Georg Capellen

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Georg Capellen (born April 1, 1869 in Salzuflen , † January 19, 1934 in Hanover ) was a German composer and musicologist .

family

Capellen was born as the son of Ferdinand Capellen (1833–1911) and his wife Henriette, née Athenstaedt (1847–1899), in Salzuflen and attended grammar school there. His father ran the largest cigar factory in Lippe on the corner of Wenkenstrasse and Turmstrasse . Georg Capellen was the grandson of the former Mayor of Salzufler Friedrich Capellen (1792–1867).

In 1915 Georg Capellen married Marta Amalie Brandt († 1927).

Life

Georg Capellen studied in Berlin , Göttingen and Tübingen , first philosophy , later law ; in both subjects he passed the state examination . From 1898 he worked for two years in the Lippe civil service.

During this time, Capellen acquired his knowledge of music theory on an autodidactic basis. They led him to his profession, which he practiced as a composer as well as music critic and writer from 1906 in Osnabrück . After six years, Capellen moved to Cologne and only one year later to Munich . In 1914 he moved to Hanover , where he worked as a music advisor for the Niederdeutsche Zeitung from 1922 .

In his writings, Capellen dealt scientifically with problems of harmony , Richard Wagner , questions of voice guidance and exotic, especially Far Eastern music.

Works (selection)

Capellen arranged traditional Japanese music and composed songs.

  • The musical acoustics as the basis of harmony and melody. 1902.
  • Shogaku shoka - Japanese folk melodies. 1904.
  • The future of music theory and its impact on practice. 1905.
  • Exotic minor music. 1905.
  • Japanese lyric poetry as a testing ground for the new exotic music style. 1910.
  • Chinese poetry from the poetic and musical point of view. 1914.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Michael Körner, Bruno Jahn: Great Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 1: A-G. KG Saur Verlag , Munich 2005, p. 279.
  2. ^ Franz Meyer (Ed.): Bad Salzuflen Epochs of City History . Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-89534-606-4 . , P. 179.
  3. ^ Hugo Riemann: Music Lexicon. First volume, Verone Verlag, Nicosia 2017, p. 166f. (Reprint of the original from 1916) ( books.google.de accessed on May 5, 2020)
  4. ^ Kurt Reinhard: Georg Capellen. In: New German Biography. Volume 3, 1957, p. 131; accessed on May 5, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Capellen, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzuflen
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1934
Place of death Hanover