Hans Sandig
Hans Sandig (born June 21, 1914 in Leipzig ; † September 23, 1989 ) was a German choir director , conductor , composer and arranger .
Life
Sandig studied musicology, psychology and composition and received his doctorate in 1938. In 1948 he took over the position of music advisor at the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. In the same year he founded the Rundfunk-Kinderchor Leipzig (now the MDR Children's Choir ), which he directed until his death and to which he dedicated the Christmas carol Are the Lights Lit , which goes back to the poem Christmas Joy by Erika Engel-Wojahn . This Christmas carol is the motto of the traditional Christmas concerts in the Leipzig Gewandhaus . Later he also took over the radio GDR youth choir. Both ensembles were recognized throughout Europe.
In 1958 he and his singers recorded the first theme song for the TV show Our Sandman . The members of the choirs led by Sandig included u. a. Tom Pauls , Else Buschheuer and Norbert Bischoff .
In 1949 the MDR pioneer choir began to emerge with its director Gerd Schlotter, initially under the name of the Junge Funkgruppe. All new pioneer songs of the Eastern Bloc were broadcast for the first time by the Leipzig broadcaster in the GDR. In 1951, now under the name of the Pionierchor des Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Sender Leipzig, it took part in the III. World Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin. Together with the youth choir of the MDR, the scenic choral work Herrnburg report was premiered by Brecht / Dessau under the overall direction of Hans Sandig.
Sandig also set numerous children's poems by various writers to music, including Kleine Meise (Alfred Kalcher), Sputnik, take me with you (Fritz Beckert), Still aus dem Walde (Johanna Kraeger), It snows, it snows - winter joys ( Wolfgang Brandenstein ), In the garden in front of the house (Kate Rudo).
Works
- Observations on two chimes in two-eared and two-eared presentation: A contribution to the theory of consonance. Enclosed in: Albert Wellek: Feeling and Art. Munich: CH Beck 1939 (Fantasy and Art; Volume 1; New Psychological Studies; Vol. 14, Volume 1), plus Leipzig, Phil. Diss.
- Wake up, the rooster crowed , Children's Cantata, 1956
- The Adventures of the Little Trumpet: A Sounding Instrument Knowledge f. Children. Text: Ingeborg Kalisch. Speaker: Rolf Ludwig . Trumpet: Walter Kauerauf; Members of the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra (conductor: Hans Sandig; recorded in 1963). Berlin: Deutsche Schallplatten, Eterna No. 7 20 193 (1964); same photo: Eterna No. 8 27 025 (1977) and Nova No. 8 85 217 (1983)
- Cars, ships, trains: a musical children's book. Text: Ingeborg Kalisch; Music: Hans Sandig. Berlin: Lied der Zeit 1974
- Visit to the zoo: a cheerful animal song for children’s solo voices, speakers, one to three-part children's choir and instruments. Text: Richard Hambach . Speaker: Heidi Böhm, Monika Wagner; Rundfunk-Kinderchor Leipzig and members of the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig (conductor: Hans Sandig). Berlin: VEB Deutsche Schallplatten, Eterna No. 8 20 419 (1964). New recording in 1972 with the Rundfunk-Kinderchor Leipzig and instrumental group on LP Nova No. 8 85 055 (1974), new recording in 2016 with MDR children's choir and instrumental group by Genuin (grade 1 music distribution), EAN: 4260036254426
- In the bookstore. Children's songs Text: Ingeborg Kalisch. Rundfunk-Kinderchor Leipzig and instrumental group (conductor: Hans Sandig). VEB Deutsche Schallplatten, Nova No. 8 85 055 (1974)
literature
- Hans Walther: "Are the lights lit ...". An angel from the GDR gave us one of the most beautiful Christmas carols . In: Volksstimme weekend magazine from December 15, 2007, p. 3
Web links
- Works by and about Hans Sandig in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hans Sandig at Bach Cantatas (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sandy, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German choir director, conductor, composer and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1989 |