Friedrich Högner

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Friedrich Johannes Paul Högner (born June 11, 1897 in Oberwaldbehrungen , today in Ostheim before the Rhön ; † March 26, 1981 in Munich ) was a German organist and church musician .

Career

Högner came as the son of the evangelical pastor Andreas Högner and his wife Mathilde, nee. Städler, to the world. He attended the Carolinum grammar school in Ansbach , then the teachers' seminar in Altdorf and finally studied music in Munich , Erlangen and Leipzig . As a student he became a member of the Erlanger and Leipzig Wingolf .

From 1922 he was cantor in Leipzig-Gohlis for three years . At the same time he was musical director at the Thomas School and in 1924 took over from Karl Straube at the Conservatory. In 1925 he went to Regensburg as city cantor and church music director . In 1929 he returned to the Leipzig Conservatory as an organ teacher. There he was organist at the Paulinerkirche and was appointed professor at the Church Music Institute in 1934. From 1937 to 1965 he was regional church music director of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria . From 1959 he was also a professor at the State University of Music in Munich and head of the department for church music.

Bell appraiser

  • His name is mentioned on the homepage of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church as part of his work as a bell expert : "... The Board of Trustees of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church Foundation decided in its meeting on July 8, 1959 for the tone sequence Gº Bº C ' D 'D' Es 'F', which several experts had independently proposed. Wolfgang Reimann and Friedrich Högner had also advocated this tone sequence that best suited the different requirements ... "

Jury member

  • In 1970 he was a member of the jury for the international organ competition at the Musica Antiqua Festival in Bruges.

Trivia

  • Friedrich Högner did not have a driver's license. He traveled around by train or let relatives take him to his destination. For example, if he had his bell checking instruments with him as a bell expert , he had to carry the heavy bag with him.

Honors

literature

  • Friedrich Herzfeld (Ed.): The New Ullstein Lexicon of Music. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main [et al.] 1993.
  • Bernhard A. Kohl (in :) The Great Lexicon of Music. Volume 4, p. 108. Freiburg i.Br. 1981 [et al.]

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Högner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Friedrich Högner in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
  • Heike Nasritdinova:  Högner, Friedrich Johannes Paul . Entry in the database of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund (currently not available)
  • Hofmann, Friedrich: Friedrich Högner 1897–1981. In: Gottesdienst und Kirchenmusik 1981, pp. 73–75.
  • Concert programs can also be found at www.programmregister.de (Archive of Concert Life; Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation; State Institute for Music Research)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Complete directory of Wingolf, Lichtenberg 1991.
  2. ↑ Martina Topp: The organ in the Dreieinigkeitskirche in Regensburg. In: Roma Quanta fuit. Wißner Augsburg, 2010, ISBN 978-3-89639-799-7 , pp. 667-668.
  3. ^ Kurt-Rudolf Böttger: New Leipzig paperback for locals and foreigners. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-933240-51-4 , p. 152.
  4. ↑ Church building | Towers and bells. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
  5. ↑ List of the award winners and members of the jury since the competition began in 1964
  6. ↑ www.bayerischer-verdienstorden.de ; accessed on January 4, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Högner, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Högner, Friedrich Johannes Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and church musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberwaldbehrungen
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1981
Place of death Munich