Georg Trexler

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Georg Trexler (born February 9, 1903 in Pirna , † December 15, 1979 in Leipzig ) was a German church musician , music teacher and composer .

Georg Trexler

Life

Georg Trexler's grave in the south cemetery in Leipzig

The son of a master glassmaker received his first music lessons in Plauen . At the age of 16 he already appeared as the conductor of Der Freischütz and Egmont (drama music) .

After completing a bank apprenticeship in Plauen and Dresden , Trexler went to Leipzig University in 1924 to study economics and law .

Encounters with Wilhelm Furtwängler and Karl Straube made him increasingly drawn to music, whereupon he started studying Catholic church music from 1926 to 1929 in the subjects of composition, organ and piano. He showed particular interest in the piano pieces by Paul Hindemith . His teachers included u. a. Karl Hoyer , Carl Adolf Martienssen , Max Hochkofler and Fritz Reuter .

As a student, Trexler was already active as a cantor and organist at the Liebfrauenkirche Lindenau , later at the provost church St. Trinitatis Leipzig. This was followed by lectures at the Church Music Institute of the State Conservatory, which later became the University of Music, until he was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1940. After his return from an American prisoner-of-war camp, he primarily taught score playing as well as in the field of virtuoso and liturgical organ playing at the Leipzig University of Music, which reopened in 1946 .

He was appointed church music director in 1947 and professor in 1948 .

As a composer, he was best known for his orchestral works and cantatas , which were widely recognized. Trexler was also successful in the field of chamber music and music for children. His compositional work includes both ecclesiastical and secular works.

In 1967 Pope Paul VI awarded him . the New Year's Eve in recognition of his services.

Works

  • Vocal music
    • Masses (Latin)
      • Missa in d for acc. Choir, wind and organ (1935)
      • Missa brevis a) for three-part male choir a capella (1945, Romilly prisoner of war camp see Seine) b) for three-part mixed choir and organ (1946)
      • Missa "Tu rex Gloriae, Christe" for five-part mixed choir a capella (1954)
      • Missa "In manus tuas, Domine" for bold. according to Choir u. Organ (1957)
      • Missa "In te, Domine, spreavi" for four - sixth. according to Choir and wind instruments (1961)
    • Messen (German)
      • German Ordinarium f. Schola, parish, choir and organ, (1965)
      • German Ordinarium (without Credo) "Leipziger Ordinarium" f. Schola, parish, choir and organ (1967)
    • Cantatas
      • "METANOEITE" based on texts from "Dies irae" by Werner Bergengruen a. the office of the church for baritone solo, four-eighth. according to Choir u. Orchestra (1950/51)
      • "ASSUMPTA EST MARIA" based on texts from the Old and New Testaments, hymns from the Office of the Church for four solo voices, acc. Choir and Orchestra (or Organ) (1957/58)
    • passion
      • Passion according to St. Johannis, chap. 19 for four solo voices, bold. according to Choir, chamber orchestra, (1929)
    • Now we bring the gifts
    • Lord, what's in the old covenant
    • Maria Lullaby
    • Shame and tribulation
    • Two hymns (1951)
    • Grace to you and peace
    • I heard something like the voice of many people
    • The German Te Deum (1976/77)
    • Two motets
    • Our Father for two choirs (1975)
    • Salve Regina (1954)
  • Meditations on topics from "Te Deum" by Anton Bruckner (1967)
  • Toccata on a theme from the Gloria of the Mass in E minor by Anton Bruckner
  • Introduction and Passacaglia on a Theme from the VIII Symphony by Anton Bruckner (1949)
  • Palm Sunday Proprium
  • German Proprium for the Epiphany (1966)
  • German Proprium from the Feast of All Saints' Day (1975)
  • Instrumental music
    • Orchestral works
      • Music for orchestra (1946)
      • Sinfoniea breve (1953)
      • Toccata maestroso (1953)
      • Suite f. Chamber Orchestra (1954)
      • Concert in D f. orchestra
      • Symphonic Burlesques (after pictures by P. Brueghel) (1963)
      • Fantasy in Eb f. Orchestra (1975)
      • Introduzione e Scherzo f. Orch, (1977)
    • Instrumental concerts with orchestra
      • Concertino for violin and orchestra (1939)
      • two pieces for solo violin a. Chamber Orchestra (1943)
      • Music f. Oboe u, chamber orchestra (1945)
      • Concerto for piano and orchestra (1953)
      • Suite f. Violoncello and Chamber Orchestra (1957)
      • Concerto for organ, strings a. Timpani (1959)
    • Chamber music
      • Sonatina for viola and piano (1953)
      • Sonata for violoncello and piano (1953)
      • Trio for violin, violoncello and piano (1955)
      • "Spitzweg-Suite" for wind quintet (1956)
      • Suite for violoncello and piano (1958)
      • Divertimento for piano (1958)
      • Sextet for wind quintet and piano (1958)
      • Bagatelles for piano (Four Temperaments) (1965)
  • Fonts
    • The music of the Roman mass

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.tobias-broeker.de/rare-manuscripts/sz/trexler-georg/


personal data
SURNAME Trexler, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church musician, music teacher and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Pirna
DATE OF DEATH 15th December 1979
Place of death Leipzig