Hans Grimm (composer)

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Hans Grimm (born January 7, 1886 in Weißenbrunn (Leinburg) near Nuremberg, † June 30, 1965 in Munich ) was a German composer .

Grimm studied law in Erlangen, joined the AMV Fridericiana Erlangen in the winter semester 1904/05 , was awarded a Dr. jur. doctorate and worked as a lawyer . He then studied composition with Anton Beer-Walbrunn at the Academy of Music in Munich and settled in this city as a freelance composer.

In the 1930s he turned to leading National Socialists several times , including Joseph Goebbels, for financial support and orders. In 1937 the "City of the Reich Party Rallies" Nuremberg took on an annual sponsorship of 4000 RM for Grimm, which obliged him to offer his next opera to the municipal theaters . After 1945 Hans Grimm lived in Munich.

Works

  • The magic violinist: fairytale mime in one act (2 images) based on an idea from Gebr. Grimm's fairy tale treasure ; Score: Munich: Zierfuß 1921; Piano reduction by the composer: Munich: Zierfuss 1921
  • Waltz wise men: from Hans Grimm's fairy tale pantomime Der Zaubergeiger ; for piano solo arranged by Karl Fürmann; Munich: Zierfuss 1921. (The work was performed on over thirty stages between 1933 and 1939.)
  • Germelshausen (The Sunken Village): fantastic opera in 3 acts ; Poetry based on Friedrich Gerstäcker 's novel of the same name by Ludwig Göhring ; Complete piano reduction with singing by the composer: Munich: Zierfuss 1922. (First performance 1923 in Augsburg )
  • Spitzweg fairy tale: fantastic game in 3 pictures ; Text by Ernst Hohenstatter ; Complete piano reduction by the composer (with text): Munich: Zierfuss 1923
  • Nicodemus: Opera in three acts ; Text by Georg Schaumberg ; Piano reduction by the composer (with text): Munich: Hieber 1926; Score: Munich: Hieber 1929
  • The day in the light: fantastic opera in one act (prelude, 4 pictures, epilogue); Text by Ludwig Goehring; Piano reduction by the composer (with text): Leipzig: Brockhaus 1930, (world premiere on May 18, 1941 in Erfurt )
  • Blond in luck: cheerful rococo for music in three acts , opera in three acts after Heinrich Zschokke ; Text book: Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen 1934; Score: Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen 1934. (First performance on October 6, 1934 in Hanover )
  • The way of love and death by Cornett Christoph Rilke: symphonic poem based on the words of Rainer Maria Rilke ; Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen 1938 (first performance 1942 in Danzig )
  • Signor Formica: cheerful opera in three acts ; Score: Berlin: Zentralverlag der NSDAP 1942 (first performance on June 20, 1943 in Nuremberg )
  • The golden cup: opera in a prelude and 4 acts (based on an old Nuremberg story) ; Piano reduction: Munich: self-published 1993 (world premiere on October 24, 1939 in Nuremberg)

literature

  • Fred. K. Prieberg: Handbook of German Musicians 1933-1945 ; o. O. (Kiel): self-published 2004, p. 2514 ff. (as CD-ROM)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Eduard Haas: The Academic-Musical Association Fridericana in the Sondershäuser Association, formerly the student choir in Erlangen . Erlangen 1982, self-published, p. 279
personal data
SURNAME Grimm, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Weißenbrunn
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1965
Place of death Munich