Franz Willy Neugebauer

Franz Willy Neugebauer (born September 29, 1904 in Waltersdorf , North Moravia , † March 12, 1975 ) was a German trumpet virtuoso , composer and conductor.

Life

Franz Willy Neugebauer came from a musical family. His great-grandmother was born Schubert. His father Wilhelm, who was the head of a brass and string band and head of the town pipe in Hannsdorf , Mährisch-Schönberg district , took him early on to study music. He received violin and trumpet lessons from his father at an early age. After finishing school, he attended the Prague State Conservatory from 1920 to 1925, majoring in violin and minor in trumpet. Against the great resistance of his father, he took his first position as a trumpeter in the spa orchestra in Johannisbad near Reichenberg in Bohemia in 1927 . As early as 1928 he received the position of solo trumpeter in the municipal orchestra in Teplitz-Schönau . At the same time he attended the State Music Academy in Dresden from 1928 to 1931 - now with the trumpet major. His teacher was Wilhelm Simon, the solo trumpeter of the Dresden Staatskapelle .

From September 1, 1931 to 1936, he played the solo trumpet at the Städtische Oper Berlin . From January 1937 to 1944 he was principal trumpeter at the Städtische Oper (Gürzenich Orchestra) in Cologne. During this time in Cologne he also worked as a trumpet teacher at the Cologne State University of Music . After the end of the war he gave a short guest appearance with the Munich Philharmonic under the direction of Prof. Hans Rosbaud , who took him with him in 1948 as solo trumpeter for Südwestfunk Baden-Baden. From May 1950 until his retirement on October 1, 1969 he was solo trumpeter with the WDR Cologne Symphony Orchestra .

Musically he was connected to both concert and symphonic music as well as virtuoso brass music. He was heard as a soloist on the radio for more than two decades. B. at the regular Sunday harbor concerts from Duisburg. Broadcast symphonic works in which he participated as a soloist are also unforgettable. B. “ The story of the soldier ” ( Stravinsky ) or the Trumpet Concerto by André Jolivet . In addition to his work as solo trumpeter in the symphony orchestra of the WDR Cologne, he was a lecturer at the Rheinische Musikschule in Cologne and at the Folkwangschule in Essen for several years . Particularly noteworthy is his connection to the Bayreuth Richard Wagner Festival . He has played the solo trumpet there since 1937 and demonstrated his skills under such famous conductors as Joseph Keilberth , Hans Knappertsbusch , Wilhelm Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan . In 1962 it celebrated its 25th anniversary of the festival in Bayreuth.

Despite his vocation to radio and television at home and abroad, he maintained connections with numerous amateur music associations. After his retirement in 1969, he devoted himself fully to instrumental folk music and led several amateur brass bands to an amazing musical maturity with numerous compositions of his own.

With his musical commitment, he led amateur music to an unheard-of upswing and set new strong accents. At numerous music schools in the Bergisches Land - his home country after retirement - he trained qualified young people in folk music. His compositions are part of the repertoire of many music associations. For these services to folk music, he was awarded the gold medal of the German Folk Music Association.

He died on March 12, 1975 and was buried in Wipperfürth in the Bergisches Land.

Albums

• The Post in the Forest - The Carnival in Venice - On the Weser - God protect you, it would have been too beautiful. Polydor 1960.
• Why is it so beautiful on the Rhine? - Big Rheinlieder potpourri with Willy Schneider, Willy Hofmann, Franz Fehringer. Polydor, mono recording 1962 (21 tracks).
• The post in the forest - on the Weser. Polydor 1964.
• Greet the blond child from the Rhine - a Rhenish girl with Rhenish wine. Polydor 1964.
• Well-known trumpet pieces: Die Post im Walde u. a. Intercord, stereo recording (11 tracks).