Jan Paul Nagel

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Jan Paul Nagel (Sorbian Jan Pawoł Nagel ; born May 8, 1934 in Lohsa ; † May 21, 1997 in Litschen ; full name Johann Paul Horst Nagel) was a Sorbian composer .

Life

Gravestone of Jan Paul Nagel in the Lohsaer Friedhof

Born in Lohsa near Hoyerswerda in 1934, he grew up on his parents' farm. He received his musical training at the church music school in Görlitz . He later studied at the German University of Music in Berlin and became a master student of Rudolf Wagner-Régeny at the German Academy of the Arts. In 1964 he was choirmaster at the State Ensemble for Sorbian Folk Culture in Bautzen for two years , from then on he worked as a freelance composer. In 1968 he changed his nickname Horst to Jan Paul. Nagel was chairman of the working group of Sorbian musicologists and in 1991 chairman of Domowina for a short time . He was married in his second marriage to the author Elke Nagel , who from 1991 published all of his works in the specially founded ENA music publishing house. Jan Paul Nagel died in May 1997 after a serious illness.

Works

Nagel was one of the most distinguished and productive Sorbian composers. The connection of Sorbian folklore with the music of the 20th century distinguishes his work. It ranges from folk song arrangements to orchestral works in twelve-tone technique . According to his own statements, Nagel was also influenced by Hanns Eisler and Hans Werner Henze . His "Sorbian Dances for String Quartet" in particular were very popular in Lusatia. Jan Paul Nagel's works have been recorded several times for radio and CDs. His autobiography was published in 1993 under the title “ Childhood in Litschen ” ( Domowina-Verlag , ISBN 978-3-7420-1506-8 ).

selection

  • Passacaglia for large orchestra
  • Sinfonia 2 “Voces de la noche” based on texts by Gabriela Mistral
  • Three chants for baritone and orchestra based on poems by Johannes Bobrowski
  • Sonata for violin and piano
  • Sorbian dances for string quartet
  • Piano quintet
  • Ave Maria ( motet )
  • String Quartet No. 2
  • Three fables by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing for speakers and instruments
  • Old style Kocoriana suite
  • Morceaux caracteristiques for violoncello and piano
  • Variations for violoncello and orchestra on an old Sorbian dance

Awards

Discography (selection)

  • 1995: Serbska sinfonika 1 , consonance
  • 2009: Serbska sinfonika 3 , consonance

literature

  • Edeltraud Radochla: Jan Paul Nagel: composer, conductor and promoter of Sorbian / Wendish culture , in: Stog - Der Schober: the yearbook with stories from the Spreewald / Ed .: Förderverein Heimatgeschichte “Stog” eV, Burg, 2008
  • Dan Riemer: Jan Paul Nagel, biography and catalog raisonné, ENA-Musikverlag 1999, ISMN M-700165-04-8
  • Elke Nagel: Jan Paul Nagel, composer from Lohsa / Litschen. Ed .: Friends of the meeting place Zejler-Smoler-Haus Lohsa eV

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography of Jan Paul Nagel in ENA Musikverlag