Julius Gessinger

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Julius Gessinger (born June 11, 1899 in Kupferzell , † December 15, 1986 in Schwäbisch Hall ) was a German composer.

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Julius Gessinger was the son of a master painter. After completing his training at the teachers' seminar in Heilbronn, he studied at the music academies in Stuttgart and Leipzig with Max von Pauer (piano), Max Hochkofler (conducting), Sigfrid Karg-Elert and Hermann Grabner (composition). From 1925 to 1930 he worked as an academic music director and choir master in Elbing (East Prussia). He then worked in Stuttgart as a music teacher and conductor, and since 1938 in Hohenlohe at various types of schools, where he also made an outstanding contribution to the Hohenlohe-Franconian songs.

His compositional work includes a Latin mass, chamber music, piano, choir and orchestral music; His compositions in the fields of art song and folk song are of great importance. As in the numerous songs, his other works, which are kept in the small form, show his inventiveness, his preference for the use of contrapuntal and imitative means, but above all for the vocal. “Polyphony, but sung with the heart” was one of his slogans.

literature

  • Elbinger Lehrergesangverein: Nachrichtenblatt 4 (3), p. 8: "Franz Schubert" , 1928.
  • Frank-Altmann: Tonkünstler-Lexikon , Heinrichshofen Verlag, Wilhelmshaven, 1936 and 1974.
  • Kürschner's German Musicians Calendar , Walter de Gruyter Verlag, Berlin, 1954.
  • Julius Gessinger: Hohenlohisch-Fränkisches Sing- und Spielbuch , JGMusikverlag, Schwäbisch Hall, 1960 and 1984.
  • Joachim Moser: Musik-Lexikon , Sikorski-Verlag, Hamburg, 1963.
  • Index to Biographies of Contemporary Composers , Storm Bull, New York & London, 1964.
  • Swabian home calendar , 1985.
  • Bavarian Music Council (editor): South German composers in the 20th century , 1992.
  • Helmut KH Lange: This is how I play and teach Chopin , p. 58 ff., Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 1994.

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personal data
SURNAME Gessinger, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Copper cell
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1986
Place of death Schwäbisch Hall

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Julius Gessinger. Municipality of Kupferzell, accessed on July 13, 2019 .
  2. ^ Elbinger Lehrergesangverein: Nachrichtenblatt 4 (3), p. 8: "Franz Schubert" , 1928.
  3. ^ Julius Gessinger: Hohenlohisch-Fränkisches Sing- und Spielbuch . JG Musikverlag, Schwäbisch Hall 1960.
  4. ↑ Helmut KH Lange: This is how I play and teach Chopin . Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, p. 58 ff .