Fritz Gersbach

Fritz Gersbach (born May 25, 1894 in Basel , † September 22, 1973 ibid) was a Swiss choir director and composer .

Life

Gersbach trained as a primary school teacher at the Schiers teacher training college and got his first job in Reigoldswil in 1916 , where he also took over the leadership of the local men's choir . From 1917 to 1922 Gersbach studied at the Basel Conservatory with Hermann Suter , followed by a stay at the Leipzig Conservatory and two summer courses with Émile Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva .

After completing his studies, Gersbach became a singing teacher at the boys 'secondary school, where from 1924 he built up a boys' choir , which was active until around 1960, with the secondary school elites (analogous to the elite choir of the humanistic high school ) . In addition, he continued to take over numerous male choirs in the region, u. a. in Muttenz , Sissach and Hegenheim ; Gersbach led them for several decades and achieved top marks with them at cantonal and federal singing festivals.

In 1927 Gersbach was elected as the association conductor of the cantonal choir association. In the same year, on the occasion of the cantonal singing festival, his festival "Stadt und Land" premiered with great success in the Basel exhibition hall . In 1932 his opera "Merlin" was premiered at the Basel Theater . His further compositional work included choral and solo vocal works, piano pieces, violin sonatas , string quartets and orchestral works.

Gersbach's grave is in the Hörnli cemetery on the outskirts of Basel. His estate was given to the Basel University Library .

literature

Fritz Gersbach in memory . In: National-Zeitung Basel , No. 300 (26.09.1973).

Web links

Estate of Fritz Gersbach (1894–1973), In: Basel University Library

Individual evidence

↑ Kürschner's German Musicians Calendar 1954, Second Edition of the German Musicians Lexicon, Hedwig and EH Müller von Asow, Walter De Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1954, p. 354. In: book.google.de. Retrieved August 7, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Gersbach, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss choir director and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 25, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	Basel
DATE OF DEATH	22nd September 1973
Place of death	Basel

[1] Kürschner's German Musicians Calendar 1954, Second Edition of the German Musicians Lexicon, Hedwig and EH Müller von Asow, Walter De Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1954, p. 354. In: book.google.de. Retrieved August 7, 2019 .