Johann Georg Herzog

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Johann Georg Herzog (born August 5, 1822 in Hummendorf im Obermainkreis , † February 3, 1909 in Munich ) was a German organist , composer and university professor .

Life

family

Johann Georg Herzog was the son of the linen weaver Johann Sebastian Herzog. After the family moved to Schmölz in 1827, he grew up there and attended the village school.

His first marriage was to Pauline (née Ströbel) († 1856) and they had three children together. With his second wife Marie (née Höfling) (1839-1909), with whom he was married since 1858, he had three more children.

education

Johann Georg Herzog received his first musical training from village musicians until he became an organ student of the cantor and composer Salomo Heinrich Bodenschatz (1807-1859) in Schmölz, who later worked at the school teachers' seminar in Schwabach . From the age of ten he occasionally provided organist services. In 1839 he received his exam as a school preparer (preparatory student who is preparing for a teaching post at elementary schools or for a teaching seminar) in Schmölz, whereupon he studied at the school teacher seminar in Altdorf from 1839 to 1841 .

job

In 1841 he became school administrator in Bruck bei Hof , where his first compositions were written , which he sent to Christian Heinrich Rinck in Darmstadt for appraisal ; he was also encouraged to continue composing by Robert Schumann .

On the recommendation of Rinck, in May 1843 he took over the representation of the organist at the first Protestant parish and court church St. Matthäus in Munich and became organist on June 3, 1843 and also cantor in 1848 .

Together with Friedrich Wilhelm Güll he wrote a Protestant chorale book in 1844 ; in addition there was a practical guide for organists in 1845 .

In April 1850 he was employed as a teacher for organ playing at the Conservatory for Music in Munich. Among other things, Friedrich Samuel Riegel (1825–1907), Carl Greith and Josef Gabriel Rheinberger were his students there, with the latter also having a lifelong friendship.

On October 1, 1854, Herzog was appointed university singing and music teacher at the newly founded Institute for Church Music at the University of Erlangen and was given the title of professor. In May 1859 he also became an organist at the Neustadt church . From 1859 to 1879 he was a singing teacher at the grammar school (today: Gymnasium Fridericianum ). He later became music director , head of the Institute for Church Music and head of the Academic Church Choir.

From 1861 he established his regular historical concerts . In 1865 he became a member of the commission for the reorganization of the conservatory in Munich. On September 28, 1872, King Ludwig II raised him to the rank of associate professor; on October 1, 1888, he was retired at his own request and returned to Munich.

Musical work

Johann Georg Herzog was an old master of the German organist who earned lasting services in the liturgical and church music reform movement. As a composer he succeeded Johann Sebastian Bach .

His Practical Manual for Organists , published in 1857, and the Organ School op. 41, published for the first time in 1867, were widespread in the second half of the 19th century and were used to train full-time and part-time organists.

Memberships

  • Johann Georg Herzog was a member of the Harmonie Association in Erlangen.
  • He was also a member of the non-profit association in Erlangen (today: Gemeinnütziger Theater- und Konzertverein Erlangen eV (gVe)), which was founded on January 14, 1876 and ran the Markgrafentheater .

honors and awards

Scores and writings (selection)

literature

  • Johann Georg Herzog . In: The professors and lecturers at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen 1743–1960. Part 1: Faculty of Theology, Faculty of Law. Erlangen 1993, ISBN 3-922135-92-7 .
  • Johann Georg Herzog . In: Christian Geyer: Johann Georg Herzog. In: Monthly for worship and church art. Vol. 7 (1902), pp. 267-271.
  • Johann Georg Herzog. In: Bosl's Bavarian biography. 1983, p. 341 f.
  • Birger Petersen : Johann Georg Herzog's organ school as a source for the appropriation of historical typesetting models in the late 19th century. (restricted preview). In: Matthias Schlothfeldt, Markus Roth: Music theory and composition: XII. Annual congress of the Society for Music Theory Essen 2012. Hildesheim 2015, p. 163 f.
  • Konrad Klek (ed.): 150 Years of the Institute for Church Music Erlangen . Erlangen, Martin-Luther-Verl., 2004. pp. 11–40.
  • Hermann J. Busch : From the most delicate timbre to full strength: Johann Georg Herzog, Josef Rheinberger and Max Reger on the Walcker organ. In: Journal for the Organ. Schott, Mainz 1998, ISSN 1435-7941.
  • Franz Krautwurst : Johann Georg Herzog, organ virtuoso, Protestant church musician, university teacher a. Professor in Erlangen, 1822–1909. In: Publications of the Society for Franconian History / 7. Schöningh, Würzburg 1919–1960, ISSN 0930-9314.
  • Franz Krautwurst: Johann Georg Herzog: on the 50th anniversary of his death . In: Service and Church Music : Zeitschr. for church music a. Liturgy; Notification sheet d. Lutheran Liturgical Conference in Bavaria. Evang. Press association for Bavaria, Munich 1950, ISSN 0017-2499, pp. 79-85.
  • Oskar Stollberg: Johann Georg Herzog, church musician, liturgist and Erlangen university teacher in his letters to Max Herold 1865–1908. Kaiser, Munich 1978.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ MGG Online. Retrieved January 28, 2020 (American English).
  2. ^ Josef Gabriel Rheinberger - Reformation and Music. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .
  3. ^ Professorship for Church Music. University of Erlangen, accessed on January 28, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Statutes of the non-profit theater and concert association Erlangen e. V. March 2015, accessed on January 27, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Hummendorf | Weißenbrunn community. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Duke, Johann Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herzog, Georg; Herzog, JG; Herzog, Johann G .; Herzog, Joh. Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist, composer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Hummendorf in the Obermainkreis
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1909
Place of death Munich