Hans Grischkat

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Hans Grischkat (born August 29, 1903 in Hamburg , † January 10, 1977 in Kemnat near Esslingen am Neckar ) was a German conductor , choir director , church musician and Stuttgart university teacher .

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Hans Grischkat first studied natural sciences and later musicology at the University of Tübingen . At the Musikhochschule Stuttgart he received lessons from Hermann Keller .

Grischkat was involved in the singing movement early on . He founded the Reutlinger Singkreis in 1924 , the Swabian Singkreis in 1931 and the Grischkat Singkreis in Stuttgart in 1936 . After 1945 he called the Swabian Symphony Orchestra Reutlingen into being, an orchestra that is known today as the Württemberg Philharmonic in Reutlingen . Until 1950 he was the first conductor of this orchestra.

Hans Grischkat led in 1926 for the first time in Württemberg , the St. John Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach without cuts and with old instruments on. This was followed in 1935 by a rendition of Bach's St. Matthew Passion based on historical performance practice , which influenced the following Bach interpretations in southern Germany.

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Bach's death in 1950, Grischkat compiled a compilation of individual cantata movements by the composer using new text as a full-length “grand cantata” entitled Vom Reiche Gottes . The idea for this anthology came from Albert Schweitzer's suggestion .

Grischkat worked as a musician both at the Christ Church in Reutlingen and at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts . He was, among others, the teacher of Helmuth Rilling , Wolfgang Gönnenwein , Frieder Bernius and Hanns-Friedrich Kunz .

As a musicologist and editor, he was in charge of the series Die Kantate , which was published in many individual volumes by the Hänssler publishing house in Stuttgart and mainly presented church music performance and sheet music.

Publications

  • Hans Grischkat (editor): Johann Sebastian Bach: "Peace be with you". Cantata No. 158. Cantata for the 3rd Easter day in the series: The Cantata. A collection of sacred music for choir and instruments . Volume 28, Hänssler-Verlag Stuttgart 1959, with four facsimile pages

Recordings (selection)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (complete recording) with Maria Friesenhausen - soprano, Hildegard Laurich - alto, Peter Wetzler - tenor and Bruce Abel - bass. Choir: Schwäbischer Singkreis and the Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim, conductor: Hans Grischkat, Sun Five (SF 40 803)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Mass in B minor with the Swabian Singing Circle, the orchestra of the 35th German Bach Festival, conductor: Hans Grischkat (Vox Box VBX 7, 1960, 3 LP)

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical data from Hans Grischkat in: Who's Who in Germany - The German Who's Who. 5th edition. Who's Who Book & Publishing, Ottobrunn 1974, ISBN 3-921220-05-X , p. 534.
  2. ↑ Biographical data from Hans Grischkat in: The German Youth Music Movement in documents of its time from the beginnings to 1933 by Wilhelm Scholz, Archive of the Youth Music Movement, Archive of the Youth Music Movement eV Hamburg, Möseler, 1980, page 1011
  3. ↑ Complete performance of the Bach cantatas ( Memento of December 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (as of July 9, 2010).
  4. ↑ KP Leitner on Grischkat ( memento of December 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (seen July 9, 2010).
personal data
SURNAME Grischkat, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor, choir director and church musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1977
Place of death Kemnat