Gertraud Kaltenecker

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Gertraud Anna Maria Kaltenecker (born May 20, 1915 in Regensburg , † August 16, 2004 in Landshut ) was a German composer and singer .

Life

Gertraud Kaltenecker was born on May 20, 1915 in Regensburg. She grew up in a religious family and received music lessons as part of her school education at the Institute of the English Misses . After graduating from the Lyceum in 1932, she attended a commercial college . After graduating, she initially worked as an administrative clerk at the employment office and, from 1949, at the pension office in Regensburg, “earning a living without emotional stress”. However, she always remained loyal to music in this phase of life. From 1935 to 1940 she was instructed in composition and harmony by the composer Max Jobst . In 1943 she began an internship at the Regensburg church music school and got her first engagements as a vocal soloist. From 1946 to 1948 Kaltenecker studied composition with Joseph Haas , singing, piano, conducting and music history at the Academy of Music in Munich . Despite having successfully completed her music studies, after 1948 she only worked as a part-time composer and singer. The musical sideline, however, shaped her entire life.

meaning

Gertraud Kaltenecker's musical life's work comprises over 90 compositions. Including church and chamber music, compositions for piano, orchestra, organ and chants for choirs (both liturgical and secular). Their creations with their bound harmony were mostly based on the style of their influential teacher Joseph Haas. The organ works, often commissioned by the Regensburg parishes, play a special role in their musical work. In her song cycle Spirale from 1975 she also set some poems by the Regensburg writers' group International . She was honored with the Culture Prize of the City of Regensburg and the Nordgau Prize for her musical achievements. In the fifties and sixties of the 20th century she also celebrated great success as a singer. The music critics called the first performance of Paul Hindemith's Marienleben in 1958 an “eminent achievement in every respect, physically, vocal technically, musically, artistically”.

Awards

Works

Orchestral music

  • Christmas Pastorale for flute, oboe and string orchestra op.5 (1947)
  • Serenade "In memoriam Max Jobst" for string orchestra op. 10 (1950)
  • Partita op.61 for string orchestra (1987)

Chamber music

  • Suite for violin and piano op.4b (1948)
  • Suite for bassoon and piano op.38 (1971)
  • Children's song suite for violoncello and piano op.41 (1973)
  • Trifolium, three small pieces for soprano recorder (transverse flute) and piano (harpsichord) op.45 (1977)
  • Only seventeen syllables after haiku poems by authors of the Regensburger Writers' Group International (RSGI) for flute solo and * speaker ad lib. op. 54 (1985)
  • Sacred concerto for oboe, cor anglais and organ op.64 (1988)
  • Five miniatures for violoncello and piano op.68 (1989)
  • Bavarian sketches for clarinet and piano op.72 (1991)
  • Partita for soprano recorder and harpsichord op.86 (1998)

Organ music

  • Postludium to the Missa "Virgo Mater" op. 9 (1949)
  • Choral prelude, variations and fugue on the hymn "Maria broad den Mantel aus" op. 12 (1954)
  • Partita on the hymn "Christ ist erehen" op. 16 (1955)
  • Partita op.17 (1957)
  • Partita on "It sings three angels" Op. 29 (1966)
  • Liturgical impressions op.39 (1972)
  • Partita "The Canticle of the Sun of St. Francis of Assisi" op. 44 (1977)
  • Partita on "The Tones of the Bells of Regensburg Cathedral" GAH-d'-e'-g 'op. 47 (1979)
  • Psalm meditations for organ solo and baritone op.48 (1981)
  • Partita "Die Minoritenkirche zu Regensburg" op. 49 (1982, 5th movement 1984)
  • Six chorale preludes op.52 (1984/85)
  • Fantasy on BACH op.53 (1985) and Fugue (1989)
  • Triptych on "Salve Regina" op. 57 (1986)
  • Proprium per organo op.58 (1986)
  • Concerto per organo a tre parte op. 60 (1987)
  • Fantasy "Te deum laudamus" op. 70 (1990)
  • Introduction, Variations and Fugue on "O head full of blood and wounds" op. 74 (1992)
  • Small suite on the hymn "Praise God the Father" for organ positive op. 75 (1992)
  • Introduction and Passacaglia op.76 (1993)
  • Suite op.77 (1993)
  • Choral variations on the hymn "Be very happy, o my soul" op. 78 (1994)
  • Choral preludes to songs of the Passion time from God's Praise op.83 (1996/97)
  • Organ partita on the chorale "The golden sun full of joy and delight" op. 88 (1999)
  • Small Partita op.91 (2002)

Piano and harpsichord music

  • Suite (four hands) op.4a (1947)
  • Six Easy Pieces for Young Musicians, op.7a (1949)
  • Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Their Own, Op. 19 (1958)
  • Suite "Old Bavarian Miniatures" op. 42 (1973)
  • Introduction and Passacaglia op.69 (1989)
  • Toccata and Fugue op.81 (1996)
  • Variations and fugue on Bach's Schemelli song "Jesus, my heart's Freud" for harpsichord op. 80 (1995)
  • Small suite for piano four hands op.82 (1996)

Sacred vocal music

Singing voices and organ

  • "Regina coeli" for high soprano and organ op. 13 (1953)
  • "Greetings to you, Maria" for soprano and organ op. 14 (1954)
  • "Salve Regina" for soprano and organ op. 15 (1957)
  • Three liturgical chants for soprano and organ op.18 (1957)
  • Offertory "Cum esset desponsata" for three-part female choir and organ op. 20 (1958)
  • "Virgo mitis" for solo soprano and organ op. 22a (1959)
  • "O Virgo pulcherrima" for two sopranos (also choral) and organ op. 22b (1959)
  • "Benedicta et venerabilis" for two sopranos, alto and organ op. 22c (1959)
  • "Tota pulchra es, Maria" for six-part female choir and organ op. 22d (1959)
  • "My heart is ready, O God" (Psalm 44) for a voice (or alternating song) and organ op. 23 (1959)
  • "Ave maris stella" for soprano, alto and organ op. 25 (1959)
  • "Gloria patri" for soprano and organ op. 26 (1962)
  • "Lauda, ​​anima mea, Dominum" for soprano and organ op. 27 (1962)
  • "Improperium exspectavit cor meum" for soprano and organ op. 30 (1966)
  • Two sacred chants for two sopranos (tenors) and organ op.35 (1968)
  • German Bridal Mass for Soprano (Tenor) and Organ op.36 (1968)
  • "I want to praise the Lord", Offertory for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost for soprano, alto, baritone and organ op. 40 (1971)
  • Psalm meditations for baritone and organ solo op. 48/2 and 4 (1981)
  • "You holy and very high God" based on an Easter Hymn for baritone and organ op. 50 (1983)
  • "Ich sucht dich, Herr", three sacred songs (Hubert Neufeld) for baritone and organ op. 66 (1988)
  • Three Christmas carols (Johannes R. Becher, Joachim Ringelnatz, Chiara Lubich) for soprano, alto and organ op.67 (1988/89)
  • "Dreams and Changes", three sacred songs (Anna-Valeria Vogl-Hüger) for bass and organ op. 71 (1990)
  • Stations of the Cross based on own texts for alto and organ op.87 (1998)

Singing voices and instruments

  • "I see you in a thousand pictures", Spiritual Song (Novalis) for four-part mixed choir, violin and organ op. 2 (1940)
  • Hymn "Veni Creator Spiritus" for four-part mixed choir, strings, trumpet, oboe and bassoon op. 21 (1959)
  • Cantata “Mater Dei” (anonymous poets, Johann Caspar Lavater, Dante Alighieri) for three solo sopranos, children's choir, four-part mixed choir, violin and organ op. 28 (1964)

Sacred choral music a cappella

  • "Since Jesus went into the garden", sacred song on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday for four-part mixed choir op. 1b (1937)
  • "And our dear women" for women's choir op. 3 (1941)
  • "Popule meus", improperia on Good Friday for six-part mixed choir op. 6 (1947)
  • Missa "Virgo Mater" for three-part mixed choir op. 8 (1949)
  • Marienlied (Robert Erbertseder) for three-part female choir op.24 (1959)
  • Prayer to Maria (Franz Xaver Lehner) for four-part mixed choir op.31 (1965)
  • German Proprium for Passion Sunday for three-part mixed choir op.34 (1968)
  • "Stetit Angelus", Offertorium for St. Michaelsfest for four-part mixed choir op. 37 (1968)
  • "You carry on mother's arms" (Luise Hensel) for three-part female choir op. 56 (1986)
  • "Jubilate Deo", motet for eight-part mixed choir op. 73 (1991)

Secular choral works

  • Two cheerful chants (Joachim Ringelnatz) for three-part mixed choir op.7b (1949)
  • "Deutsche Minnelieder" (Walther von der Vogelweide, Dietmar von Aist, Der von Kürenberg, Anonymous) for four-part mixed choir op. 11 (1952)
  • Motto "Go the way that God has drawn you" (Guy de Larigandie) for four-part mixed choir op. 32 (1967)
  • Two canons (Emanuel Geibel, Joseph von Eichendorff) op.33 (1968)
  • "Gar mancher", Three cheerful songs ( Erich Ludwig Biberger ) for four-part mixed choir op. 62 (1987)
  • "Astrologisches", four cheerful songs (Oskar Weber) for four-part mixed choir op. 65 (1988)
  • "Stations of Life", six songs (Karl Schauber) for four-part mixed choir op. 90 (2002)

Songs

  • Three songs (Richard Billinger, Johann Georg Jacobi, Hans Carossa) for soprano and piano op.1a (1937/38)
  • "Spirale", Seven Songs (Gertrud von den Brincken, Ernst R. Hauschka, Peter Coryllis, Peter J. Ettl, Elfriede Brandler, Florian Seidl, * Erich Ludwig Biberger) for baritone and piano op. 43 (1975)
  • "Dimensions", six songs (Erich Ludwig Biberger) for alto and piano op. 46 (1978)
  • "And in the midst of always man", six songs (Peter Coryllis) for high soprano and piano op. 51 (1984)
  • Two songs (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Peter Coryllis) for bass and piano op.55 (1985)
  • Three serious songs based on own texts for soprano and piano op.59 (1986)
  • "You my swallow" (Gerhard Weber) for baritone and oboe op. 63 (1987)
  • Seven songs (Anton Schreiegg, Erich Ludwig Biberger, Hermann Kuprian, Anna-Valeria Vogl-Hüger, Peter Coryllis, Elisabeth Augustin) for bass and piano op.79 (1994)
  • Three contemplative songs (Erich Ludwig Biberger) for soprano and piano op.85 (1997)
  • "Through Time and Space", six songs (Anton Schreiegg) for tenor and piano or organ op. 89 (2001)

literature

Web links

  • Heike Nasritdinova:  Kaltenecker, Gertraud Anna Maria . Entry in the database of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund (currently not available)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gertraud Kaltenecker in blmo.de
personal data
SURNAME Kaltenecker, Gertraud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaltenecker, Gertraud Anna Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 2004
Place of death Landshut