Karl Pembaur

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karl Pembaur, Dresden
Grave of Karl Maria Pembaur in the Johannisfriedhof in Dresden.

Karl Maria Pembaur (born August 24, 1876 in Innsbruck ; † March 6, 1939 in Dresden ) was a composer , choir director and church musician .

Life

Karl Pembaur studied after first instruction from his father Josef Pembaur the Elder. Ä. (1848–1923) at the Royal Music School in Munich . In 1901 he was engaged by the Dresden court opera as solo repetitor and choir director and the Catholic court church as organist. In 1908 he was given the title of music director. In 1913 he took over the management of the Dresdner Kapellknaben and thus the court church music. He was also the choirmaster of the Dresdner Liedertafel .

His older brother Josef Pembaur (1875–1950) was a pianist and also a composer.

Act

As the choir director of the Dresden court opera, Pembaur was one of Ernst von Schuch's most trusted employees . He raised the church music services of the court orchestra to an important rank. As a song and choir composer, he walked in the paths of his father. The best he had to say in his church music works, which, coming from Anton Bruckner , also incorporated stylistic elements from Max Reger and Impressionism . In numerous essays, Pembaur also dealt theoretically with the problems of modern church music.

Church music works:

  • Missa ( brevis ) in F op.10 (1902)
  • Missa ( solemnis ) in G op.14 (1909)
  • Christmas Mass op.18 (1914)
  • Missa angelica o.35 (1926)
  • Missa Sanctae Familiae op.46 (1930)

Karl Pembaur also wrote numerous songs.

estate

Karl Pembaur's estate is kept partly in the music department (signature: Mus.10000-…) and partly in the manuscript collection (signature: Mscr.Dresd.App.1836) of the Saxon State and University Library in Dresden .

literature

  • Karl Pembaur: Three centuries of church music at the Saxon court. A contribution to the art history of Saxony . Dresden. 1920.
  • Karl von Pembaur: The Fate of Music in the Hofkirche Dresden . In: St. Benno calendar . Volume 73, 1923, pp. 155-160.
  • Obituary for Karl Pembaur . In: St. Benno calendar . Vol. 90, 1940, pp. 88-89.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Calliope | Union catalog for archival and archive-like stocks and national documentation instrument for personal papers and autographs. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Pembaur, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pembaur, Karl Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Composer and church musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1939
Place of death Dresden