Helmut Wulz

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Helmut Wulz (born May 22, 1936 ) is a Carinthian folklorist , musician , journalist and author .

Wulz grew up with four siblings on a mountain farm in the Karawanken Mountains . He graduated from the teacher training college in Klagenfurt and then studied music education and composition in Vienna at the Vienna Music Academy (with Alfred Uhl, among others ) and folklore and German studies at the University of Vienna (with Kranzmayer, among others ).

1962–1968 Wulz was a teacher in Klagenfurt . In 1964 he founded the a cappella choir in Villach , with which he undertook international tours. From 1970 headed the folk culture department at the ORF regional studio in Carinthia. In addition, he was involved in the Carinthian Folk Song Society and the Carinthian Singing Association . In addition to records with the choir, he published several folklore works.

Works

  • A tree stood in the deep valley: folk songs from German settlement areas in Eastern Europe for equal and mixed voices; Verlag Johannes Heyn 1986, ISBN 978-3853664926
  • Land und Leut 'im Lied: A singing book for male choir; Verlag Hohannes Heyn 1987; ISBN 978-3853665046
  • Ålt åber guat: Carinthian songs from oral and written tradition for gem. and equal voices; Verlag Hohannes Heyn 1997; ISBN 978-3708400549
  • A miracle has happened: songs for Christmas from the Alps and from German-speaking islands; Verlag Hohannes Heyn 2000; ISBN 978-3708400693
  • Across the meadows ...: something worth singing from field research for mixed and equal voices; Verlag Hohannes Heyn 2004; ISBN 978-3708400938

Awards

supporting documents

  1. ^ Carinthian of the day: Helmut Wulz: Music should sound, not be read - kleinezeitung.at. In: kleinezeitung.at. Kleine Zeitung , accessed November 10, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Special broadcast for the 70th birthday - Kärnten-Magazin. In: ktnv1.orf.at. Retrieved November 10, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Wulz, Helmut. In: musiklexikon.ac.at. Retrieved November 10, 2017 .
  4. ↑ A CAPPELLA CHOIR VILLACH. In: a-cappella-chor-villach.chor.at. Retrieved November 10, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Culture Prize of the Province of Carinthia 2002 to the four W from the "South" - December 18, 2002. In: ots.at. Retrieved November 10, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Helmut Wulz receives honorary citizenship - oesterreich.ORF.at. In: ktnv1.orf.at. Retrieved November 10, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Wulz, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian folklorist, musician, journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1936