Hermann Erdlen

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Hermann Erdlen (born July 16, 1893 in Hamburg ; † June 30, 1972 there ) was a German composer .

Life

Erdlen received his musical training at the Bernuth Conservatory in Hamburg and through studies with Emil Krause (composition), Goby Eberhardt (violin), Karl Goltermann (piano and organ) and Wilhelm Vilmar (singing). Like Erwin Lendvai , he was active in the Lobeda movement founded by Carl Hannemann , whose members later particularly liked his German Requiem and the Saar cantata . His first song compositions were published as early as 1910. In addition to his work as a composer, he was active as a music writer and critic from 1911 to 1936 and made guest appearances as a conductor in Hamburg, Wiesbaden , Kiel , Dresden and at NORAG . From 1928 he taught music theory , music history and instrumentation at the Hanseatic College for Teacher Training and at the Institute for Teacher Training in Hamburg . Hermann Erdlen had been a member of the NSDAP since May 1, 1937 ( membership number 4,956,880). From 1945 on he worked as a freelance artist and music writer in Hamburg.

Erdlen wrote works for orchestral and chamber music ensembles, works for (amateur) choir, solo songs and also incidental music. His musical legacy is in the German Composers Archive in the European Center for the Arts in Dresden- Hellerau .

Works (selection)

Orchestral works

  • Passacaglia and Fugue
  • Finnish dances
  • Concert overture BBC

Chamber music

  • Sonata in d for violin and piano
  • Chaconne for violin and organ
  • Theme and 12 variations on "Winter has passed"

Choral works

  • from time to time
  • Requiem for the Fallen
  • “But this, but that”, a Löns song game

Incidental music

  • The juggler and the bell game
  • Alpine king and misanthropist
  • 1000 years of Hamburg

other

  • 88 playing exercises for the diatonic harmonica

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Harald Lönnecker : "... to gain ground for Adolf Hitler's idea in the cultural field". The “Combat League for German Culture” and the German academics, p. 19f. http://www.burschenschaftsgeschichte.de/pdf/loennecker_kampfbund.pdf
  2. ↑ Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945 , CD-Rom-Lexikon, Kiel 2004, p. 1427.
  3. ^ Entry in the inventory of the German Composers' Archives

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personal data
SURNAME Erdlen, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Erdlen, Hermann Christian Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1972
Place of death Hamburg