Joseph Neuhäuser (composer)
Joseph Neuhäuser (according to birth certificate; often also Josef Neuhäusser or Josef Neuhäuser ; born March 15, 1890 in Oberbruch , † March 23, 1949 in Limburg an der Lahn ) was a German composer who became known for his brass and marching music .
Life
From 1904 to 1907 he attended the military music school in Gelsenkirchen . He then played in various orchestras and was oboist with the 2nd Lorraine Pioneer Battalion No. 20 in Metz for two years before he began studying at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1911 .
In 1914 he had to join the military , where he was music master on the Russian front from 1916. After the First World War, Neuhäuser made a career as a choir director and composer. Even then, his works could be heard on the radio in many European countries.
During the time of the Nazi regime Neuhäuser was temporarily a lecturer at the State Teacher Training Institute, although he was excluded from the NSDAP due to his negative attitude towards National Socialism and thus "political unreliability" .
He is the father of the architect Walter Neuhäusser .
Works
In 1932, with the march “Pour le Mérite”, he won the British competition “Grand Prix of Music Internacional”, which is dedicated to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .
Neuhauser's most popular and most popular work is the Westerwaldmarsch , which emerged from the Westerwaldlied , a very old Westerwald folk song that is also used in the trio from which he composed the famous march in 1935.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Neuhauser, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neuhäusser, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Break , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1949 |
| Place of death | Limburg on the Lahn |