Jan Dahmen

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Jan Dahmen (1950)

Jan Dahmen (born June 30, 1898 in Breda , † December 20, 1957 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch violinist . He was the first concertmaster of the Musical Band in Dresden and the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.

Life

Jan Dahmen came from the Dutch family of musicians of the same name of German descent. He was born in Breda in the province of Noord-Brabant in 1898 . He was a student of André Spoor in The Hague and Carl Flesch in Berlin. In 1916 he won a gold medal in The Hague. At the age of 21 (January 1920) he became concertmaster II of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Arthur Nikisch . He left the orchestra in August 1922.

In 1922/23 he worked as first violinist with the Dresden String Quartet . From 1924 to 1945 he was first concertmaster of the musical band , which was directed by Fritz Busch , Karl Böhm and Karl Elmendorff during his service . Tours took him through Europe and to the Dutch East Indies . From 1938 to 1943 he headed the Jan Dahmen String Quartet as first violinist. He also taught at the orchestra school of the Saxon State Orchestra. His students included u. a. Horst Förster , Folker Göthel , Henry Meyer , Erich Muck and Wolfgang Schulze ( Wols ).

From 1946 to 1948 he went to Sweden as concertmaster with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Issay Dobrowen . He then became concertmaster of the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Eduard van Beinum .

literature

  • Gerassimos Avgerinos: artist biographies: the members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1882–1972 . Self-published, Berlin 1972, p. 39.
  • Nelly Backhausen, Axel Kjerulf (ed.): Musikkens Hvem-Hvad-Hvor. Politics Musikleksikon . Volume 2: Biografier A-Q . 2nd edition, Politikens Forlag, Copenhagen 1950, p. 119.
  • Anton van Oirschot (Ed.): Encyclopedie van Noord-Brabant . Volume 1: A-F . Market Books, Baarn 1985, ISBN 90-6593-061-2 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Philip Bate:  Dahmen family [ladies]. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  2. ↑ a b c Gerassimos Avgerinos: Artist biographies: the members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1882 to 1972 . Self-published, Berlin 1972, p. 39.
  3. ↑ a b Nelly Backhausen, Axel Kjerulf (ed.): Musikkens Hvem-Hvad-Hvor. Politics Musikleksikon . Volume 2: Biografier A-Q . 2nd edition, Politikens Forlag, Copenhagen 1950, p. 119.
  4. ^ Anton van Oirschot (ed.): Encyclopedie van Noord-Brabant . Volume 1: A-F . Market Books, Baarn 1985, ISBN 90-6593-061-2 .
  5. ^ Peter Muck : One Hundred Years of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra . Volume 3: The members of the orchestra, the programs, the concert tours, first and world premieres . Schneider, Tutzing 1982, ISBN 3-7952-0341-4 , p. 10.
  6. ^ Jürgen Stegmüller: The string quartet. An international documentation on the history of string quartet ensembles and string quartet compositions from the beginning to the present (= source catalogs for music history . Volume 40). Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, ISBN 978-3-7959-0780-8 , p. 96.
  7. ^ A b Ortrun Landmann : Directory of names of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden: own designations, names of administrators, musical directors and former members from 1548 to 2013, in systematic-chronological order . Presented in 2013, updated and corrected annually since then (status: August 2017), p. 16 ( PDF ).
  8. ^ Jürgen Stegmüller: The string quartet. An international documentation on the history of string quartet ensembles and string quartet compositions from the beginning to the present (= source catalogs for music history . Volume 40). Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, ISBN 978-3-7959-0780-8 , p. 132.
  9. ^ Dieter Härtwig: 125 years of the Dresden Philharmonic . In the S. (Ed.): 125 years of the Dresden Philharmonic. 1870-1995 . DZA Verlag für Kultur und Wissenschaft, Altenburg 1995, ISBN 3-9804226-5-8 , pp. 22-103, here: p. 62.
  10. ↑ Hedwig and Erich Hermann Mueller von Asow (eds.): Kürschner's German Musicians Calendar 1954 . 2nd edition of the German Musicians Lexicon, de Gruyter, Berlin 1954, Col. 371.
  11. ^ Henry W. Meyer in the Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians from the Nazi Era (LexM)
  12. ^ Hans-Rainer Jung: The Gewandhaus Orchestra. Its members and its history since 1743. Faber & Faber, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-936618-86-0 , p. 249.
  13. ↑ a b Truus de Leur: Eduard van Beinum 1900-1959. Musicus tussen musici. Biography . Thoth, Bossum 2004, ISBN 90-6868-359-4 , p. 374.
personal data
SURNAME Dahmen, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch violinist
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Breda
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1957
Place of death Amsterdam