Joachim Georg Görlich

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Joachim Georg Görlich (born May 8, 1931 in Oberglogau , Upper Silesia ; † October 12, 2009 in Haan , Mettmann district ) was a German music teacher , conductor, composer and journalist .

Life

Joachim Georg Görlich was born on May 8, 1931 in Oberglogau / Upper Silesia. During his childhood he lived in Berlin and until the end of the war in Lodz. His father Georg, an engineer, died in World War II. While on the run, his mother Anna settled with him and his two sisters again in Oberglogau (now Polish: Glogowek) in 1945.

His passion for music emerged early on. In Glogowek he directed the choir of his high school as a student. He learned the bassoon and piano and was then accepted at the Music Academy in Breslau (Polish: Wrocław). In addition to his studies, he directed choirs and wrote music reviews. During his studies he was employed as a teacher at a teachers' academy.

In his academic years he also wrote political articles for the opposition Polish student press and took part in political demonstrations in 1956 in particular. Thereupon he was subjected to the political process, which ended with a professional ban and a suspended sentence of several years. To avoid further reprisals, he and his family left for Germany in 1959. There he lived with his Polish wife Krystyna and his two sons in Haan near Düsseldorf.

In Germany, Görlich continued to work as a journalist and publicist after a short time as a music teacher. His focus was initially on classical music, the Catholic Church and especially politics and society in Eastern Europe. He always had the reconciliation between Germans and Poles in mind. He was an editor at Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Deutsche Welle, Remscheider Generalanzeiger, Westfalenblatt, Bild am Sonntag and Axel Springer Dienst. He regularly wrote articles for Rheinischer Merkur, Die Welt and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. He also wrote radio plays for West German Radio.

He always remained true to music. In the course of his artistic life, Görlich created around 70 compositions, including symphonies, songs and bassoon concertos. B. were performed in Cologne, Düsseldorf and on Polish radio.

Joachim Georg Görlich died in 2009.

Publications (selection)

  • Church music in today's Poland , in: Music of the East , Volume 10, Johann Gottfried Herder Research Center for Music History, Bärenreiter Publishing House, 1986, ISBN 3-7618-0765-1
  • Poland before the PVA party congress , in: Political Studies , Monthly Issues of the University of Political Sciences Munich, issues 183–188, Verlag Isar-Verlag, 1969
  • Deutschtum in Poland after 1945 , in: Peter Emil Nasarski (Ed.): Neighbors in the East , Writings on the German Question (Volume 14), Verlag Rautenberg, 1965
  • Fear in the Eastern bloc? , in: Karl Willy Beer (Ed.): The Political Opinion , Issues 170–175, Verlag Staat und Gesellschaft, 1977
  • Breslau is a leader in Polish German studies , in: Schlesien , Volume 20 (1975) No. 1, pp. 51–52
  • The development of the mass media in Silesia after 1945 , in: Silesia , Volume 16 (1971), No. 1, pp. 42–45
  • Stanislaw Przybyszewski - a Polish poet in Berlin , in: Der Wegweiser , 1976 No. 1–2, p. 28

Awards

The CDU has Görlich in 2003 "with gratitude and as a sign of recognition," awarded the "Adenauer-carbon Medal".

literature

  • Ursula Krysta: Joachim Georg Görlich - composer and publicist , in: Die Künstlergilde , Heft 1 (2009), pp. 10–12
  • Ulrich Schmilewski: Joachim Georg Görlich , in: Schlesischer Kulturspiegel No. 1/11 (46th year), page 9, Stiftung Kulturwerk Schlesien, Würzburg 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Görlich, Joachim Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, composer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberglogau , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 2009
Place of death Haan , Mettmann district