Karl Goepfart

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Karl Eduard Goepfart (born March 8, 1859 in Mönchenholzhausen near Erfurt , † January 30, 1942 in Weimar ) was a musician, composer and conductor .

Life

Goepfart is the eldest son of the teacher and cantor Christian Heinrich Goepfart. In his childhood he received, like his brothers Otto (organist and city cantor in Weimar) and Franz (painter and director of the state drawing school in Weimar), an excellent education from his father, who came from a family of musicians. In 1873 he became a student at the Grand Ducal Orchestra and Music School in Weimar . At the invitation of his father, he traveled to the United States of America in 1873, where he gave piano concerts and became Kapellmeister in Baltimore . In 1876 he continued his studies in Weimar and became a member of Franz Liszt's Thursday round . In 1877 he entered the military and was a regimental musician until 1880. During this time, mainly re-instrumentation of works etc. a. Liszt's and smaller works (marches, songs, chamber music). From 1880 Karl Goepfart began his traveling years as a choir conductor (Ulm, Mannheim, Magdeburg, Baden-Baden, Remscheid), but was always in Weimar. The fairy tale opera Beerenlieschen was created in 1885 . At the premiere in the same year at the Weimar court theater, Karl Goepfart took over the musical direction. This was followed by the opera Quintin Messis - The Blacksmith of Antwerp , which premiered in 1887 at the Weimar Court Theater. From 1909 to 1927 Goepfart lived and worked in Potsdam.

He also worked as a violin maker . Goepfart died in Weimar and was buried next to his wife in the Bornstedter Friedhof in Potsdam .

Works

Title page of a collection of organ works published by K. Goepfart

Instrumental works

  • Sketches and studies flute + piano op.25
  • 2 character pieces oboe + piano op.27
  • 3 pieces clarinet + piano op.29
  • 2 character pieces bassoon + piano op.31
  • Allegro scherzando e capriccioso op. 43
  • Ballade for horn and piano op.48
  • Trio (two violins, viola) op.73
  • Trio (flute, oboe, piano) op.74
  • Trio (clarinet, bassoon, piano) in G minor op.75
  • Quartet for woodwinds in D minor op.93
  • The source of love in Spangenberg . A German legend. For solos [soprano, tenor, bass] mixed choir with orchestra or piano accompaniment and connecting declamation. op. 80 ( performed in Spangenberg in 1902 )

Musical dramas, choral works and songs

  • Camilla Komische Oper (1891)
  • Song of the Scheffelbund (1893) (Text: Max Oberbreyer )
  • Beerenlieschen or the golden chain (Text: Auguste Danne )
  • Sarastro music drama in three acts (Libretto: by Gottfried Stommel )
  • Quintin Messis - the blacksmith of Antwerp musical drama
  • The Seasons 4 Children's Festival with a connecting declaration (Text: Frida Schanz )
  • Midsummer tragedy with choirs for the stage in the open air (Text: Ernst Wachler )
  • Goldhärchen Magic fairy tale with song and dance in 4 acts and 7 pictures (text by Robert Hertwig )
  • Love on Earth or Christkindleins Erdenwallen a Christmas game in 2 parts and 9 pictures with singing and connecting declamations (Text: Elisabeth Bouneß )
  • Widukind tragedy with choirs (text: Ernst Wachler)
  • Motive guide to Rhodopi's fairy tale game (Text: Alberta von Freydorf )
  • The exploits of the cadet Fritz Hellmerich. War drama with music for the youth in 3 acts (text: Julius Winkelmann )
  • King's Song of the Swabians. Seal by Chr. Egen. Music for male choir a cappella by K. Goepfart. Johannes Jehle, music publisher, Ebingen [around 1915?]

Discography

  • “ Jubiloso - chamber music for wind instruments and piano”, ensemble diX , contains: Trio op. 74, Trio op. 75, quartet for clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano (1897) o.op., quartet for flute, oboe, bassoon and Piano (1897) o.op., first recording, (2009, Querstand)

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Estate in the University Archive / Thuringian State Music Archive Weimar .

  • Irina Kaminiarz: The archive of the Liszt School of Music Weimar , in: Der Archivar, 3/1999
  • Dietrich Goepfart: A Weimar Liszt student - Karl Goepfart. (MS)
  • Kurt Baller: Potsdam dates of the 20th century. Potsdam 2000
  • Christiane Weber: Villas in Weimar. Vol. 4, Weimar 2002 ISBN 9783932081576

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willibald Leo Frh.v. Lütgendorff : "The violin and lute makers from the Middle Ages to the present", 1922/75 ISBN 3-7952-0061-X
  2. ↑ University Archives | Thuringian State Music Archive. Retrieved March 22, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME Goepfart, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goepfart, Karl Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Mönchenholzhausen near Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1942
Place of death Weimar