Gustav Grossmann (composer)

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Gustav Adolf Heinrich Grossmann , also Gustav Adolf Heinrich Großmann , (born November 2, 1890 in Dresden , † December 30, 1959 in Berlin ) was a German Kapellmeister and composer .

Life

Grossmann grew up as the son of master tailor Gustav Grossmann and his wife Martha, nee. Baudisch in Dresden. Here he studied after attending the Teachers' College of Dresden Friedrichstadt at the Conservatory cello with Georg Wille , composition with Felix Draeseke and conducting with Kurt Striegler . Between 1911 and 1919 Grossmann was first solo répétiteur and Kapellmeister at the Saxon State Opera . From 1912 he also directed the opera school at the Conservatory. His further life took him to Erfurt (1919–1924) and Stettin (from 1924) as 1st Opera Kapellmeister , before settling in Berlin. Grossmann worked here from 1939 until his death as Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden . On February 1, 1943, he was accepted into the NSDAP ( party number 9,582,087). Gustav Grossmann also appeared as a guest conductor of well-known orchestras in Berlin, Cologne , Hamburg , Chemnitz , Gera , Plauen , Dresden , Kaliningrad , Lille (Sweden) and Riga .

His daughter Eva-Maria (* 1922 Stettin, † 2009 Berlin) became a singer (soprano) and married the concert entrepreneur Victor Festl-Hohenfels (* 1897, † 1988).

Works (selection)

  • Music for large orchestra for the fairy tale The Magic Circle (premiere 1924, Erfurt)
  • The miracle of St. Caecilia . Opera (premiere 1929, Stettin)
  • String Trio in A minor (Premiere 1930, Stettin)
  • The Prince of Homburg . Overture (premiere 1932, Stettin)
  • Reformation Festival Overture (WP 1933, Stettin)
  • String Quartet in D minor (1943)
  • Quartet for oboe, violin, cello and piano (premiered 1943, Dresden)
  • Trio for flute, cello and piano (1946)
  • Double bass concert (1951)

Literature / sources

  • Art. Grossmann, Gustav , in: Kürschner's German Musicians Calendar 1954. Walter de Gruyter & Co, Berlin 1954, column 400.
  • Anonymous: [Obituary] 30. Gustav Großmann , in: Deutsches Bühnen Jahrbuch 1961. Genossenschaft Deutscher Bühnen-Members, Hamburg 1960, p. 90.
  • Art. Großmann, Gustav , in: Fred K. Prieberg: Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945. 2nd edition, Kiel 2009, pp. 2708–2709.

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personal data
SURNAME Grossmann, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grossmann, Gustav Adolf Heinrich (full name); Großmann, Gustav Adolf Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Kapellmeister and composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1959
Place of death Berlin