Jørgen Kleemann

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Jørgen "Juulut" Ole Markus Rasmus Kleemann (born March 7, 1923 in Aappilattoq ) is a Greenlandic musician .

Life

Jørgen Kleemann was born in Aappilattoq in 1923 as the son of the Udsteds administrator Hans Wilhelm Anthon Kleemann (1879–?) And his wife Maren Dorthe Sofie Katrine Frederiksen (1881–?). His grandfather was German. Jørgen grew up in Upernavik Kujalleq and lived most of his life in Upernavik . He worked as a baker, later as a port warehouse worker and from 1987 as a catechist . He was also a church leader for twenty years . In 2005 he moved to Nuuk .

In the 1980s he began to bring out songs for the record company Ulo , which he recorded with his family. Some were his own compositions, but some were also traditional pieces, which he recorded on sound carriers for the first time. Between 1984 and 1991 he published a total of four records with around a dozen songs each. Mainly it was about folk and dance music, which he presented at public holidays, family celebrations or international festivals in Greenland, Denmark and Canada . His preferred instrument is the accordion .

On July 18, 2001, he received the Nersornaat in silver. He was also awarded the Greenland Culture Prize in 2014.

Discography

  • 1984: Kleemann-ikkut
  • 1985: Kleemann-ikkut 2
  • 1989: Kleemann-ikkut 3
  • 1991: Kleemann-ikkut 4

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry in the genealogy database of the museum in Upernavik
  2. ↑ a b c Tale ved Medlem af Naalakkersuisut for Uddannelse, Kultur, Kirke og Ligestilling Nick Nielsen i forbindelse meduddeling af Kulturpris on June 21, 2014. on the Naalakkersuisut website (.pdf)
  3. ↑ a b Nersornaat, Hjemmestyrets kulturpris in Tidsskriftet Grønland (8/2001)
  4. ↑ January René Westh: Ordenshistorisk Tidsskrift . Ed .: Ordenshistorisk Selskab . tape 36 , December 2010, ISSN  0904-5554 , p. 36 .
  5. ↑ Kulturpris on the Naalakkersuisut website
personal data
SURNAME Kleemann, Jørgen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kleemann, Jørgen Ole Markus Rasmus (full name); Juulut (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greenlandic musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Aappilattoq