Friedrich Haag (composer)
Friedrich Haag (born September 10, 1880 in Biburg , Kelheim district office ; † February 21, 1959 in Gauting , Starnberg district ) was a German composer.
biography
Friedrich Haag was born in the Biburg monastery brewery. He resisted his parents' wish to become a master brewer and began to study music. Among other things, he studied singing in Berlin with George Armin (music teacher, 1871–1963), the inventor of the congestion principle . He developed this principle further and helped asthmatics through his singing therapy. When he was just 18 years old, he became the second conductor at the Stadttheater Passau . His further path led him to Munich , where he became known as a teacher of art singing and piano as well as a composer.
In Gauting he also met his first wife, Marianne Ramberg, who had singing lessons from him. This marriage remained childless. In the next few years he devoted himself entirely to the harmonica and founded the "Handharmonika Club" in Gauting as well as a music school in the rooms of Villa Peregrina (built in 1906 for the Swedish consul Tüngler), which he acquired in 1910. He met his second wife Erna while taking accordion lessons. They married on May 22, 1925 in Gauting.
The children of this marriage were Marianne (* 1926), harpist with the Munich Philharmonic and Wolfgang (* 1928), flutist with the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. Over 60 house concerts and serenades took place in the hall of Villa Peregrina. Well-known artists such as the pianist Li Stadelmann and the "Eugen-Forster Quartet" performed. Friedrich Haag mainly composed works for accordion (orchestra) / harmonica and voice. These were mainly relocated at Hohner . This time developed into the heyday of the accordion orchestra, even Hohner founded his own accordion orchestra.
Friedrich Haag later founded a publishing house called “Gleichton-Verlag” (to explain the term: the accordion has a tone that remains the same when the harmonica is pressed together and pulled apart (= same tone), in contrast to the accordion, which has a different tone sounds) so that he could publish his own works. This publisher existed until the 1960s.
Works (selection)
Accordion orchestra:
- “Spanish Romance” for accordion orchestra
- “Lilofee” for accordion orchestra
- “Rhapsodic Waltz No. 1” for accordion orchestra
- “Moonlight serenade” for accordion orchestra
- “German Dance in F Major” for accordion orchestra
- “Spielmanns last dance” for accordion orchestra
- “Little Christmas Music” for accordion orchestra
- “Abendmusik Unter Trees” for accordion orchestra
- “Die Elfe” for accordion orchestra
- “Abendweise / Komm Heim” for accordion orchestra
- “Castilian Rhapsody” for accordion orchestra and percussion
- “Spitzweg Serenade” for accordion orchestra
Accordion sextet:
- Dance impressions
Accordion quintet
- Dream dance
- Wandering song of the sea
Solo accordion:
- Concert polonaise
- Impromptu in D major
- Etudiette
- Country dance
Different line-ups:
- “Minuet” by L. Boccherini, arrangement by F. Haag
- "Die Harfe", Nocturno, for 2 violins, harp and accordion quartet
- "Annen-Polka" by J. Strauss, arr. by F. Haag
- “Come Her Shepherds” - Christmas prelude for accordion or two melody instruments and accordion
- "Damon and the Converted" - a love melody for flute and accordion quintet.
- "Five German Dances" by WA Mozart, arr. by F. Haag
- “Der Kristalldeuter” (opera) - libretto by Erna Haag
- “Bagatelle” for piano
swell
Wolfgang Haag, Marianne Felbinger (Haag)
Gerhard Schober "Early villas and country houses in the Starnberg district" (Oreos Verlag)
Dr. Armin Fett: "Harmonika Jahrbuch 1955", Matth.Hohner AG Musikverlag Trossingen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haag, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Biburg , Kelheim District Office |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1959 |
| Place of death | Gauting , Starnberg district |