Heinrich Albert (guitarist)

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Heinrich Albert in the 1920s

Heinrich Albert (born July 16, 1870 in Würzburg , † March 12, 1950 in Munich ) was a guitarist and composer .

Life

Heinrich Albert was the son of the tailor Franz Joseph Albert. He majored at the Royal Music School in Würzburg Horn. In 1888 he found his first job as an orchestral violinist in the Duisburg City Theater . An eventful musical life as a horn player then led him to the theater orchestras in Würzburg , Regensburg , St. Gallen , Gothenburg , Bad Pyrmont and Interlaken .

In 1889 he published his first compositions under the pseudonyms Enrico Alberto and Henry Albert . From 1895 to 1900 he was a member of the Kaim Orchestra . From 1892 he also devoted himself to playing guitar. He autodidactically acquired old playing techniques and developed them further into the modern age. In 1898 Albert was concerned with attempts to improve and enlarge the range of the guitar. As a result, among other things, the quint bass guitar he invented was built, which was used in the guitar quartet. In the second half of the 1890s he founded the “Milan Mandolin Club”, only with gut string players in the orchestra. This was something completely unknown until then. The club died after 30 years.

In 1899, at the same time as the International Guitarists' Association, the Munich Guitar Club was established , headed by Heinrich Scherrer (1865–1937), and Heinrich Albert also worked in the club and association alongside Scherrer.

After 1900 Albert settled in Munich as a guitar and mandolin teacher. Well-known guitarists like Luise Walker emerged from his school . One of his mandolin students was the Munich original Karl Valentin . In 1909 he was appointed chamber virtuoso by Marie in Bavaria . Around 1910 he founded the Munich Guitar Quartet , which he created based on the model of the string quartet .

In 1912 Albert completed his large guitar school “Modern Course in Artistic Guitar Playing”. First the school appeared in the "Verlag Guitar Friend". In 1924 Robert Lienau was the new publisher of the school . Twice a year concerts of the series "The guitar in house and chamber music 100 years ago" took place with his participation. The pieces he played there were published in parallel by Julius Heinrich Zimmermann , who published most of Albert's works and arrangements from 1919 onwards. Heinrich Albert was the first concert artist among German guitarists to appear in many German cities shortly after the First World War . He also made a name for himself as a guitar lute player . In 1928 he became the primary guitarist of the Munich Guitar Chamber Trio.

When the Spanish guitar school in particular became popular in the 1920s, Albert became depressed and bitter. His public fame was fading. Nevertheless, he was considered an authority among guitarists in German-speaking countries in his functions as a player, composer and pedagogue. He gave concerts until after 1943. His students included the guitar teacher Heinz Teuchert (1914–1998).

Heinrich Albert was buried in Gauting .

Works

In addition to his guitar school, numerous compositions and arrangements for the guitar and guitar songs were created. His own works show a strong personal touch. Albert's compositions were found in the concert programs of all well-known guitarists in the first half of the 20th century. In addition to the literature for guitar, Albert also devoted himself to instrumental and vocal folk music.

1. Compositions

  • Sonatina No. 1 + 2 for guitar
  • Easy old-style sonatina for guitar solo or for violin and guitar
  • Sonatas No. 1 + 2 for guitar
  • Duets No. 1–8 for 2 guitars
  • Trios No. 1–4 for 3 guitars
  • Quartets No. 1 + 2 for 4 guitars
  • House music No. 1–11 for flute / violin, viola and guitar (cello ad lib. )
  • Chamber trio No. 1–4 for flute / violin, viola and guitar
  • Works for / with mandolin (s)
  • Works for mandolin orchestra
  • Songs to the guitar

2. Textbooks

  • Modern lute or guitar school , 2 volumes, Leipzig 1912 and 1923
  • New Mandolin School , Leipzig 1913
  • Modern course in artistic guitar playing for teaching purposes and for self-teaching. 5 booklets in 4 parts, guitar friend publishing house, Berlin / Vienna / Munich 1914–1919
    • Course in artistic guitar playing for teaching purposes and for self-teaching. Robert Lienau , Berlin 1952
      • Part I: The folk song for the guitar
      • Part II: The guitar song
      • III. Part: The guitar as a solo instrument
      • IV. Part: The virtuoso guitar playing
  • Guitar. Solo playing studies , Leipzig 1923
  • Guitar. Etude work , 6 H., Leipzig 1927/28
  • The young guitarist , Berlin 1937
  • The young mandolinist , Berlin 1937

3. Editions

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  • Philipp Schweitzer: "Heinrich Albert", in: Die Zupfmusik , No. 2, June 1970.
  • Luise Walker: A life with the guitar. Homage for Heinrich Albert , Frankfurt am Main: Zimmermann, 1989.
  • Karl Huber: The revival of artistic guitar playing around 1900, (Diss.) Augsburg: Lizardo 1995.
  • Jürgen Libbert : "In memoriam Heinrich Albert", in: Guitar currently 21 (2000), no. 1, pp. 50–55.
  • Andreas Stevens-Geenen: "Heinrich Albert and folk music", in: Singers & Musicians 48 (2005) H. 1.
  • Andreas Stevens: "Heinrich Albert and the Mandolin", in: Concertino 59 (2006) H. 4, pp. 202–206.
  • Detlev Bork, Jörg Lewanski:  Albert, Heinrich. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, supplement for both parts. Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7618-1139-9 , Sp. 8 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fritz Buek: The guitar and its masters. Robert Lienau (Schlesinger'sche Buch- und Musikhandlung) , Berlin-Lichterfelde 1926, p. 117 f.
personal data
SURNAME Albert, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alberto, Enrico; Albert, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Guitarist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1950
Place of death Gauting