Georg Amft

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Georg Amft (born January 25, 1873 in Oberhannsdorf , Glatz district , Province of Silesia , † March 9, 1937 in Bad Altheide ) was a German composer and music teacher . His compositions include a. Masses , hymns and instrumental music . It also gained importance through academic work in the field of folk song and local history research in the County of Glatz .

Life

Georg Amft was the son of an organist and choir director. After completing elementary school, he attended the Royal Preparation Institute in Bad Landeck and then from 1890 to 1893 the teachers' college in Habelschwerdt . He then received an assistant teaching position at Trachenberg , and in 1896 he became a teacher at Potsdam . After attending the College for School and Church Music in Berlin-Charlottenburg , he became a music teacher at the Habelschwerdter teachers' seminar in 1901, succeeding his teacher Wilhelm Kothe. a. Georg Hartmann was his student. In 1911, the year of publication of the "Folksongs from the County of Glatz", which he had collected and edited, he was given the title of "Royal Music Director". In 1914 he was called up for military service, two years later he became a music teacher at the teachers' college in Bromberg . In 1919 he returned to the Habelschwerdter teacher training college. When this was dissolved in 1927, he was a teacher at the local advanced school until 1935.

After retiring in 1935, he settled in Bad Altheide, where he died on March 9, 1937. An obituary by Alois Schirdewahn appeared in the magazine of the Association for the History and Antiquity of Silesia .

Works (selection)

  • Two old Christmas carols from County Glatz . Verlag Goerlich, Breslau, around 1900, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00093666-8
  • Folk songs from the County of Glatz . 1911 and 1926, Bergstadtverlag Breslau
  • Catholic hymn and prayer book for the County of Glatz , ed. by Wilhelm Kothe. 6th edition. Frankes Verlag und Druckerei Otto Borgmeyer, Breslau 1924
  • New songbook for Catholic schools . Verlag Wolf, Habelschwerdt
  • Mass in A in honor of the Queen of St. Rosenkranzes (for choir, two violins, viola, violoncello, double bass, flute, two clarinets in A, oboe, bassoon, three horns in A, timpani in A and E and organ; op.14). Publishing house Coppenrath, Regensburg
  • St. Hedwigs-Brautgruß (text by M. Herbert; for four-part mixed choir, two solo voices and organ accompaniment; op. 22). Publishing house Coppenrath, Regensburg

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alois Schirdewahn: Obituary Georg Amft. In: Journal of the Association for History and Ancient Silesia , 72, 1938, pp. 397–398 ( sbc.org.pl ).
personal data
SURNAME Amft, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberhannsdorf , District of Glatz, Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1937
Place of death Bad Altheide