Gustav Adolf Schlemm

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Gustav Adolf Schlemm (born June 17, 1902 in Gießen ; † July 12, 1987 in Wetzlar ) was a German composer and conductor .

Life

Gustav Adolf Schlemm first completed a commercial apprenticeship and then studied music from 1918 to 1923 with Dr. Hoch's Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main . After a brief engagement at the opera house in Königsberg (Prussia) , Schlemm went to the Münster city ​​theater as a conductor in 1924 . From 1929 to 1931 he was the municipal music director in Herford . He then moved to the Landestheater in Meiningen as chief conductor , but was dismissed there because he played Jewish composers and hired "unwanted" soloists. Between 1933 and 1935 he got by with odd jobs for the Berlin-based radio stations . In 1935, the Hamburg broadcaster signed him for two years. After that he devoted himself increasingly to his compositional work, but was also traveling as a guest conductor; above all he was one of the first conductors at the television station Paul Nipkow . This led to a career as a film composer . After the end of the war Schlemm lived - with interruptions - in Wetzlar and founded the Singakademie and the symphony orchestra there. In 1970 he received the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class .

Works (selection)

  • Passacaglia for piano, 1923
  • Ballet music for orchestra, 1925
  • The 133rd Psalm for gem. Choir, strings or organ, 1927
  • Passacaglia for large orchestra, 1929
  • Suite for piano and string orchestra, 1931
  • Great mass for choir and orchestra, 1932
  • Sonatina for oboe and piano, 1933
  • Christmas cantata for soprano and piano, 1934
  • Sonata for viola and piano, 1934
  • Pastoral and Scherzo for oboe and string quartet, 1936
  • Sinfonietta for large orchestra, 1936
  • Ballet music for large orchestra, 1937
  • Polka-fughetta for large orchestra, 1938
  • Serenade for orchestra, 1939
  • Three piano pieces, 1940
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra, 1941
  • 1st symphony for large orchestra, 1942
  • Black Forest Masks, ballet for large orchestra, 1943
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra, 1944
  • 2nd symphony for large orchestra, 1945
  • Concerto for violoncello and orchestra, 1946
  • Divertimento for violin and harp, 1947
  • Sinfonia ecclesiastica for string orchestra, 1948
  • Suite for piano and string orchestra, 1949
  • Media in vita, oratorio f. according to Choir, soprano, alto, bass solos and large orchestra, 1950
  • The Book of Echoes, 20 songs for baritone and piano, 1952
  • Divertimento for violoncello and piano
  • Organ-Violin-Sonata ca.1950 World premiere Radio Frankfurt a. M. with Karl Tittel
  • Seven piano pieces based on a passion by Dürer, 1954
  • Christ is erupted, for mixed choir and string orchestra, 1956
  • The Unexpected Visit, cheerful overture for large orchestra, 1957
  • Toccata con Fuga for large orchestra, 1958
  • Iberiana, Spanish suite for large orchestra, 1959
  • Schmollwinkel for large orchestra, 1959
  • Duo for viola and violoncello, 1960
  • Pizzicato and Berceuse for string orchestra, 1961
  • Bremen Suite for large orchestra, 1962
  • Dance pictures “Maiken” for orchestra, 1963
  • 4 Provencal dances for large orchestra, 1964
  • Romance for horn and small orchestra, 1965
  • Boulevard sketch, Scherzo-Intermezzo for large orchestra, 1966
  • Romantic concerto for horn and orchestra, 1967
  • “Der Kaiser”, musical chronicle in ten pictures for large orchestra, choir and 19 soloists, 1967. Libretto Werner Pusch . World premiere in Wetzlar 2012
  • Elegy for English horn, harp and strings, 1969
  • Scherzo for violin and piano
  • Three Reuter songs for mixed Choirs with piano accompaniment, 1973
  • Cabaletta for solo violin and piano

Individual proof

  1. ↑ Fred K. Prieberg , Music in the Nazi State, Frankfurt / M. 1982
personal data
SURNAME Schlemm, Gustav Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH to water
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1987
Place of death Wetzlar