Josef Eduard Ploner
Josef Eduard Ploner (born February 4, 1894 in Sterzing , † June 23, 1955 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian teacher, choir director , organist and composer .
Life
Josef Eduard Ploner studied in Innsbruck with Josef Pembaur the Elder. Ä. , in Augsburg and Vienna, where he passed the state examination in 1919. He then worked as a teacher in various schools in Tyrol. In 1928 he moved to Innsbruck, where he founded choirs and founded and directed a chamber orchestra. He was an organist and gave concerts as a harpsichordist.
Ploner was an active National Socialist during the time of National Socialism. Shortly after Austria's "annexation" to the German Reich , Ploner was accepted into the NSDAP on May 1, 1938 . In April 1938 he had already published a strongly anti-Semitic article in the Tyrolean daily press in which he confessed his involvement in National Socialist cultural policy and the blood and soil ideology .
Around 1941/1942 he composed with his fifteen Tyrolean fanfares (op. 111) glorifying dedications to people from Tyrolean history ( Andreas Hofer , Walther von der Vogelweide and others) as well as to " martyrs " of the National Socialist movement in Tyrol, including the SA Standartenführer Vinzenz Waidacher and Friedrich Wurnig . In 1942 he published a song book on behalf of Gauleiter Franz Hofer , which contained propaganda and folk songs. Among the songs included was the anti-Semitic poem Tiroler Volkssturm 1944 by the Imst dialect poet Jakob Kopp , which was set to music by Ploner .
In 1952 Ploner wrote the symphony in E flat major. The first sentence, called Ahnenerbe , refers to the SS Ahnenerbe , which was supposed to scientifically substantiate the theory of the Aryan master race. In addition, the melody from Wach auf du deutsches Land , which was also used in Nazi propaganda, is quoted in two movements of the symphony . The arrangement of the piece was made by the composer Sepp Tanzer , who, alongside Sepp Thaler, is considered to be Ploner's pupil, for the premiere in 1956.
Publications
- (Ed.): Hellau! Songbook for the front and home of the Tyrol-Vorarlberg district . Commissioned by the Gauleiter and Reich Governor Franz Hofer, illustrations by Eberhard Heß, Voggenreiter Verlag, Potsdam 1942.
literature
- Kurt Drexel, Monika Fink (ed.): Music history of Tyrol. Volume 3: 20th century (= Schlern writings. 344). Wagner, Innsbruck 2008, ISBN 978-3-7030-0451-3 .
- Christian Fastl: Ploner, Josef Eduard. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Josef Eduard Ploner in the catalog of the German National Library
- ARGE-NS-Zeit: Page on Josef Eduard Ploner in the Nazi era
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Michael Wedekind: Statement on the publications submitted by the association> Institut für Tiroler Musikforschung <(Rum near Innsbruck) on the musicians of the> Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tirolerverbindungen <(1934–1938) . Vienna 2013, p. 16 ( tirol.gv.at [PDF; accessed on March 19, 2016]).
- ↑ Catalog raisonné. In: Working group of Tyrolean composers: Nazi era. Retrieved March 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Florian Gasser: In a dirndl for the guide. Die Zeit, November 29, 2012, accessed on June 6, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ploner, Josef Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian teacher, choir director, organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sterzing |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1955 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |