Hertha Klust
Hertha Klust (* 1907 in Berlin ; † March 1970 there ) was a German pianist .
Career
Hertha Klust, who trained as a singer ( mezzo-soprano ), worked as a répétiteur at the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1949, despite increasing hearing loss , where she musically shaped a number of important singers, including Pilar Lorengar . In the concert hall she made a name for herself primarily as a song accompanist. In addition to Ernst Haefliger and Josef Greindl , she accompanied the young Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , which is documented by numerous radio and record recordings from the 1950s. The joint concert activity with Fischer-Dieskau began in July 1948 in the Titania-Palast in Berlin with a legendary rendition of Franz Schubert's “Schönen Müllerin” and lasted until the late 1950s.
In 1954 Hertha Klust received the Berlin Art Prize .
Discography (selection)
Recordings with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau:
- Johannes Brahms: Four Serious Songs (1949)
- Gustav Mahler: 3 songs from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (1952)
- Johannes Brahms: The Beautiful Magelone (1953)
- Franz Schubert: The Winter Journey (concert recording 1953)
- Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, op.35 (concert recording 1954)
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Six songs by Gellert, op.48 and 7 songs by Goethe (1955)
- Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, op. 24 and "Der arme Peter", op. 53,3 (1956)
- Hugo Wolf: Songs from the Italian songbook , from the Goethe songs, from the Mörike songs (1948-53)
Recordings with Ernst Haefliger:
- Recital (songs by Schumann, Schoeck, Kodály and Wolf, 1958)
Recordings with Josef Greindl:
- Carl Loewe: Ballads (1951)
- Franz Schubert: The Winter Journey (1957)
literature
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Resonance. Views and Recollections, Stuttgart 1987, pp. 76-80
- Obituary in: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift, Vol. 25, Issue 3 (March 1970) Full text: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/omz.1970.25.issue-3/omz.1970.25.3.196/omz.1970.25. 3.196.xml
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SURNAME | Klust, Hertha |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1907 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | March 1970 |
Place of death | Berlin |