Johannes Matthias Michel

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Johannes Matthias Michel (born October 1, 1962 in Stuttgart ) is a German composer , church musician and organist .

Life

Johannes Matthias Michel grew up in Gaienhofen on Lake Constance . He gained his first musical experience with his father, the composer and church musician Josef Michel, among others . After graduating from high school, she studied piano in Basel, then studied church music in Heidelberg and Frankfurt with the A-examination in 1988 (with Wolfgang Dallmann , Horst Hempel , Heinz Werner Zimmermann and Violeta Dinescu, among others ). Until 1992 he studied in the organ soloist class at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart with Ludger Lohmann with the completion of a soloist exam. From 1988 to 1998 Michel was district cantor in Eberbach am Neckar, head of the Eberbacher Kantorei and the Singschule Eberbach. Since January 1999 he has been church music director at the Christ Church Mannheim , district cantor for Mannheim and regional cantor for North Baden. Here he directs the Mannheim Bach Choir and the Mannheim Chamber Choir. In 2012, he was appointed honorary professor by the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts .

Michel is the chairman of the Karg Elert Society and editor of its publications (communications, yearbook, bibliography) and the composer of numerous mainly church music works ( Crucifixion , After Us the Flood , Swing and Jazz Organ Books , Swing and Jazz Choir Books , Das Canterville ghost , musical fair, etc.), which are mainly published by Strube-Verlag Munich. From 1989 to 2001 he has taught artistic organ playing at the University of Church Music in Heidelberg and since 2000 at the State University of Music in Mannheim . In addition to extensive concert activities, numerous recordings have been made at radio and television companies. Michel has made over 12 CD recordings on the organ and the Kunstharmonium (Karg-Elert Harmoniumworks Vol. 1–5, duos for piano and harmonium, organ works by Schlick, Bach, Karg-Elert, da Bergamo, Petrali, etc.) different labels have appeared.

He was married to the organ professor Christiane Michel-Ostertun , with whom he has three children. His great-grandfather is the writer Wilhelm Michel .

Publications

Compositions

Choral music

  • Missa pro nobis, solo, congregation, acc. Choir, jazz quartet, organ or wind instruments, Strube-Verlag Munich, Berlin 2012
  • Missa Festiva for choir, wind instruments, organ and timpani, Strube-Verlag Munich, Berlin 2012
  • Small jazz fair for monophonic choir and keyboard instrument, Strube-Verlag Munich, Berlin 2012
  • Jazz fair for solo, acc. Choir and jazz trio, Strube Verlag Munich 2011
  • Crucifixion (2001). Passion scene for baritone, speaker, choir and orchestra. Strube publishing house
  • And Maria sang ... (2003) for solos, choir and orchestra, Strube-Verlag Munich
  • The Swing and Jazz Choir Book 1, Strube Verlag Munich 2000
  • The Swing and Jazz Choir Book 2, Strube Verlag Munich 2000
  • Musical fair for youth choir, band and instruments, Strube-Verlag Munich, 1997
  • The Canterville Ghost , based on the novella by O. Wilde (children's opera) Score and material, Strube-Verlag Munich 1998, CD recording: Karlsruher Kinderchor, Dorothea Lehmann-Horsch, Strube-Verlag
  • After us the deluge, scenic children's musical, Strube-Verlag 1955, CD recording: Karlsruhe Children's Choir, Dorothea Lehmann-Horsch, Strube-Verlag
  • Alice im Glockenland (2003/2004), children's musical for solos, children's choir and small orchestra, Strube-Verlag 2005, CD recording: Karlsruhe Children's Choir, Dorothea Lehmann-Horsch, Strube-Verlag, Fikus Gummibaum and Susi Himmelreich, Singspiel for children and instruments , Strube-Verlag 2000
  • Logic, suite f. according to Choir and piano Strube-Verlag Munich 1989, 4th edition. 1994
  • "Nonsens", cheerful, (nonsensical) verses for mixed choir and piano Strube-Verlag, Munich 1993
  • Eberbacher Christmas songs, choir sets Strube-Verlag Munich 1990, 4th edition. 1995
  • Five folk songs for mixed choir, Edition Mercator Eberbach 1992
  • O, I'am a gwinter sing, Spiritual for gem. Choir, Hochstein, Heidelberg 1992
  • Psalm in Jazz (Halleluja, praise ye the Lord) Strube-Verlag, Munich 1997, Concordia Publishing House 2005
  • Jubilate (jazz motet) for choir and small orchestra, Strube-Verlag Munich 2001, Concordia Publishing House 2005
  • Peace in your walls (Psalm 122) for choir and organ, Strube-Verlag 2004
  • Hallelujah, praise the Lord in heaven (Psalm 148) for choir and organ, Strube-Verlag 2004
  • Sing to the Lord with all voices, church song and choir, Strube 2003
  • Gloria Mass for monophonic choir and keyboard instrument (2004) Strube-Verlag 2004
  • Advent motets (O-antiphons) , 7 motets for gem. Choir, Strube Verlag 2004
  • Kleine Deutsche Messe, Strube-Verlag 2005
  • Jubilate for 3 jazz motets for SAM and keyboard. Strube-Verlag 2005
  • Jubilate / Praise ye the Lord / The Lord bless you, single editions at Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, USA 2005/2006
  • Because he has commanded his angels over you, 18 easy psalm and gospel settings for 3-stg. Choir, Strube-Verlag 2006
  • Alleluia. Motet for female choir (SSAA) or mixed choir (SSAATTBB), Strube 2008
  • Sanctus. Motet for women's choir (SSAA), Strube 2009
  • Missa in blue (composed for the Austrian Pueri-Cantores Congress in Innsbruck)

Organ music

  • A strong castle is our God, Fantasy for Organ, Strube-Verlag Munich 2012
  • Organ school, Strube Verlag Munich 2010
  • The Pedal Solo Book - Choral Preludes, Variations, Dances and Waltzes at 2-4 Feet, Bodensee-Ed: Gaienhofen, 1990, 2/1994, Strube Munich 3/2002
  • Sketches for Matthäus, 7 organ meditations based on drawings by Emil Wachter, Strube 1992
  • Church window, 10 organ pieces, Bodensee Edition 1994, 1997 Strube-Verlag
  • Concert pieces for organ, Bodensee Edition 1993, 1997 Strube-Verlag
  • The Swing and Jazz Organ Book, Strube-Verlag, Munich, 1997
  • Three Jazz Preludes, Concordia Publishing House. St. Louis (USA) 1999
  • Three jazz preludes, Strube-Verlag Munich 2001
  • The Swing and Jazz Orgelbüchlein 2, Strube-Verlag, Munich 2003
  • The Gospel and Soul Organ Book (2003) Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis USA, 2004
  • Four psalm meditations for organ pedal, Strube 2005
  • The Swing and Jazz Organ Book 3, Strube-Verlag, Munich 2009

Music for wind instruments

  • Rhapsody for trumpet and organ, Butz-Verlag, Bonn 2012
  • Five epigrams for trumpet and organ, Strube-Verlag, Munich 2011
  • Two pastels for oboe and organ, Strube-Verlag, Munich 2010
  • "The wind blows where it wants" for brass ensemble and percussion, Strube-Verlag, Munich 2010
  • Choral, Benedictus and Alleluja for brass ensemble, Strube-Verlag, Munich 2010
  • Dialog. Sonata for trombone and organ, Strube-Verlag, Munich 2007
  • “Praise the Lord, oh my soul”, music for music and partita for wind instruments, regional work of the Evangelical Trombone Choirs in Baden 1992
  • Kaleidoscope (1996) for trumpet, trombone and organ, Strube-Verlag Munich 2002
  • “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth” (1994), concert for 10 brass instruments, timpani and organ, Strube-Verlag Munich 2002
  • Toccata 2000 (1999) for brass quintet and organ, Strube-Verlag Munich 2002
  • Romance (2000) for brass sextet, percussion and organ, Strube-Verlag Munich 2002
  • "Give our hope tones, Lord", preludes, songs and sentences, state work of the Evangelical Trumpet Choirs in Baden 1998
  • Festive Overture (1990/2001) for brass octet and percussion, Strube-Verlag Munich 2002
  • "Alleluja, I heard a Voice", compositions for trombone choirs, Strube-Verlag Munich 2001
  • Fanfare (2001) for 8 brass instruments, timpani and organ (ad lib.), Strube-Verlag Munich 2002
  • “Should I not sing to my God?”, Toccata and three accompanying movements, regional work of the Evangelical Trumpet Choirs in Baden 2001
  • “I sing you with heart and mouth”, prelude, interlude and five accompanying movements, state work of the Evangelical Trumpet Choirs in Baden 2006
  • Prelude in F for young wind players and trombone choir, state work of the Evangelical Trombone Choirs in Baden 2006
  • Variations on the Badner Lied , state work of the Evangelical Trombone Choirs in Baden 2006
  • Sonata for trumpet, trombone and organ based on Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, Blechpresse Musikverlag Hamburg 2015
  • Sonata for trumpet, trombone and organ based on Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Blechpresse Musikverlag Hamburg 2015

Editions and adaptations

  • Alla Mozart, organ music between Baroque and Romanticism, Strube-Verlag Munich 2012
  • He is the real joy sun, The great Advent and Christmas choir book, Strube 2006
  • JS Bach, six trios for organ arranged by JM Michel, Strube 1983
  • Choral preludes from Classical and Romantic, (Ed.), Strube 1986, 2/1994
  • F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, "Wake up, call us the voice", chorale fantasy for organ arranged by JM Michel, Strube 1986
  • S. Karg-Elert, motet "We thank you" (Ed.) Strube-Verlag Munich 1988
  • S. Karg-Elert, The First Psalm for Voice and Organ (Eds.) Breitkopf and Härtel 1996
  • S. Karg-Elert, Symphony in f sharp for organ (eds.), Breitkopf and Härtel 2001
  • S. Karg-Elert, Semper Semplice op.142, Breitkopf and Härtel 2004
  • Michels Klassik, arrangements for trombone choirs by Bach, Corelli, Handel, Franck, Karg-Elert and Mendelssohn; Strube-Verlag 2001
  • GF Handel, Concerto in F major for trumpet, trombone and organ, Edition Marc Reift, Montana (CH) 2004
  • Karg-Elert for 4–8 floors Trombone Choir, 20 pieces for wind instruments, Strube 2006

Fonts

  • "Play a new song for the gentleman", Small Improvisation School, Strube-Verlag Munich 1988, 2/1992
  • Communications of the Karg Elert Society, (Ed.) Years 1–8, Heidelberg 1986–1996; Years 10, 11 Munich 2005, 2010
  • Karg Elert Bibliography - Discography - Supplements to the catalog raisonné, Strube Verlag Munich 2001
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert and Max Reger, In: Music and Church 56, 1986
  • Arno Landmann, Mitteilungen der Karg-Elert-Gesellschaft 2, Heidelberg 1987
  • Understanding of modulation around 1910. In: Mitteilungen der Karg-Elert-Gesellschaft 3, Heidelberg 1987
  • Semper Semplice? In: Mitteilungen der Karg-Elert-Gesellschaft 4, Heidelberg 1989
  • Basics of Music Theory Sigfrid Karg-Elerts, In: Mitteilungen der Karg-Elert-Gesellschaft 8, Heidelberg 1995
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert: The first psalm for voice and organ, In: Forum Kirchenmusik 49, Munich, 1998
  • Do we need church music aesthetics today? in: God's praise in the sound of time (Baden / Nüchtern) Strube-Verlag Munich 2001
  • I hum to you - In music, in: God in many voices, praying in Mannheim, Edition Quadrat 2001
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert (Die Orgelwerke), in: Handbuch Orgelmusik, Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel 2002
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elerts Registration and Sound Concepts for the Organ, in: Ars Organi 50th Jhg. Issue 4 2002, pp. 212-216
  • Impressionism in organ music, in: Mitteilungen der Karg-Elert-Gesellschaft 10, Munich 2005

Discography

  • The Mannheim miracle - 100 years of the Steinmeyer organ in the Christ Church. Reger, Karg-Elert, farmer. Johannes Matthias Michel, organ, ambiente Algermissen 2011
  • Symphonic worlds of sound. Music for brass and organ by Mendelssohn, Widor, Strauss, Dupre, Puccini and Michel. Ensemble Mannheimer Blech, conductor: Ehrhard Wetz, organ: Johannes Matthias Michel. Strube-Verlag Munich 2011
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert - Symphonic Choral Arrangements, Choral Improvisations Op. 65; Symphonic chorales Op. 87, Johannes Matthias Michel, organ; Motet CD 12181; 1997
  • UNIVERSUM BACH Influence and Impact. Organ works by Bach (Passacaglia, Toccata in d - forwards and backwards, trio sonata in E-flat) Buxtehude, Clerambault and Krebs. Christopherus CHE 0112-2
  • Organ capers - cheerful organ music for 2-4 hands and feet by da Bergamo, Petrali, Karg-Elert, Berwald, Michel, Strauss jun., Christiane Michel-Ostertun and Joh. Matth. Michel, organ. expressive 18,772; 1995
  • Saint-Saëns, Franck, Widor: Duos for harmonium and piano, Saint-Saëns: Six Duos Op. 8, Franck: Prelude, Fugue, Variation; Widor: Six Duos Ernst Breidenbach, piano; Joh. Matth. Michel, harmonium; signum X87-00; 1997
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert - The Duos for Harmonium and Piano, Ernst Breidenbach, Piano, Joh. Matth. Michel, harmonium; signum X77-00; 1996
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert - Harmonium Works Vol 1, Johannes Matthias Michel, Harmonium, cpo 999 522-2, 1997
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert - Harmonium Works Vol 2, Opera Selections by Wagner in Transcriptions for Harmonium, Johannes Matthias Michel, Harmonium, cpo 999 523-2, 1998
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert - Harmonium Works Vol 3, Sonatinas op.14; Miniatures op. 9; Watercolors op.27, Johannes Matthias Michel, harmonium, cpo 999 611-2
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert - Harmonium Works Vol 4, Portraits Op. 101, pseudonymous and allonymous compositions, Johannes Matthias Michel, Harmonium cpo, Osnabrück cpo 999 631-2 (2 CDs)
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert - Harmonium Works Vol 5, Sonatas Op. 36 and Op. 46, evening feeling, cpo Osnabrück, June 2002
  • Alexandre Guilmant Duos pour Piano and Harmonium. Ernst Breidenbach, piano. Johannes Matthias Michel, Harmonium signum SIG X112-00, Heidelberg 2001
  • JS Bach - 5 versions of the Passacaglia BWV 582. Christian Rieger, Ernst Breidenbach, Oliver Kolb, Johannes Matthias Michel, Staatsorchester Frankfurt / Oder, Signum SIG X93-00, Heidelberg 1998
  • I praise you Heidelberg - Renaissance music at the Kurpfälzischer Hof, I Ciarlatani - organ music by Arnolt Schlick (Johannes Michel) - Christopherus 77184, 1996
  • Fly Cheerful Voices - Die Hochzeit Pfalzgraf Friedrich V - Elisabeth Stuart, I Ciarlatani - Organ music from the Zweibrücker tablature (Johannes Michel) Christopherus CHR 77214, 1998
  • Eberbacher Christmas carols, choir and wind music. Eberbacher Kantorei, Eberbacher Bläserensemble, conducted by Johannes Michel, mediaphon, Stuttgart 1992
  • Christ Church Mannheim bells - choirs - organs, oratorio excerpts from Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Puccini, Verdi, Rossini, Smyth, Michel and others - organ works by Walther, Buxtehude, Karg-Elert, Michel, Mannheim 2004
  • Colors of Organ Jazz, Johannes Matthias Michel plays his own works, swing and jazz organ books, Suite Jazzique, Petit Suite in blue, choral preludes ambiente 2007
  • La Fete de Saint Hubert. German natural horn soloists, Johannes Michel, organ, music production Darbringhaus and Grimm 2009

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.ekma.de , accessed on October 10, 2012.

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personal data
SURNAME Michel, Johannes Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart