Heinrich Weber (composer)

Heinrich Weber (born October 9, 1901 in Cologne , † January 6, 1970 in Aachen ) was a German composer and organist .

Life

Heinrich Weber initially studied in Aachen and later at the Cologne University of Music . Here were among others his teachers Hans Bachem (organ) and Heinrich Lemacher (harmony and theory). After a few years as a cantor at the city church in Mülheim an der Ruhr , he worked as a teacher for organ and theory at various church music schools, including more than 25 years at the Catholic University for Church Music St. Gregorius in Aachen and most recently at Robert-Schumann -Conservatory in Düsseldorf .

Heinrich Weber, who has meanwhile been appointed church music director of Mülheim, was regarded as an excellent interpreter, especially of French organ music, and gained an excellent reputation as an improviser. His numerous organ compositions are based on Paul Hindemith , whom he greatly admired, and on the new French school and represent a tonal language that is clearly emancipated from the late Romanticism .

Heinrich Weber was a member of the Reich Association of Catholic Church Employees. V. in Essen . Together with this association, Weber organized a study trip to Paris in 1956 , where he gave the members the opportunity to sit in with Marcel Dupré and Rolande Falcinelli and gain insights into French organ art. Weber also worked on the organ book for the Diocese of Cologne . His organ compositions, however, have only been partially relocated and are kept in the Musicological Institute of the University of Cologne .

Works (selection)

• Prelude and Choral Fugue in F minor, Op. 9/1
• Choral preludes for organ op.10
• Haec dies - Toccata for organ op.12
• Passacaglia in E minor
• Prealudium and double fugue in F sharp minor
• Choral, Variations et Fantaisie on "The hand of three kings of God"
• 1st organ sonata
• 2. Organ Sonata in D
• 3rd organ sonata
• Five pieces for organ (Verlag Böhm)
• Prelude, aria and fugue on a separate topic (manuscript)
• Choral prelude to "O Maria, Gracious" (manuscript)
• Choral prelude to "Ave Maria Kaiserin" (manuscript)
• Festive Mass in D for four-part mixed choir and organ or wind instruments

literature

• Stefan Pollok: Organ movement and neo-baroque in the Ruhr area between 1948 and 1965 , Diss., Bochum 2007, p. 37/38 u. a. ISBN 978-3-8381-0672-4 pdf
• Heinrich Lemacher: Church music director Heinrich Weber , in musica sacra, the magazine for Catholic church music , issue 11/1964, pp. 309–313

Web links

• Works by Heinrich Weber in the catalog of the German National Library
• Portrait on the pages of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Stifts-Chor Bonn
• Present sheet music from Schwann Verlag (now: Edition Peters )