Heinrich Bellermann

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Johann Gottfried Heinrich Bellermann (born March 10, 1832 in Berlin , † April 10, 1903 in Potsdam ) was a German musicologist and composer .

Life

Heinrich Bellermann was the son and pupil of the musicologist Johann Friedrich Bellermann (1795–1874) and grandson of the theologian Johann Joachim Bellermann (1754–1842), who owes the reintroduction of singing lessons in the Prussian school system . He first studied church music , then was a singing teacher at the Berlin grammar school "Zum Grauen Kloster" , in 1866 he became professor of music at the university as the successor to Adolf Bernhard Marx and in 1875 a member of the Royal Academy of Arts . For many years he was a member of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin .

Among other things, he wrote “The Mensural Notes and Time Marks in the 15th and 16th Centuries” (1858) and the textbook “The Counterpoint” (1862), which was widely used until around 1900. He composed almost exclusively a cappella music ( motets , psalms , songs ). The church musician and composer Carl Thiel was one of his students from 1888 to 1891 .

Works (selection)

  • Motet , Psalm 90
  • Christ the Savior , Oratory
  • Three passion motets for SATB a cappella
  • Three-part fugues
  • Lenzenslust , Lied, op.19.3 ., 1854
  • Spring song, op.19.5., 1867
  • Auf dem Wasser , Lied, op.19.6., 1854
  • Lob der Vogelein , Lied, op. 19.7., 1857
  • Wanderer's night song , op. 19.9., 1856
  • Remembrance , song, op. 19.10., 1869
  • The Merry Wanderer , Lied, op.28.2., 1865
  • Now breaks from all branches , song, op. 28.3. (April 25, 1871)
  • Morning song , op.28.5., 1880
  • Wanderlied , op.28.6. (9.4.12.1879)
  • Der Pumpbrunnen , Lied, July 28, (1851. improved in May 1880)
  • On Grell's birthdays , op.28.8, 1880
  • Evening song , op.28.9., 1878
  • Spring song , 8 voices, op.28.10., 1879
  • Abendstille , Lied, op.31.2, 1882
  • Spring song, op.31.2, 1882
  • Gypsy song, op.31.7., 3.28.8.1880
  • An die Mark , Lied, op.41.1., 1884
  • Himmelfahrt , Lied, February 41, December 6, 1883
  • The early graves , song, op. 41.3., 1883. The beginning bars changed in Feb. 1891
  • Spring song, op.41.4., 1889
  • Auf dem See , Lied, op.41,5., (September 8, 1889)

Fonts

  • The mensural notes and time signs of the XV. and XVI. Century. With a very large number of sheet music examples. Reimer, Berlin 1858. VIII, 101 pp.
  • The contrapunct or instructions for voice guidance in musical composition. Springer, Berlin 1862, XVIII, 365 p., 4th edition Berlin, Springer 1901, XVIII, 480 p.
  • About the development of polyphonic music. Lecture given in the hall of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin in the scientific association on the XIX. January MDCCCLXVII. A. Sacco successor publisher, Berlin 1867, 40 pp.
  • The size of the musical intervals as the basis of harmony. Published by Julius Springer, Berlin 1873.
  • Eduard Grell : Essays and reports on music. Edited by Heinrich Bellermann after his death. Published by Julius Springer, Berlin 1887, 195 pages, "with a foreword by Heinrich Bellermann, Berlin, on Grell's birthdays, November 6, 1886".
  • August Eduard Grell (biography). Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1899, 220 pp.
  • Help booklet for singing lessons in the lower classes of higher educational institutions. The beginnings of music for the first singing lessons at grammar schools and secondary schools. Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1915, 32 pp.

literature

  • Otto Schneider: Heinrich Bellermann: Memorial speech , Verlag J. Springer, 1903, 18 pages
  • Association of former monasteries in Berlin (Ed.): Songs from the Klostersängerfahrt , arr. by Ernst Langelütje, singing teacher at the Gray Monastery in Berlin from 1898–1924, Verlag der Buchhandlung A. Seydel Nachf., Charlottenburg 1926 (song publications op. 19.3 - 41.5.)
  • Gesine Schröder : High school student theater: Heinrich Bellermann's music for Sophocles . In: Theater and 19th Century . Edited by Petra Stuber and Ulrich Beck, Hildesheim u. a. 2009, pp. 35–58, (University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig - Writings 2) ISBN 978-3-487-14224-1 ( online) .

Web links

Wikisource: Heinrich Bellermann  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aryeh Oron: Johann Gottfried Heinrich Bellermann (Composer, Music Theorist) , Bach Cantatas Website, August 2011, accessed on July 6, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Bellermann, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1903
Place of death Potsdam