Hans F. Schaub

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Hans F. Schaub
Title page of A German Te Deum (1942)

Hans Ferdinand Schaub (born September 22, 1880 in Frankfurt am Main , † November 12, 1965 in Hanstedt / Nordheide ) was a German composer .

Life

Schaub was a student at the Hoch Conservatory with Iwan Knorr . Afterwards he was choir conductor in Bingen and got a teaching position in Breslau . From 1900 he studied at the Berlin Academy with Engelbert Humperdinck . Schaub had an acquaintance with Richard Strauss and Max von Schillings . From 1906 to 1915 he was editor of the German musician newspaper and presidential member of the professional organization. From 1916 he was a teacher for piano, form theory and composition at the Vogt Conservatory in Hamburg. He was also active as a composer. Schaub lived in Hanstedt / Nordheide until the 1960s. He was married to Margreth Gins. His sister was the singer Hedwig "Hede" Lelyveld-Schaub, who was given to Dr. Hoch's conservatory in Frankfurt studied singing. This also lived and died in Hanstedt / Nordheide.

Works

Incidental music

  • Nutcracker and Mouse King , fairy tale game with song and dance in five pictures, a prelude and epilogue (Libretto: Margarethe Schaub; premier in Hamburg 1918)

Choral music

  • De Wihnachsmann in'n Snee for two voices (choir) and chamber orchestra (1938)
  • A German Te Deum, premiered in 1940 in the Hamburg State Opera under the direction of Max Thurn from the Philharmonic State Orchestra with Lisa Jungkind, Gusta Hammer, Carl Kronenberg.
  • The fallen, cantata for solos, choir and orchestra

Orchestral music

  • Symphonic Festival March for large orchestra op.2 (WP 1902)
  • Three Intermezzi for small orchestra op.5 (WP 1912)
  • Orchestral suite based on the music for the fairy tale game Nutcracker and Mouse King op.7 (WP 1918)
  • Passacaglia and Fugue for large orchestra op.10 (1928, premier 1935)
  • Evening music (serenade) for orchestra (1929)
  • Festive prelude for orchestra
  • Ciaconna for string orchestra (premiere 1939)

Chamber music

  • Capriccio for violin and piano op.4
  • Ciaconne for two violins
  • String Quartet No. 1 in C minor
  • String Quartet No. 2 in D major
  • Play music (rondo) for flute, oboe, clarinet in A, bassoon, violin and viola

Songs

  • Six songs for alto and piano

Documents

literature

  • Erich H. Müller: German Musicians Lexicon. Limpert, Dresden 1929.
  • Friedrich Herzfeld (Ed.): The New Ullstein Lexicon of Music. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main [et al.] 1993.

Web links

Commons : Hans F. Schaub  - Collection of images, videos and audio files