Josef Kurth

Josef Kurth (born July 14, 1894 in Düren ; † October 24, 1968 there ) was a composer , songwriter and singer .

Kurth was born the second son of a family of confectioners. He began studying music, which he had to break off because his brother died in World War I and he had to get into his parents' business. He learned the trade of confectioner . In 1922 he made the master's examination. However, he continued to devote himself to music and took lessons from the then municipal conductor Heinz Bongartz , who later became chief conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic .

Josef Kurth, called Jupp Kurth, played the piano , cello and organ . After the Second World War he lived on the market in the house where his pastry shop was. He sold them to master confectioner Heiner Düren in 1958.

Kurth was also the music editor of the Aachener Volkszeitung . After getting a piano from a friend in 1950, he began to write new songs. Do not hate the rubble (haven't you got your rubble away yet) was the first of around 70 homeland-related songs, mostly in Dürener Platt . He also performed his songs in the Düren fools guild, of which he was a member.

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• Traces No. 6 April 2008, magazine of the Dürener Geschichtswerkstatt e. V.