Gerhard Schwarz (church musician)

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Gerhard Schwarz (born August 22, 1902 in Reussendorf (near Waldenburg), Silesia; † October 13, 1995 in the Imshausen community near Bebra ) was a German church musician , organist and composer.

Life

Memorial plaque on the "Janusz-Korczak-Haus", Schönwalder Allee 26, in Berlin-Hakenfelde

Schwarz studied church and school music as well as philosophy and musicology in Berlin . On November 1, 1932, he became a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 1.467.044). He founded the Berlin church music school in the Johannesstift in Spandau and was organist at the new church in Berlin.

After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , he worked on the flag song of the NSDAP and subsequently composed various pieces of music for everyday use in line with National Socialism. In 1934 he became a clerk at the Reich Youth Pastor . In addition, he was music consultant at the Oberbann Süd of the Hitler Youth of the " Kurmark ", but was removed from this position in 1936 on suspicion of homosexuality. In 1940 he was organist in Düsseldorf. In 1941 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht , of which he was a member until 1945. He served as a private in the Silesian State Rifle Battalion 590 and was deployed in Schweidnitz to guard prisoners. In 1944 he became head organist for a short time at Sankt Bernhard in Breslau .

In 1946 he first moved to Erfurt . In 1947, Schwarz became a teacher at the music academies in Leipzig and Berlin. In 1949 he moved to Düsseldorf , where he became director of the regional church music school and organist of the Johanneskirche. In 1961 he became professor for improvisation at the Cologne University of Music . In 1968 he received the Johann Wenzel Stamitz Prize .

His successor at the Johanneskirche in Düsseldorf was Almut Rößler in 1967 .

In the Soviet occupation zone , Schwarz's book A drum goes around in Germany ( Bärenreiter-Verlag , Kassel 1935) was placed on the list of literature to be sorted out.

Works

  • Melody for the Christmas carol So God loves the evil world in the Evangelical Hymnal (No. 51)
  • To the friends
  • Small calendar (1938) for four-part choir

Web links

Commons : Gerhard Schwarz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Different sources cite different years for the date of death: either 1994 (so in the biographical information of the Evangelical Hymnal , edition Rhineland / Westphalia / Lippe) or 1995.
  2. ^ A b c Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945. CD-Rom Lexicon. Kiel 2004, p. 6473.
  3. ↑ a b c Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 558.
  4. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1948-nslit-s.html
personal data
SURNAME Black, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church musician and organist
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Reussendorf (near Waldenburg), Silesia
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1995
Place of death Imshausen near Bebra