Franz Hammerla

Franz Hammerla (born October 4, 1902 in Serles , † May 14, 1974 in Krefeld ) was a German clarinetist.

Life

Hammerla studied in 1922/23 at the " Conservatory of Music in Leipzig ", his teachers were Edmund Heyneck and Walther Davisson.

He began his career as a soloist and chamber musician . From 1927 he was principal clarinetist with the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra , where he played until 1941 , interrupted by an engagement at the Meran Opera . After that he was first clarinetist in the large orchestra of the Reichsender München until 1944. After all, he was principal clarinetist in the Reichs-Bruckner-Orchester (Linz) , of which he was a member until it was dissolved in spring 1945.

In 1946, Franz Hammerla and 21 other musicians founded the Northwest German Philharmonic in Bad Pyrmont , which is now based in Herford . He played there for three years, also in the orchestra of the theater in Detmold . Since 1949 he was first clarinetist in the orchestra of the theater in Krefeld / Mönchengladbach. In 1951, when the Richard Wagner Festival reopened in Bayreuth, he was a member of the festival orchestra and participated in performances. As a soloist and orchestral musician, Hammerla has contributed to countless radio and recordings, most of which are now lost. He played u. a. under the direction of Georg Ludwig Jochum , Herbert von Karajan , Wilhelm Furtwängler , Karl Böhm and Hans Knappertsbusch .

literature

• Hanns Kreczi: The Bruckner-Stift St. Florian and the Linzer Reichs-Bruckner-Orchester (1942–1945). Anton Bruckner Documents and Studies. Academic printing and Publishing house, Graz 1986, ISBN 3-201-01319-6
• Alfred Sous: The Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Robert Lienau Musikverlag, Frankfurt 1997, ISBN 978-3-87484-125-2

Discography (selection)

• Spohr, Louis: Concerto for String Quartet / Concerto for Clarinet; January 25, 1945 in Linz; Reichs Bruckner Orchestra; Dir .: GL Jochum; Soloist Franz Hammerla; Urania URLP 7021
• Wagner, Richard: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg; July / Aug. 1951 live in Bayreuth; Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival; Dir .: H. v. Karajan; CD: EMI, CHS 7 63500 2 (4 CDs)
• Wagner, Richard: Siegfried; August 13, 1951 live in Bayreuth; Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival; Dir .: H. v. Karajan; CD: Cantus Classics, CACD 5.00349 / 50 (4 CDs)