Horst Irrgang

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Horst Irrgang (born 1929 in Magdeburg ; died 1997 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German composer , conductor and musicologist .

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From 1948 to 1954 Horst Irrgang studied school music in Weimar , German at the University of Jena and music education (with Fritz Reuter ) and musicology (with Max Schneider ) at the University of Halle . As a composer and conductor he devoted his life to amateur music. From 1954 to 1958 he was artistic director of the folk art ensemble of the VEB Leuna-Werke Walter Ulbricht . In 1958 he took over the choir direction of the Louis Fürnberg Ensemble at the University of Leipzig , which he held until 1965. Towards the end of the 1950s, he also took over the management of the choir in the VEB building project planning in Halle. Irrgang was a board member of the Association of Composers and Musicologists of the GDR and for many years head of the folk music section of the Halle / Magdeburg district association.

As a musicologist, Horst Irrgang was lecturer at VEB Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig (German publishing house for music) since 1959 . He published numerous choir and song books with his own movements, which were part of the standard repertoire of many choirs, especially in the GDR . He also wrote instrumental sets of German folk and children's songs, for example for two recorders or two violins, which have appeared in multiple editions.

His better-known works include the “Picture Book with Music” Bummi in Afrika (1967) with texts by Ursula Werner-Böhnke and illustrations by Ingeborg Meyer-Rey . A sequel appeared in 1976 under the title Bummi am Nordpol . These Irrgangs compositions consist of easy-to-sing songs with piano accompaniment, which can also be performed orchestral. Texts and songs enable a performance in a school context or in the leisure area. His songs were also broadcast on the radio.

In 1989 he was awarded the Handel Prize of the Halle district .

Works (selection)

  • Snowflake, Weissröckchen (BDV 758), Leipzig: German publishing house for music 1960.
  • The Spanish wedding. Poem balladesque poem with music and dance based on a poem by Louis Fürnberg. (First performance in 1965 at the German National Theater in Weimar).
  • Bummi in Africa. Leipzig: German publishing house for music 1967.
  • Bummi at the North Pole. Leipzig: German publishing house for music 1976.
  • Snowman Ladislaus . Cycle for children's solo voice, children's choir, percussion and piano. Leipzig: German publishing house for music 1980.
  • Happy life day after day. Cheerful and contemplative contemporary choir songs for male choir a cappella or with piano. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister 1982.
  • Calendula, delphinium. Children's songs and children's drawings . 3. Edition. Leipzig: German publishing house for music 1985.
  • A little man stands in the forest . Leipzig: German publishing house for music. 9th edition 1988.
  • Go through life freely and happily (choral score). Halle: District cabinet for cultural work 1990.
  • Three leaves on a linden tree (score). Frankfurt (Main): Edition Ferrimontana, 1997.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Horst Irrgang at German Composers Association Saxony-Anhalt. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ Horst Irrgang at the Thuringia State Archives . Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ Horst Irrgang: A little man stands in the forest - The most beautiful old children's songs (for two identical recorders or two violins). Eulenspiegel - The New Berlin. 5th edition 2006 ISBN 978-3-3590-1645-8 .
  4. ↑ Bummi song from Bummi in Africa on Youtube.

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personal data
SURNAME A mistake, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH 1997
Place of death Hall