Gustav Erlemann

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Gustav Erlemann (born March 29, 1876 in Neuwied , † October 5, 1936 in Trier ) was a German church musician and composer . In 1903 he founded the Church Music Conservatory in Trier, of which he became director and which was soon named after him.

Doctrine and work

After completing secondary school in his hometown, Erlemann went to Boppard for three years , where he attended the teachers' seminar . His teacher with great influence on him was Peter Piel , who was one of the innovators of church music in the Rhineland . From 1891 Erlemann studied at the Academic Institute for Church Music in Berlin , where he was a student of Rudolf Radecke , Carl Albert Löschhorn and Hermann Schroeder . He then studied another seven semesters at the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin, where he was a master student of Max Bruch .

In 1903 Erlemann moved to Trier. There he founded after Regensburg and Aachen a model church music - conservatory which, ten years was recognized by the state before his death 1926th Until recently he taught at the university.

In addition, Erlemann created numerous church music works as a composer.

Works (selection)

Compositions

  • The Nibelung crossing, 1900
  • Ballad in E minor for piano and orchestra, 1903
  • 24 short pieces (preludes, interludes and epilogues) op. 33, Düsseldorf, Schwann. 1913
  • Praludium in C minor op.38, Trier, Bantus-Verlag 1911
  • Roman suite for orchestra, 1921
  • Symphonic poem “Das Lied vom Leben”, 1921
  • Piano Concerto in E flat major, 1922
  • Mass op 55; 1953 (reprint)

Hymn books

  • 6 Christmas carols for times of war and peace, 1916
  • 20 German hymns established as standard songs for times of war and peace, 1915

Theories

  • The unity in Catholic German hymns: a critical appreciation of the songs of today's diocesan hymn books of Germany, Luxembourg, Austria and Switzerland, as well as the Berlin military hymn book; at the same time a selection and definition of the songs that could be considered for a unified hymn book / edit based on manuscripts and printed sources. by Gustav Erlemann. Bantus-Verlag, Trier 1911
  • The new standard hymnbook . Bantus-Verlag, Trier 1913
  • The most important choral songs (in two editions), 1916, 1951 (Neudruck Kessler-Verlag, Trier)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ archive.org
  2. ↑ Hansjakob Becker: Geistliches Wunderhorn: great German hymns . CH Beck, 2001, ISBN 3-406-48094-2 p. 533
personal data
SURNAME Erlemann, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, teacher and music theorist
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuwied
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1936
Place of death trier