Hans Thamm

Hans Thamm (* 1921 in Kamenz / Saxony; † March 13, 2007 in Barthelmesaurach near Schwabach ) was a German choir director.

Career

Thamm received his first musical training in the Dresden Kreuzchor , in which he emerged as a soprano soloist and later worked as a choir prefect . The then Kreuzkantor Rudolf Mauersberger , as well as the Kreuzkirchen organist Herbert Collum and regional church music director Alfred Stier were among his teachers. Thamm was seriously wounded three times during World War II. He suffered lifelong as a result of the injuries.

After the Second World War, Thamm first took on a position as a piano and organ teacher at the Institute for Church Music at the University of Erlangen, before he was appointed music prefect at the parish orphanage at that time and as a music teacher at the then humanistic grammar school in Windsbach in March 1946 . In the same year the Kruzianer founded the choir at his new place of work, which today is recognized worldwide as the Windsbach boys' choir . Thamm's artistic personality, his musicality paired with professional skill in the service of evangelical preaching, established the young ensemble in the series of the large German-speaking boys' choirs as early as the early 1950s. With regular appearances on the Lorenz motet in the main church of Nuremberg and the Ansbacher Bachwoche as well as with numerous concert tours at home and abroad (Netherlands, Switzerland) he consolidated the excellent reputation of the Windsbacher . His interpretations of sacred music are documented on over 30 recordings and countless radio and television productions.

criticism

In a report in the news magazine Der Spiegel 2010, the allegation of child abuse was raised against Hans Thamm. Generally positive about Thamm's management style are reported by Werner Ertel u. a.

Honors

In recognition of his 32-year cantor's tenure, Hans Thamm received many prizes and honors, including the Bavarian Order of Merit and the Bavarian Culture Prize . In 1996, the city awarded him Windenbach the honorary citizenship .

Web links

Literature by and about Hans Thamm in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Motets by the Windsbach Boys Choir. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 21, 2015 ; Retrieved January 28, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Whips behind a soundproof door. spiegel.de, March 20, 2010, accessed December 26, 2011 .
↑ Werner Ertel (Ed.): Festschrift - The Other. For the 175th anniversary of the founding of the parish orphanage in Windsbach (today Windsbach boys' choir with Ev.-Luth. Student home). Private print Wuppertal, January 2013. 152 pp.

personal data
SURNAME	Thamm, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German choir and orchestra conductor
DATE OF BIRTH	1921
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kamenz
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 2007
Place of death	Barthelmesaurach

[1] Motets by the Windsbach Boys Choir. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 21, 2015 ; Retrieved January 28, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Whips behind a soundproof door. spiegel.de, March 20, 2010, accessed December 26, 2011 .

[3] Werner Ertel (Ed.): Festschrift - The Other. For the 175th anniversary of the founding of the parish orphanage in Windsbach (today Windsbach boys' choir with Ev.-Luth. Student home). Private print Wuppertal, January 2013. 152 pp.