Fritz Bultmann

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Fritz Bultmann (born December 10, 1937 in Bremen ) is a German choir director and composer .

Life

Fritz Bultmann studied school music , composition and German in Hamburg . He was initially a grammar school teacher and deputy headmaster at the now closed Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium (Altona) in Hamburg, then moved to Schleswig-Holstein in 1985 , where he worked as senior director of studies and headmaster of the Harksheide grammar school in Norderstedt until his retirement in 2003 .

As a young choir director , Bultmann was particularly influenced by a scholarship for choral conducting in Venice, the former Thomaskantor Kurt Thomas from Leipzig and Jürgen Jürgens , with whom he sang for many years in his Monteverdi Choir Hamburg .

In 1972 he founded the Kodály Choir Hamburg and directed it for 39 years until the end of 2010. Today he is an honorary member of the choir.

From 1989 Bultmann was the choir leader of the Hamburg Choir Association , member of the music advisory board of the German Singers Association (DSB) and from 2006 to 2013 the state choir leader of the Schleswig-Holstein Singers Association . He is co-author of the DSB's cultural program, the 2000 model of the Federal Association of German Choir Associations . In 2004 he also prepared a statement on the role of music in all-day schools for the German Singers' Association .

From the foundation of the German Choir Association (DCV) in February 2005 to September 2009, Bultmann was a member of the Music Council and thus also as its deputy chairman in the executive committee of the DCV.

Fritz Bultmann also has a name as a composer . He has written many song sets in German, Low German and foreign texts and edited many songs.

Honors

  • In December 2011 Fritz Bultmann was awarded the Medal of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In the explanation, Bultmann's commitment to choral music is emphasized. This commitment is reflected in his work as a choir director at Hamburg schools, the founding and management of the Kodály Choir, his voluntary work in the Hamburg Choir Association, the Schleswig-Holstein Singing Association and the German Choir Association, and the cultivation of Low German and European folk music through his compositions.
  • In April 2013, Bultmann was awarded the Choir Conductor Badge of Honor with a ribbon from the German Choir Association for 50 years of choirmaster activity.
  • Also in April 2013, Bultmann was awarded the Heinrich Paulsen Medal “in recognition of the special merits in choral singing in the state of Schleswig-Holstein”. The medal is the highest award in the Schleswig-Holstein Singing Association.

Works

Bultmann's compositional focus is on the processing and arrangements of Low German and European folk songs and Christmas carols , including almost forgotten pieces. He has "made a remarkable contribution to the maintenance of Low German and European folk music".

Choral songs

Motets

  • Now come the Gentile Savior (SSAATTB)
  • Jesus, Your Passion (SSAATBB)
  • Gabriel and Maria (SSATBB) (2016)
  • Ubi eras for choir (SATB), xylophone, vibraphone and string orchestra

Cantatas

  • A child born in Bethlehem , the Christmas story according to the Gospel of Luke
    • Version for choir (SATB) and instruments (1 fl, 1 ob, 1 vl, 3 vlc. And piano)
    • Version for female choir and instruments (1 bottle, 1 ob, 1 vl, 3 vlc. And piano)
  • Ut de Franzosentied
    • Version for speaker, female, male choir and / or mixed choir and orchestra
    • Version for speaker, women's, men's choir and / or mixed choir, 11 wind instruments and timpani (ad lib.)
    • Version for speaker, mixed choir (or male choir)

Folk song arrangements

German

Low German

  • Dat Leed by Mr. Pastuurn sin Kauh , folk song from Dithmarschen before 1860
    • Verse version, SATB
    • Concertante folk song arrangement, SSATBB (2012)
  • Jan Hinnerk , folk song from Hamburg
    • Verse version, SATB
    • Folksong arrangement in concert, SSATBB
  • Lütt Anna Susanna , folk song from Holstein
    • for mixed choir, SATB
    • for male choir, TTBB
  • Matten Has' , folk song
    • for mixed choir, SATB
    • for male choir, TTBB
  • When there's a pot of beans here , folksong, SATB
  • De Hamburger Veermaster
  • Leev man

Scandinavian

  • I skovens dybe stille ro (Denmark) - Text: Hans Christian Andersen (SATB)
  • Jag unnar dig ändå allt gott (Sweden) (SSAA)
  • Jag unnar dig ändå allt gott (Sweden) (SSATB)
  • Ola Glomstulen (Norway) - verse song version (SAB)
  • Ola Glomstulen (Norway) - Choir Variations (SATB)
  • Song from Finland (Verjele)

Spanish

  • El Mosquito , folk song from Mexico , SSATTB
  • La Jesuita , folk song from Mexico, SSATBB
  • Boí Bumbá , folk song from Brazil, SATB
  • Noites gauchos , folk song from Brazil, SATB
  • El Ole Andalusian Dance Song (SATB)
  • Viva España Castilian Folk Song (SATB)
  • El curripiti
  • Corrido de Rivera

Christmas carols

  • Adoracion al niño Jesus , from Bolivia , for solo, mixed choir and instruments, SATB
  • Up, you shepherds , from Valais , SSATBB (2018)
  • Cansó de Nadal , from Catalonia , SSATBB (1990/2014)
  • I announce a 'great joy' to you from Bohemia
    • Lead singer, SSATBB
    • Lead singer, SATB
    • Lead singer, SAB
  • Come all in! , from Aargau , SSATB
  • Läbi lume sahiseva , from Estonia , SATB
  • Song to Maria at the Nativity , from France , 16th century, SSATBB
  • Pampanitos verdes - After a carol singers song from Granada SSATBB
  • Villancico - Baille de Nadal , from Catalonia SATB (1990)
  • Staffan in front of the stallion , from Norway
  • The angel
  • Jesus, your passion
  • silent Night
  • Rejoice earth
  • Come on, we're going to Bethlehem
  • O you happy

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Documentation in the Hamburg press archive
  2. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt , Norderstedter Zeitung of December 24, 2011
  3. ↑ Article in the Elbe Wochenblatt ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Quote from the grounds for the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  5. ↑ A review by Peter Kröger about the setting of this poem by Fritz Bultmann can be found in the annual issue of the International Wolfgang Borchert Society No. 28 (2016) on pages 66–68

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personal data
SURNAME Bultmann, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and choir director
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen