Hellmuth Drewes

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Hellmuth Drewes (born January 25, 1934 in Spittal an der Drau ) is an Austrian composer , musician and choirmaster . He was also a teacher, director of secondary school 3 in Spittal / Drau, local politician (member of the municipal and city council) and mayor of the city of Spittal an der Drau from March 2, 1983 to April 8, 1997.

Career

Hellmuth Drewes has been associated with choral music since his youth. He has been a choirmaster since he was 16 and has been a singer in many choirs. In Innsbruck he was a member of the Innsbruck Chamber Choir Walther von der Vogelweide and the Madrigal Choir there . Until 2006 he headed the Porcia Singing Circle in Spittal, which he founded in 1956 . He was also a co-founder of the annual international choir competition at Porcia Castle in Spittal and taught choir directors and singers. His most important compositional work is the collection of songs from Carinthia for school and home . In 2009 Hellmuth Drewes received the prize, endowed with 14,500 eurosCulture Prize of the State of Carinthia for its extraordinary achievements in the field of folk culture .

Works

  • About Diandle im Tål: old Carinthian songs; for male choir / Hellmuth Drewes. Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 1977, ISBN 3-85366-228-5 .
  • You shepherds, come to the pasture ': Christmas u. Shepherd songs; for male choir / Hellmuth Drewes. Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 1978, ISBN 3-85366-297-8 .
  • In da Mölltȧlleitn [music printing]: old caretaker songs in movements for mixed choir. Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-7084-0185-0 .
  • Üban See bin i gfahrn [music printing]: old and new caretaker songs in sentences for male choir. Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-7084-0186-7 .
  • Geah all Öartar from [Musikdruck]: new songs from Carinthia; set for mixed choir. Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 2011, ISBN 978-3-7084-0415-8 .
  • Dås Jåhr is lei a Wind: new Carinthian songs for male choir / Hellmuth Drewes; Josef Hopfgartner. Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 1980. New edition: Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 1982, ISBN 3-85366-326-5 .
  • You, mei Hamat, ghearst my: songs from Carinthia; for school and home / zsgest. by Hellmuth Drewes; Günther Mittergradnegger. Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 2004, ISBN 3-7084-0035-6 .
  • Carinthian fair / music: Hellmuth Drewes. Text: Josef Hopfgartner. Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 1975, ISBN 3-85366-148-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Hellmuth Drewes (80) and Dr. Hans Peter Haselsteiner (70) - Two deserved honorary citizens of Spittal celebrated special birthdays ; also: Carinthian State Archives
  2. ↑ Internet page of the press service APA-OTS from December 1, 2009

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personal data
SURNAME Drewes, Hellmuth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer, musician and choir director
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Spittal an der Drau