Hermann Josef Dahmen

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Hermann Josef Dahmen (born February 19, 1910 in Bonn ; † November 14, 1991 in Esslingen am Neckar ) was a German choir director , composer , conductor and music historian .

Life

In the Rhenish family, in which Dahmen grew up, people used to sing folk songs . He studied musicology in combination with folklore in Bonn . With a few fellow students , he founded a chamber choir , which the Cologne radio station became aware of and offered him a collaboration that lasted until 1951. From 1935 to 1937 he also directed the Bonn Abbey Choir. From 1951 to 1975 he was chief conductor of the "Chores des Süddeutsche Rundfunks", which was called "Südfunk-Chor" from 1959 and "Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart" from 1971 (renamed " SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart " again in 1998 ).

Dahmen was a great Friedrich Silcher researcher who wrote several books and essays - biographies, editions of works, catalogs of works - on and about the folk song composer. He also founded the Silcher Archive in 1956 in Schnait, the town where he was born ( Weinstadt ).

As the first director of the Montanara Choir (original spelling: MontanaraChor) in Stuttgart, he pushed their successful stage and record career. For the Südfunk and Montanara choirs as well as for other choirs in the area, he arranged international folk tunes or composed sociable songs. In particular , from 1964 to 1986 he led the men's choir in Aichschieß , which Gotthilf Fischer had headed, with a demanding repertoire, which could include a Stravinsky piece , for example .

He last lived in Aichschieß, which is part of the Aichwald community , and died in Esslingen am Neckar, ten kilometers away.

Compositions

  • Welcome and farewell in good company (four cheerful choir songs, 1977)
  • For a drink in good company (for solo voice and four-part male choir, 1978)

Arrangements (selection)

  • From heaven up there I come (Chorkantata, 1959)
  • Joseph, dear Joseph mein (cantata for soprano and baritone solo and organ, based on the Mainz Cantual 1605, 1974)
  • Ave verum corpus (for male choir with organ accompaniment after WA Mozart , 1977)
  • The Last Rose of Summer (Irish folk tune, for male choir a cappella , 1994)

Fonts

  • Silcher. Pictures from his life . Stuttgart, Verlag E. Schreiber 1960.
  • Silcher in his time . Schnait, Silcher Archive 1980.
  • Contributions to research into silicon . Pedagogical publisher Burgbücherei Schneider, Baltmannsweiler 1987.
  • Friedrich Silcher, composer and democrat. A biography . Stuttgart / Vienna, Edition Erdmann in Thienemanns Verlag 1989. ISBN 3-522-62650-8 .
  • Catalog of works by Friedrich Silcher . Aichwald, self-published, [1992].

Lexicon contributions

Editing

  • Friedrich Silcher. Selected Works. Critical new edition , ed. on behalf of the Swabian Singers' Association , Edition Nagel, Kassel [o. J.]
  • Erasmus Widmann . O musica. For four-part choir , Hänssler, Neuhausen (Filder) 1980.

Sound recordings (selection)

  • The Silcher Choir: At the fountain in front of the gate. Songs and choral settings by Friedrich Silcher . Decca, 1965.
  • The MontanaraChor and the Stuttgart teachers' choir: I pray to the power of love . Polydor, 1970.
  • Stuttgart teachers choir: Now I go to Brünnele. Folk songs for male choir by Friedrich Silcher . BMG Ariola, [year unknown].
  • The Stuttgart teachers' choir and the male choir Aichschieß: In the sunset . Gong, 1971.
  • The male choir Aichschieß: In all good hours. The male choir Aichschieß sings German and foreign choral works and folk tunes from four centuries . German Austrophon, 1975.
  • Members of the choir of the Süddeutscher Rundfunk with accompanying orchestra: Über die Heide. Hermann Löns songs . Intercord, 1977.
  • Südfunk-Chor: The ruins of the days are still smoking (cycle for mixed choir a capella). On: Friedrich Voss. A composer portrait . Thorofon, 1990 (CD).
  • Diverse: Sing along! 50 hiking and traveling songs . Elite Special (Da Music), 2004 (Thu-CD).

Awards

  • 1987: Baden-Württemberg Home Medal for services to Baden-Württemberg

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Judith Roßbach: Prof. Dr. Hermann-Josef Dahmen. Portrait. In: stifts-chor-bonn.de. September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2018 .
  2. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Biography. In: montanarachor.de. Peter Meincke, accessed on September 28, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Uschi Götz: The end of the song. Male choirs before the end. In: deutschlandfunkkultur.de. Andreas-Peter Weber, December 22, 2014, accessed on September 28, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b bearers of the medal "For services to the home of Baden-Württemberg". (PDF; 301 KB) Heimattage Baden-Württemberg 1987 in Albstadt. In: baden-württemberg.de. P. 9 , accessed on September 28, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Hermann Josef Dahmen. In: deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, accessed on September 28, 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Dahmen, Hermann Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dahmen, Hermann-Josef; Dahmen, HJ; Dahmen, Hermann J .; Dahmen, Herm. Joseph; Dahmen, Josef; Dahmen, Herman Josef; Dahmen, Hermann Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German choir director, composer, conductor and music historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1991
Place of death Esslingen am Neckar