Karl Kämpf (composer)
Karl Kämpf (born August 31, 1874 in Berlin , † November 4, 1950 in Mönchengladbach ) was a German composer .
Life
He was born into a wealthy merchant family. First he did an apprenticeship as a fur trader and composed on the side. He was trained on the piano under Alfred Sormann, Sally Liebling and Friedrich E. Koch and gave several piano concerts. In 1895 he had a hemorrhage and then went to Italy to recover. In 1907 he became a member of the Berlin Masonic Lodge Zum Widder .
On March 11, 1916, he gave a melodramatic lecture evening (spoken songs) on the harmonium together with Ferdinand Hummel on the piano and the singer Alice Fliegel "To the best of the mother and children's home - the Federation for Mothers' Protection ". He composed for the harmonium and also worked as a song composer.
Works
harmonium
- 4 pictures of Rügen opus 4 (1899)
- Strange Caravan opus 5 (P. Koeppen 118, 1898 1899?)
- Character Pieces opus 7 (1900 and 1902)
- In the courtyard of the Alhambra opus 7.1 (Carl Simon 4125 (1900))
- Gnomenspuk opus 8, 3
- "Spring Greetings" (1901) with piano
- "Romantic Tonbilder" (1901) with piano
- "Lullaby" and "March Kitten" from opus 9 with singing (Paul Koeppen, Berlin)
- 2 songs: "Since the mother went home" and "Lustlust" opus 10 with singing (Paul Koeppen, Berlin)
- "Heidenacht" opus 11 with singing (Paul Koeppen, Berlin)
- Ballade op.12 (1900). (With string orchestra!)
- "Elegy" (1901) opus 15
- Lyric Pieces opus 18 (1902)
- Mondnacht am Gardasee opus 19 with piano
- Modern Normal Harmonium Album (Carl Simon 1911)
- Wagner / Choir of Norwegian Sailors (Paul Koeppen 606 (1915))
- From the Baltic countries, Suite opus 24 (Carl Simon, Berlin) Harmonium excerpt
- Melodramas "Einsamer Weiher", "Ein Bild vom Festungswalle" and "Die Gefilde der Blessed" with spoken text
Choral works
- youth
- Vespers song (Russia)
- Der Zinkenist, opus 69.1 for TTBB
- From three songs (op. 25, Paul Koeppen) for male choir
- “Hochzeit” from op. 30 (Jonasson-Eckermann) for male choir
- “Schwatz, Schwatz” for male choir
Piano solo and chamber music
- Lyric Pieces opus 1 (Ries & Erler, Berlin)
- Lyric Pieces opus 2 (Jonasson - Eckermann)
- Atmospheric pictures opus 3 (Eisoldt & Rohkrämer)
- Sonata in E minor for piano and violin op.23 (CF Kahnt Nachf., Leipzig)
- Sonata on a grand scale (F sharp major) unpublished
- Humoresques (1906) (Rieh. Kaun in Berlin.)
- two night pieces
- Idylls
- Two concert pieces (Waltz - Caprice and Elfe and Gnomen)
orchestra
- Hiawatha Suite (1894) (Berlin, Jonasson Eckermann 1905)
- Symphonic poem "Deutsche Waldromantik" (1896-1897)
- From the Baltic countries opus 24 (1896)
- Fafnermarsch
- Two melodies for string orchestra opus 26 (1898, Jonasson Eckermann, Berlin)
- symphonic ballad for a voice with the accompaniment of the same "Lost Love", based on words by Georg Scongack.
- “Prisoners of Chillon”, the “Walk to Chätelard” and “Sunday morning on Glion” from: At Lake Geneva by Bendel
Solo instrument
- Legend opus. 31 (1906) Verlag von Rieh. (Kaun, Berlin for cello)
Solo songs
- "Lunchtime", "Love Spring" and "Carnations". opus 16 (Jonasson-Eckermann)
- three songs for high voice (op.17, Berlin, Paul Koeppen)
- "Renunciation" opus. 20 (Paul Koeppen, Berlin)
- "Disappeared", "Winter Song", "The Rose in the Valley" and "Waldgesang" opus 21 (Paul Koeppen, Berlin)
Documents
Karl Kämpf's autographs are in the Saxon State Archives in Leipzig .
Honors
In Mönchengladbach there is Karl-Kämpf-Allee.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Kämpf in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fight, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4th 1950 |
| Place of death | Mönchengladbach |