Hans Brehme

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Hans Brehme (born March 10, 1904 in Potsdam , † November 10, 1957 in Stuttgart ) was a German composer .

Brehme studied piano and composition at the Berlin University of Music from 1922 to 1928 . From 1928 he was a piano teacher at the Stuttgart University of Music . After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , he had been a member of the NSDAP since May 1933 and composed music for the stadium play of the national revolution . From 1936 he was a composition teacher at the Stuttgart University of Music . In 1940 Brehme was appointed professor in Stuttgart . In 1941 his opera The Clockmaker of Strasbourg premiered.

From 1945 to 1949 he taught as a professor at the University Institute for Music Education in Trossingen before returning to the Stuttgart University of Music in 1950.

Works

Choral works

  • op.9 Missa Brevis for choir & sopr. (1925)
  • op. 12 The 137th Psalm for Sopr./Barit. solo, choir and orchestra (1925/29)
  • Op. 18 Das Andere Land Elegischer was successful for male choir and chamber orchestra (1927/29)
  • op 26 Small cantata based on words from "Little Arms" (Morgenstern) Children's choir, violins, recorders & 2 pianos (1932)
  • op. 29 The high song about flying; Cantata for ten / bar. , Choir & orchestra (1934)
  • op. 35 chants for mixed Choir a capella (1937/39)

Singing with instruments

  • op. 4 "Festive Evening Music" (H. Hesse) for baritone, clarinet, horn, harp and string quartet (1923)
  • op.5 6 songs based on poems by H. Hesse (1923/24)
  • op. 6 6 songs based on poems by Storm, Morgenstern, von Münchhausen a. a. (1923/24)
  • op.8 3 songs, for baritone and piano (1925)
  • op. 11 6 songs in Volkston, based on poems from the "Little Rose Garden" (Löns) (1925)
  • op.13 4 songs based on poems by Storm and Flaischlen (1924/26)
  • op.16 9 songs and chants based on poems by H. Hesse (1926/29)
  • op. 20 6 songs in the old style, for ten. and piano based on poems from the Middle Ages (1930)
  • op. 27 Burlesque cantata, based on verses from "Palma Kunkel" (Morgenstern) for bar and piano (1932)
  • op.28 Vagantenlieder, for bar and piano (1932/33)
  • op.31a Three ballads for bar and piano (1935)

Solo instruments

  • op. 1 Lyric Var. on Schumann theme for piano (1924)
  • op. 2 Suite after "Immensee" (T. Storm) for piano (1923)
  • op.7 Sonata for Organ (1923/24)
  • op.17 Sonata for piano (1929)
  • op.24 Introduction and Toccata for Jankó keyboard (1931)
  • op.37 concert suite for piano (1940/41)
  • op.40 Suite for solo harmonica (1945)
  • op.42 ballet suite for accordion orchestra (1946)

Operas

  • op. 14 "The Gate and Death" Chamber opera in one elevator to Hope Thai (1927/28)
  • op. 36 "The clockmaker of Strasbourg" Opera in 3 acts. (Text: P. Ginthum) (1935/40)
  • op. 39 "...." A cheerful opera in 3 acts. (1942/44)

orchestra

  • op.10 Symphony (C minor) (1924/25)
  • op.33 Triptych (Fantasy, Choral & Finale on a Theme by Handel) (1936/37)
  • op.38 Variations on a Medieval Way (1941/43)

Orchestra & Solo

  • op.15 Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra (1927/28)
  • op.21 Concerto sinfonico for 5 solo winds, string orchestra and percussion (1930)
  • op.31b Three ballads for baritone and orchestra (1937)
  • op. 32 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1931/36)
  • op.43 Chamber Concerto for Vl., Vlc., Piano and String Orchestra (1946)

Chamber music

  • op.3a string quartet (1923)
  • op.3b Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1923)
  • op.19 Divertimento for flute, clarinet and bassoon (1939)
  • op. 22 String Quartet II (1931)
  • op.23 Partita for string quartet (1931)
  • op.25 Sonata for alto saxophone and piano (1932)
  • op. 30 Sextet for flute, clarinet, horn, vl., vla, and vlc. (1935)
  • op. 34 Rondo for Vlc. and piano (1937)
  • op.41 Sonata for violin and piano (1945)
  • op. 44 "Carmen nuptiale" for Vlc. and piano (1946)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 77.
  2. ^ Karl Laux: Music and Musicians of the Present . Publishing house Dr. W. Spiel KG, Essen 1949.
personal data
SURNAME Brehme, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1957
Place of death Stuttgart