Gustav Beckmann (music director)
Gustav Wilhelm Beckmann (* 16th January 1865 in Bochum , † 8. August 1939 in Essen ) was a German conductor and teacher . He was music director of the Essen Bach Society , founder of the Association of Protestant Church Musicians in Prussia and as the author of school books for singing.
Life
Gustav Beckmann was the son of the manager Theodor Beckmann and his wife Emilie nee Haardt. After attending grammar schools in Bochum and Essen, he went to the teachers' college in Rheydt . From 1891 he studied at the State Academy for Church Music in Berlin and made his music teacher examination there at Easter 1893. He then worked as a singing teacher at the Helmholtz Realgymnasium in Essen. In 1925 he was appointed to the teaching post for artistic teaching there.
From 1894 to 1935 Gustav Beckmann was director of the Evangelical Church Choir Essen-Altstadt, which he founded. On the 25th anniversary of the choir in 1919, the choir, which had been the choir of the Kreuzeskirche since it was founded, was renamed the Essen Bach Association . Today its name is Essen Bach Choir .
From 1896 Gustav Becker was the first organist at the Kreuzeskirche in Essen. In addition, between 1893 and 1907 he worked as a music critic for the Rheinisch-Westfälische Zeitung . In 1899 he founded the Evangelical Organist Association for Rhineland and Westphalia , of which he became chairman in 1904. In 1908 he founded the Association of Protestant Church Musicians in Prussia and became the first chairman of the Association of Protestant Church Musicians in the Rhineland and Westphalia. He was also a member of the District and Provincial Synod of the Rhineland and a member of the Rhineland Church Music Center.
In 1915 he founded the magazine Der Evangelische Kirchenmusiker . As a music writer, he gave several school books for singing from the Rheinisch-Westfälische Haus-Choralbuch as well as preludes for organ and sacred music. Together with Karl Klingemann , he wrote the principles and guidelines for pastors and organists . He was also friends with Max Reger , who dedicated the Symphonic Fantasy and Fugue op. 57 to him.
In 1906 Gustav Beckmann became the title Königl. Awarded music director .
Since 1902 he was married to Jenny, the daughter of the businessman Ernst Schmachtenberg and Hedwig Pliester. The children Wolfgang and Adalbert emerged from the marriage. Gustav Beckmann was buried in the Ostfriedhof in Essen.
Fonts (selection)
- Foundation of a boys' choir in Essen's old town. In: Monthly for worship and church art, 21 (1916), pp. 227–228.
- The Protestant church musician , self-founded magazine in 1915
literature
- Reichs Handbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft , Volume 1, Page 89, Berlin 1930
- Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? Berlin 1935, p. 82.
- 100 years of Essen Bach Choir. Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the choir. Essen 1994.
- Erwin Dickhoff: Essen heads . Ed .: City of Essen - Historical Association for City and Monastery of Essen. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8375-1231-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage of the city of Essen: Sound space Kreuzeskirche ; last viewed on July 8, 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beckmann, Gustav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beckmann, Gustav Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher and music writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bochum |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1939 |
| Place of death | eat |