Jurij Pilk
Jurij Pilk , German Georg Pilk , (* May 22, 1858 in Göda , Sorb. Hodźij ; † April 21, 1926 in Dresden ) was a Sorbian historian , composer , educator , local researcher and musician . The birthday is also January 22, 1858, and April 20, 1926 as the date of death. Pilk also used the pseudonym Pawoł Hodźijski as a stage name after his hometown .
Life
Pilk was born the son of the Göda village gendarme and, after attending school in Bautzen, studied from 1872 to 1876 at the local rural class teachers' college . First he worked as a teacher in Guttau . In 1878/79 he came to Neukirch / Lausitz as an assistant teacher , where he also met his future wife Wilhelmine Berthold. In Neukirch / Lausitz he dealt intensively with local history and later published the two books "Neukirch am Howald in the Wars of Liberation " and "Neukirch in the 18th Century". With the first book mentioned , he received his doctorate as a historian from the University of Rostock in 1890. phil.
It is thanks to the historian Pilk that the legend of the magician Krabat was discovered (1896), as well as the discovery of a Sorbian language monument (the oath of the subjects of the Electoral Saxon Office of Senftenberg ). There are also numerous local historical researches.
As a composer, in addition to a rich song and choral work that absorbs Sorbian folk traditions, he has especially emerged with the singspiel "Smjertnica" (The Goddess of Death). The setting of the libretto , which was written by the Sorbian folk poet Jan Radyserb-Wjela , was completed in 1900, the premiere - in concert form - did not take place until 1912 in Bautzen (Upper Sorbian Budyšin ), and the first scenic performance did not take place until 1926 in Wittichenau ( Sorbian Kulow ) . The overture to Smjertnica is still one of the most frequently performed works in classical Sorbian music . Like numerous overtures in Romantic music, it is kept in the sonata main movement form and thus represents a certain anachronism . Pilk finds a very dance-like and a certain pathos romantic tone that is reminiscent of Smetana , Dvořák , but also Moniuszko .
Pilk was also an organizer of Sorbian musical life and, as such, from 1897 to 1906 chaired the musical branch of the scientific society Maćica Serbska .
After his retirement he returned to Neukirch / Lausitz and rented an apartment there in the Villa Grunewald.
Works
- The history of Neukirch . Oberlausitzer Verlag, Spitzkunnersdorf 2005, ISBN 978-3-933827-55-5 ( table of contents [accessed on January 5, 2012] in three parts: 1st part corresponds to Neukirch am Hohwalde until the War of Liberation , 1889; 2nd part Neukirch in the 18th Century , 1915; 3rd part cultural images and annals of Neukirch am Hohwald , manuscript).
- Ludowe spěwy za serbske chóry . wobdźěłanja a kompozicije Jurja Pilka, Jurja Słodeńka, Gustawa Wowčerja, Michała Nawki a Arnošta Frajšlaga. Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1995, ISBN 3-7420-1639-3 (For various choirs ; edited by Georg Pilk; translation of the title: Folk songs for Sorbian choirs. ).
- Neukirch in the 18th century . Thomas & Hubert, Weida in Thuringia 1915, DNB 36157214X ( table of contents [accessed on January 5, 2012]).
- Neukirch am Hohwalde until the Wars of Liberation . University thesis, Rostock 1889 (dissertation, University of Rostock).
Web links
- Literature by and about Jurij Pilk in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pilk, Jurij |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pilk, Georg; Hodźijski, Pawoł (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sorbian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1858 or May 22, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Göda , Kingdom of Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1926 |
| Place of death | Dresden , Saxony , Weimar Republic |