Heinz Pauels

Heinz Horst Frank Pauels (born March 1, 1908 in Oberhausen , † 1985 in Bergheim ) was a German composer .

Life

Heinz Pauels was born as the son of the pharmacist Heinrich Pauels from Oberhausen and his wife Anne. It was clear early on which musical talent was innate to him and he was already performing at piano concerts at the age of eleven. In connection with a scholarship, he was able to complete his pianistic training with Franz Dorfmüller and later with Josef Pembaur at the Academy of Music in Munich . A new focus was the study of composition under the direction of Anton Beer-Walbrunn , which he graduated with a diploma in 1925 at the age of 17.

When Walter Braunfels was appointed head of the Cologne University of Music, Heinz Pauels saw this as an opportunity to deepen his education there. In addition, he continued his piano training with Paul Baumgartner . The 24-year-old achieved his first success with his one-movement string quartet op. 4. The Bruinier Quartet promoted young musicians through a composition competition. Out of 145 submissions, Heinz Pauels won first prize and a work performance at the Berlin Singakademie in March 1932. The work was printed by Bote & Bock.

The conductor Dante Fiorillo became aware of him and compositions for the Broadcasting Orchestra of New York Radio followed. At the same time Pauels joined the Cologne theaters as a repetitor and deputy choir director and met Charlotte Hoffmann, whom he married shortly afterwards. Charlotte Hoffmann-Pauels was omnipresent as a soprano on the Cologne stages. Between Handel and Krenek, she not only knew the standard roles, but as a universal singer also every repertoire niche. After the war, the politically unaffected Pauels received permission from the military authorities to rebuild the Gürzenich Orchestra. Some of the regular musicians were scattered in unknown places, many instruments were lost, the Gürzenich concert venues and the opera house destroyed. He began and shortly afterwards conducted the first concerts and opera performances. In 1948 the Städtische Bühnen appointed him director of drama music in Cologne.

Pauels became known through his acting music. His compositions for Federico García Lorca's “As soon as five years pass” and Else Lasker-Schüler's “Die Wupper” brought him composition commissions from German theaters for the plays “ Peer Gynt ”, “To Damascus”, “As You Like It”, “Danton's Death” , “Electra must bear grief”. He also wrote the incidental music for the festival performance in Darmstadt for Georg Büchner's “Leonce and Lena”. Kurt Neufert became his publisher in Heidelberg.

Today the ballet music “Mardi gras”, the opera “Moll Flanders” and the string sextet are at Musikverlag Schott, Mainz. “Mardi Gras” and “Bereshit” (choreographed by Samy Molcho ) are performed in southern Europe and the Middle East. Works by Pauels were broadcast by WDR. His compositions were premiered in the Gürzenich Concerts under the aegis of Günter Wand . In 1966 the opera “Moll Flanders” premiered in Saarbrücken.

1973 Pauels retired and switched to free musical studies. Through the collaboration with Christoph Klöver, the music director in the Erftkreis, his organ concert and the choral work "Gesang vom Menschenleben" were premiered in a festival concert by the Bedburg men's choir. One year before his death, District Administrator Willi Kaiser was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.

Heinz Pauels' estate is in the historical archive of Cologne.

Works (selection)

Stage music

• "As soon as five years go by" Federico Garcia Lorca,
• "Die Wupper" Else Lasker-Schüler,
• "Peer Gynt" Henrik Ibsen,
• "Everyone" Hugo von Hofmannsthal,
• "To Damascus" August Strindberg,
• "Danton's death" Georg Büchner,
• "Leonce and Lena" Georg Büchner,
• "As You Like It" Shakespeare,
• "Stallerhof" FX Kroetz,
• "Cyrano de Bergerac" Edmond Rostand,

Ballet music

• "Mardi gras" op 92a,
• "Bereshit" op. 95,
• "Capriccio" op. 92B,
• "Newsreel"

Operas

• "Anna Karenina", lyric opera based on motifs from "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy, op. 17;
• “Moll Flanders” Musical ballad based on the novel by Daniel Defoe designed by Ernst Gärnter, op. 100;
• "O Hyazinthia", ridiculous opera in one dramatic act, libretto: Kurt Neufert, Schott Verlag

Symphonic music and concerts

• Concerto for violoncello and large orchestra, op. 23;
• Legend for piano and string orchestra, op. 60;
• Piano concerto, op. 94;
• I. Symphony, op. 118;
• Organ Concerto, op. 136;
• Wild Dance for large orchestra, op.55

Chamber music

• String Quartet, Op. 4;
• String Sextet, op .;
• String Quartet, op.68

Solo works

• Piano pieces, op. 33;
• 2 pieces for violin and piano, op. 52a;
• 2 pieces for cello and piano, op. 56;
• 4 pieces for clarinet in B flat and piano

Songs

• Five songs for soprano and piano, op. 29;
• To a little child, for soprano and piano;
• Lacrimosa for soprano and string quartet, op. 57;
• Nine songs for soprano or tenor and piano, op. 64;
• Three songs for baritone and piano, op. 89 a;
• Cantata 1962, op. 96A;
• Four songs for soprano and orchestra, op.14

Choral works

• Mixed choir and piano and soprano, op. 43;
• After summer, mixed choir, string orchestra and piano, op. 32;
• Christmas music for mixed choir op. 30;
• Singing about human life, cantata for string orchestra, male choir, percussion and piano and soprano solo

literature

• Wolfgang Ferber: The acting music by Heinz Pauels. Contributions to Rhenish Music History, Volume 161. Merseburger, 2002.
• Thomas Synofzik , Susanne Rode-Breymann (ed.): Rhenish singers of the 20th century, a documentation in words and sounds. Contributions to Rhenish Music History, Volume 164. Merseburger, 2003.
• Art and culture in Cologne after 1945. Edited by the historical archive of the city of Cologne. Wienand, Cologne 1996.
• Christoph Schwandt (Ed.): Opera in Cologne. Dittrich, Berlin 2007.
• Robert v. Zahn: Rheinisches Musiklexikon. Impulses of the time based on tradition. Keyword: Heinz Pauels. In: fermate. 1991.
• Music manual. Lexicon of Composers. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1982.
• Marquis Who'sWho in the World. 6th edition. Chicago 1982-1983.
• Franz Xaver Ohnesorg (ed.): The liberation of music. An introduction to 20th century music. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1994.
• Finding aid Historical Archive of the City of Cologne. As of 1411: Heinz Pauels.

Web links

• Works by Heinz Pauels in the catalog of the German National Library