Gustav Wohlgemuth

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Gustav Wohlgemuth (around 1907)
Portrait medallion Gustav Wohlgemuth (tombstone)

Gustav Wohlgemuth (born December 2, 1863 in Leipzig ; † March 2, 1937 there ) was a choir conductor and composer in Leipzig.

Career

Gustav Wohlgemuth attended the teachers' seminar in Grimma from 1878 after completing his school education in Leipzig . He then initially worked as a primary school teacher in Leipzig. During this time he led two male choirs : the Liederfels and the Liederhain . On March 14, 1891, Wohlgemuth united both choirs to form the Leipzig men's choir , which he led until his death and which he led to national fame.

In 1900 he gave up his teaching profession and studied for three years at the Leipzig Conservatory . In the same year he also took over the management of the Leipziger Singakademie , a mixed choir that was founded in 1802 by the then director of the Gewandhaus concerts and later Thomaskantor Johann Gottfriedschicht .

From 1896 to 1932 Wohlgemuth took part in the festivals of the German Choir Association as the festival conductor of the entire choirs. From 1898 until 1932 he worked on the executive committee of the German Singers' Association as a musical expert on the executive committee. In the autumn of 1906 Wohlgemuth took over the editorial management of the " Sängerhalle" magazine (later the German Singers' Association ) for 20 years . He was a member of the Leipzig artists and scholars' association The Leonids .

In 1909 Wohlgemuth traveled to the USA to serve as a member of the festival committee and as a judge in an international choir competition in New York .

Gustav Wohgemuth was buried next to his wife Helene, née Neumeister (1867-1892), who died early, in the New Johannisfriedhof in Leipzig. His tombstone is now in the lapidarium of the old Johannis cemetery .

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Wohlgemuth distinguishes himself as a composer and arranger of more than 100 works, especially for male choirs, some of the well-known ones include Wie's back home , Schön ist die Jugend and Der Tauber (listen, how the Tauber calls) . For Bismarck's 100th birthday in 1915 he wrote the score Bismarck, Bismarck, rise from the grave!

Honors

After receiving the title of Music Director from the City of Leipzig , Gustav Wohlgemuth was appointed Royal Saxon Professor in 1918 . In 1910 Gustav Wohlgemuth received the Silver Cross of Merit for Art and Science , and in 1924 the March Medal of the City of Hanover for his outstanding work as a conductor. In addition, Wohlgemuth was an honorary member of numerous choral societies at home and abroad.

In 1939 a street in the Leipzig district of Leutzsch was named after him.

Richard Strauss composed his Bardengesang op. 55 for 3 male choirs and orchestra for Wohlgemuth with the following dedication: "To the pioneer of all artistic endeavors of the male choirs, Mr. Gustav Wohlgemuth, who actively promoted the aims of the cooperative of German composers."

literature

  • Franciscus Nagler, Hugo Löbmann, Paul Dehne: Gustav Wohlgemuth, his life and work (German male choir composers and conductors 1). Bohn & Son, Leipzig [1934].
  • Gustav Wohlgemuth and the 7th German Singers' Union Festival in Breslau . In: The Leipziger. Illustrated weekly. 2 (1907), No. 32, pp. 879-880.
  • Gustav Wohlgemuth , in: Leipziger Observer. Weekly for traffic, economy and culture. 13 (1937), No. 50, p. 652.
  • Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 , keyword Wohlgemuth, Gustav .
  • Wohlgemuth, Gustav . In: German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE). Volume 10: Thibaut-Zycha. Saur, Munich 1999, p. 561.

Web links

Commons : Gustav Wohlgemuth  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nagler, Löbmann, Dehne 1934, pp. 5 ff.
  2. ^ Paul Langer: Chronicle of the Leipziger Singakademie. [1802-1902] . Klinkhardt, Leipzig 1902, p. 102.
  3. ^ Choral works by Gustav Wohlgemuth . In: Nagler, Löbmann, Dehne. 1934, p. [36] ff.
  4. ↑ http://www.europeana1914-1918.eu/de/europeana/record/9200231/BibliographicResource_3000060330583
  5. ↑ Wohlgemuth, Gustav . In: German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . Volume 10: Thibaut-Zycha. Saur, Munich 1999, p. 561.
  6. ↑ Max Teichmann. The history of the Leipziger Männerchor EV . Leipzig 1941, p. 16.
  7. ↑ Nagler, Löbmann, Dehne 1934, p. 27.
  8. ^ André Loh-Kliesch, leipzig-lexikon.de, keyword "Wohlgemuthstraße"
personal data
SURNAME Wohlgemuth, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German choirmaster
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1937
Place of death Leipzig