Hans Beltz

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Hans Beltz (born January 23, 1897 in Bützow , † September 24, 1977 in West Berlin ) was a German pianist and music teacher .

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Beltz, the son of an organist, studied piano and music education in Leipzig with Robert Teichmüller and Stephan Krehl .

During the National Socialist era , he had been a member of the National Socialist factory cell organization since 1933 . From 1934 he was a professor at the Academy for Church and School Music in Berlin-Charlottenburg . In 1939 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht for a short time , but then postponed as essential . In 1940 he was awarded the Reich capital's music prize.

In August 1944 he was included in the " Gottbegnadeten-Liste " approved by Adolf Hitler under the heading of the most important pianists, which freed him from war obligations.

From 1952 until his retirement in 1962 he worked as a professor at the Berlin Music Academy .

Works

  • Four duets [BWV 802 - 805] . Johann Sebastian Bach. Ed .: Kurt Soldan . DNB  1000219135 .
  • Concerto according to Italian taste [BWV 971] . Johann Sebastian Bach. Ed .: Kurt Soldan. DNB  1000218015 (French style overture [BWV 831]).
  • Concerto in A major for harpsichord (piano) and string orchestra [BWV 1055] . Johann Sebastian Bach. Ed .: Kurt Soldan. DNB  100009717X (based on the autograph of the Preuss. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin).
  • Concerto in E major for harpsichord (piano) and string orchestra . Johann Sebastian Bach. Ed .: Kurt Soldan. DNB  1000109364 (based on the autograph of the Prussian State Library in Berlin).
  • Piano exercise . Johann Sebastian Bach. Ed .: Kurt Soldan. DNB  1000190005 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945 . Kiel 2004 (CD-ROM lexicon). , P. 369
  2. ^ Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945 . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 39
personal data
SURNAME Beltz, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and music teacher, university teacher in Berlin
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Bützow
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1977
Place of death West Berlin