Friedrich Martin (organist)

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Friedrich Martin (born January 18, 1888 in Wiesbaden , † April 20, 1931 in Weimar ) was a German organist , music teacher and composer .

Life

Friedrich Martin came as the son of the architect Friedrich Martin sen. (1833–1903) and his wife Auguste Wilhelmi (1854 – after 1929). In his native Wiesbaden, he took piano and music theory lessons from H. G. Gerhard and the organ from Friedrich Petersen . In 1908 he entered the Leipzig Conservatory , where he studied with Karl Straube (organ), Emil Paul (counterpoint), Stephan Krehl (theory of forms), Richard Hofmann (instrumentation) and Max Reger (composition) until 1913 .

In 1916 he succeeded Hermann Keller as city organist at the Herder Church in Weimar and took on teaching positions for organ, music theory, composition and music history at the Grand Ducal Music School there (today: the Liszt School of Music Weimar ). Among his students were the organist Michael Schneider and the harpsichordist Irmengart Weigel (1903 – after 1954), who became Martin's wife in 1925. From 1921 Martin worked as custodian of the Max Reger Archive, which was then located in Weimar . He was also active as a music critic.

Politically, Martin was close to the National Socialists . On November 27, 1930, the Thuringian Minister of the Interior, Wilhelm Frick , appointed him “part-time music consultant without special remuneration”. A few months later, Martin died of lung cancer at the age of 43.

Martin was close friends with the composer Richard Wetz , who was also working with him at the Weimar Music Academy. Wetz subsequently dedicated his Symphony No. 3, which he completed in 1923, to the memory of Martin .

Martin's compositional oeuvre includes sacred vocal music, songs and organ pieces. Few of his works have appeared in print. He also edited arrangements of works by Johann Sebastian Bach .

Works (selection)

Compositions

  • 20 little songs for a medium voice with piano accompaniment (CF Kahnt, Leipzig 1913)
  • From the small rose garden , 8 poems by Hermann Löns for voice and piano (CF Kahnt, Leipzig 1917)
  • 10 children's songs. Old German children's verses with new tunes can be singed by young and old (CF Kahnt, Leipzig 1917)
  • A spiritual spring cantata for soprano and baritone solo, mixed choir, 2 violins, 2 trumpets, 2 horns and organ (CF Kahnt, Leipzig 1919)

Edits

  • Johann Sebastian Bach: 5 sacred songs for a voice with organ (Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1917)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: 75 sacred songs and arias ( Schemelli ) for low voice (Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1923)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantabile ma un poco adagio from the 6 sonatas for violin and piano, arranged for violin and organ (Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1924)

literature

  • Richard Wetz: Friedrich Martin. In: The tower keeper . 1924/12.
  • German Musicians Lexicon , ed. by Erich H. Müller [v. Azov]. Dresden 1929.
  • Marco Lemme: The training of church musicians in Thuringia 1872–1990. Weimar 2013.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jan-Pieter Barbian: Literary Policy in the Third Reich. Institutions, competencies, fields of activity. Frankfurt am Main 1993, p. 27.
  2. ↑ On the cause of death see: Richard Wetz as a person and artist in his time. Edited by Erich Peter. Dortmund 1975, p. 471.
  3. ^ Richard Wetz 1875–1935. A composer from Erfurt. Edited by Rudolf Benl. Erfurt 2010, p. 338.
personal data
SURNAME Martin, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist, music teacher and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1931
Place of death Weimar