Gotthold Frotscher

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Gotthold Frotscher (born December 6, 1897 in Ossa , † September 30, 1967 in Berlin ) was a German music historian.

Life

Frotscher was the son of Oberkirchenrat Dr. Paul G. Frotscher and his wife Ida H. Berger. Frotscher was able to finish his school attendance at the humanistic grammar school in Freiberg in 1916 as Primus Omnium . Then he started at the universities of Leipzig and Bonn mainly musicology , German literature and philosophy to study. His professors were u. a. Hermann Abert , Albert Köster , Felix Krueger , Hugo Riemann , Arnold Schering , Eduard Spranger and Wilhelm Wundt .

With effect from March 28, 1922, Frotscher received his doctorate from the University of Leipzig ; his dissertation was on The Aesthetics of the Berlin Song in the 18th Century . During his studies he worked as a freelancer for the Leipziger Abendpost and the Neue Musikzeitung .

In 1920 an academic orchestra association was founded in Leipzig and a state examination in music theory and organ playing in Dresden in 1922. With the academic orchestra, many historical concerts were undertaken in Leipzig and concert tours through Saxony to maintain early music. On May 22, 1923, Frotscher married Gertrud Luise Heinrichsdorff, a daughter of Otto Heinrichsdorff. With her he had two sons, Arnold and Johann Christian.

From 1923 to 1934 he taught at the Technical University of Gdansk . There he completed his habilitation in 1924 on The Main Problems of Musical Aesthetics of the 18th Century (apparently still unpublished today).

After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , Frotscher joined the NSDAP on May 1, 1933 . In November 1933 he signed the professors' declaration of Adolf Hitler at German universities and colleges . He worked as a group leader in the field of music in the Kampfbund für deutsche Kultur (KfdK) Gdansk. In 1935 he was an employee and consultant in the main music department in the cultural office of the Reich Youth Leadership and head of their organ working group.

In 1936 he was appointed to the University of Berlin and from 1939 he worked for the State Institute for German Music Research , where he devoted himself to “race research ” with regard to German music culture, published various racist elaborations on the subject of “music and race” and contributed to speeches Nazi events held. He was an advisor to the Propaganda Ministry . In addition to his "race research", he carried out organ studies. There are numerous publications by Frotscher on the history of organ playing. On behalf of the Reich Youth Leadership, he published the magazine Musik in Jugend und Volk .

After the end of the Second World War , he held a teaching position for musicology at the Berlin University of Education from 1950 . From 1965 Frotscher wrote as a freelancer for the music magazines Hi-Fi and Fono Forum .

Publications (selection)

Books
  • The organ ( Weber's illustrated manuals ). Weber, Leipzig 1927.
  • History of organ playing and organ composition. 2 volumes. Berlin 1935/1936 (reprint: Merseburger, Kassel 1978, ISBN 3-87537-015-5 ).
  • Johann Sebastian Bach and the music of the 17th century. Lecture. Villiger, Wädenswil 1939.
  • Goethe and the German song. Lecture. Villiger, Wädenswil 1941.
  • German organ dispositions from five centuries. Kallmeyer, Wolfenbüttel 1939.
  • Performance practice of early music. A comprehensive guide to the music of bygone eras for its performers and lovers. Heinrichshofen, Wilhelmshaven 1963 (8th edition: Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 1997, ISBN 3-7959-0072-7 ).
Essays
  • Bach's topic formation under the influence of the doctrine of affect. In: Report on the 1st Musicological Congress of the German Music Society in Leipzig from June 4 to 8, 1925. Leipzig 1926, pp. 436–438.
  • On the art of registration of the 18th century. In: Willibald Gurlitt (Ed.): Report on the Freiburg Conference for German Organ Art from July 27 to 30, 1926. Kassel 1926, pp. 70–75.
  • On the problem of the Bach organ. In: Bach yearbook . 1935, pp. 107-121.
  • Folk music and popular music. In: Ethnic music education. Vol. 2 (1936), H. 1, pp. 481-483.
  • A Gdańsk musicians' mirror. In: Helmuth Osthoff , Walter Serauky, Adam Adrio (eds.): Festschrift Arnold Schering. Berlin 1937, pp. 68-75.
  • Racial Style and Customs. In: Völkische Musikkultur. Vol. 3 (1937), pp. 3-10.
  • The interrelation between organ music and organ building in the past and present. In: Report on the second Freiburg conference for German organ art. Kassel 1939, pp. 98-103.
  • Tasks and orientation of musical race research. In: Guido Waldmann (Ed.): Race and Music. Berlin 1939, pp. 102-112.
  • One year of music work in the Hitler Youth. In: Music in youth and people. Vol. 2 (1939), pp. 280-282.
  • Folk customs and folk songs of the Germans in Poland. In: Music in youth and people. Vol. 2 (1939), pp. 399-405.
  • The importance of German music in the east. In: Music in youth and people. Vol. 4 (1941), p. 2 f.
  • Reich culture conference of the Hitler Youth. In: Music in youth and people. Vol. 4 (1941), pp. 161-167.
  • Hitler Youth makes music! In: Yearbook of German Music. 1943, p. 59 f.
  • G. Frescobaldi. In: German music culture. Vol. 8, Issue 5/6, 1943-1944, pp. 80-84.
  • The task of musicology. In: Wolfgang Stumme (Ed.): Music in the people. Berlin 1944, pp. 356-368.
  • The concept of folk music. In: Wolfgang Stumme (Ed.): Music in the people. Berlin 1944, pp. 368-374.
  • The "classic" Cabanilles. In: Analecta musicologica. Vol. 17 (1962), pp. 63-71.
Editions
  • Organ chorals around Johann Sebastian Bach. Braunschweig 1937.
  • Georg Friedrich Handel, overture to “ Xerxes ”, overture to “ Theodora ”, marches, dances and pieces from “ Ariodante ”. Wolfenbüttel 1941–1942.
  • Organ book with sentences to the celebration songs of the movement. 1943.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, 6 Fughetten. Wolfenbüttel 1948.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, 6 trio sonatas, piano pieces from III. Part of the piano exercise , 4 adagios, aria variata, French and English suites (Urtext), violin concerto (reconstruction of cantata 35 ). Hall 1950–1953.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, 6 trio sonatas based on the organ sonatas, arranged for violin 1 (flute / oboe), violin 2 (viola), cello, harpsichord. Hall 1950.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann, 4 violin sonatas. Hall 1953.

literature

  • Thomas Phleps: A quiet, dogged and tenacious struggle for continuity - musicology in Nazi Germany and coping with past politics. In: Isolde v. Foerster et al. (Ed.): Music research - National Socialism - Fascism. Mainz 2001, pp. 471-488. online Uni Giessen
  • The music in the past and present . General encyclopedia of music. Directmedia Publications, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89853-460-X (1 CD-ROM).
  • Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933-1945 (Version 1.2-3 / 2005). Self-published, Kiel 2005 (1 CD-ROM).
  • Hugo Riemann : Music Lexicon. 12. completely reworked. Schott, Mainz 1975 (4 vol.)
  • Sadie Stanley (Ed.): The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . University Press, Oxford 2002.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 168.
  2. ↑ Confession, p. 132
personal data
SURNAME Frotscher, Gotthold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Ossa
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1967
Place of death Berlin