in Cologne ) was a German music director and composer .

Life

Blumenberg was born in Remagen and settled permanently in Cologne, where he worked as a composer and music director until his death. He wrote several songs (for example, Rhineland's Greetings to the Kaiser , also sold as a song postcard , or several songs based on poems and texts by Heinrich Heine ), marches (such as the Sieges March and Funkenmarsch ) and choirs that are rarely played today. He became known especially in student circles for the publication of the Kleine Kommersliederbuch. Selected Kommerslieder arranged for piano , published in Cologne around 1920.

In 1905 Franz Blumenberg was described as one of the most fertile and popular composers of our time .

In 1930 Franz Blumenberg became an honorary member of the Heimatverein Alt Köln eV, founded in 1902 and still in existence today. V., Association for the Maintenance of Cologne History, Language and Character.

Blumenberg married Helene Elisabeth Philippi in the London borough of Holborn in 1902 . He died of coronary sclerosis in his Cologne apartment at the age of 71 .

Works (selection)

  • My sweet love, when you are in the grave, Op. 75 (based on the text by Heinrich Heine )
  • Beautiful cradle of my sorrows, Op. 107 (based on the text by Heinrich Heine)
  • My dear, we sat together , Op. 157 (based on the text by Heinrich Heine)
  • The Dance of Death, Op. 158 (based on the text by Heinrich Heine)
  • I cried in a dream, Op. 162 (based on the text by Heinrich Heine)
  • Christmas album for voice and piano, Op. 482 , Leipzig, Wilhelm Gebauer, around 1910
  • Edition Gerdes No. 12. GG 227. The young siblings Frere et soeur-Brother and Sister. The most beautiful opera melodies. Piano for four hands , Cologne
  • Small book of Kommersongs. Selected Kommerslieder arranged for piano , Cologne, around 1920

estate

The historical archive of the City of Cologne now houses the written estate of Franz Blumenberg in the form of a folder with personal documents from his life and a selection of his works.

literature

  • Music director Franz Blumenberg . In: Alt-Köln , 1930, No. 19, pp. 190f.
  • Rhenish Musicians , Volume 10, p. 27.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Death certificate No. 295 from June 3, 1940, registry office Cologne III. In: LAV NRW R civil status register. Retrieved June 13, 2018 .
  2. ^ Tonkünstler- und Verleger-Almanach der Musikliterarian Blätter, 1905, p. 43
  3. ↑ Heimatverein Alt Köln - About us
  4. ^ Franz Blumenberg estate in the Historical Archives of the City of Cologne.
personal data
SURNAME Blumenberg, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blumenberg, Franz Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music director and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Remagen
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1940
Place of death Cologne