Friedrich Glier

Friedrich Glier (born January 12, 1891 in Markneukirchen ; † January 25, 1953 there ) was a teacher, organist, composer and collector of Vogtland melodies.

Life

Hermann Friedrich Glier was a son of the bass and cell maker Hermann Glier. At the age of ten he learned to play the piano and violin. He acquired the comprehensive and solid basis for his later educational and artistic activity from May 1, 1905 to Easter 1911 at the traditional teachers' seminar in Plauen . Glier's career began in 1911 as an assistant teacher in Brockau near Netzschkau . After the First World War he continued teaching in his hometown of Markneukirchen. His subjects were mainly German, music, history and geography. Violin and bow were his attributes for colleagues and students. In addition to the teaching post, which ended in 1945, he fulfilled tasks in the church and in cultural and sporting associations. At the beginning of the thirties, Glier's folk music group was formed, consisting of a singing and play group, with a particular emphasis on folk instrumental music.

In the time of National Socialism he joined the NSDAP after the " seizure of power " and was registered with effect from May 1, 1933 under the party number 2,361,136. Since June 1, 1933, he was also a member of the SA , in which he was welfare officer during Sturm 3. During the Second World War he composed 1942 as op. 65 No. 1 Das Lied vom Volke. You are the chain without end to a text by Wolfram Brockmeier , which had already been set to music by Gottfried Wolters (1934 at the latest) and / or Heinrich Spitta (1935 at the latest).

Friedrich Glier gave piano lessons until the last years of his life. After the Second World War he was a religious teacher in the church service and at the same time organist at the Nicolai Church in Markneukirchen.

A memorial plaque for the teacher, musician and composer Friedrich Glier can be found at his father's house at Breite Straße 1 in Markneukirchen.

Works

Friedrich Glier was also active as a composer. His carefully managed and annotated catalog raisonné contains 86 opus numbers, which are spread over the years 1910 to 1952. Glier spanned the range from classical to folk music. He composed well over 100 songs and set poems to music, among others by Hermann Hesse , Eduard Mörike , Theodor Storm , Hermann Löns , wrote choral works for male and mixed choirs as well as chamber music and orchestral pieces. Glier took care of the southern Vogtland dialect. Above all, his merits can be seen in the fact that he enabled the people of the southern Vogtland to re-identify with their homeland, especially in the difficult times after the Second World War. "Is dös a schös Eckel ..." (op. 62 No. 1) shows Glier's deep love for his Vogtland homeland.

Honors

A street in Markneukirchen was named after him.

literature

• Erhard Fietz: Friedrich Glier - composer, teacher, musician and musical stimulator in Markneukirchen. In: Association of composers and musicologists of the GDR (ed.): Contributions to the music history of the Karl-Marx-Stadt district. Karl-Marx-Stadt 1988.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945 , CD-Rom-Lexikon, Kiel 2004, p. 2.097.