Karl Wüstefeld

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Karl Wüstefeld (born January 19, 1857 in Obernfeld , † January 24, 1937 in Duderstadt ) was a German rector , composer , organist and local history researcher .

Life

Karl Wüstefeld attended the Progymnasium in Duderstadt and the teachers' seminar in Hildesheim from 1873 to 1876 . From 1876 to 1879 he was a teacher in Bolzum in the Hildesheim district and from 1879 to 1922 teacher and rector of the elementary school in Duderstadt. He also taught from 1899 to 1930 at the commercial vocational school in Duderstadt, which he was appointed to head in 1910. He played a key role in founding a preparation facility at the Progymnasium in Duderstadt.

From 1884 he was cantor and choirmaster and from 1894 until his death in 1937 organist at the St. Cyriakus Church in Duderstadt, as the direct successor of the then well-known piano and organ virtuoso Joseph Maria Homeyer . He was a student of Engelbert Humperdinck . He was also the composer of numerous sacred and secular works.

Since it was founded in 1906, he was chairman of the Untereichsfeld local history association .

Karl Wüstefeld published 17 books and numerous essays on the legends of Eichsfeld , on the school system, on church history, on pilgrimages, on church singing, on old trades, on geology and landscape studies as well as on local and personal history. He is remembered in Eichsfeld as a promoter of the religious and cultural togetherness of Upper and Lower Field and as a researcher and chronicler of Christian customs.

Works

Fonts

  • The Ursuline convent in Duderstadt . G. Hövener, Duderstadt 1911.
  • Treasure trove of legends . G. Hövener, Duderstadt 1913.
    • 3rd, extended edition in two volumes under the title Sagenschatz des Untereichsfeldes and sagas of the adjacent areas. In addition to an overview of the geographic and historical conditions of the sub-area . G. Hövener, Duderstadt 1924 (vol. 1) and 1926 (vol. 2).
  • Eichsfeld folk life. Folklore pictures from the Eichsfelde . A. Mecke, Duderstadt 1919.
  • Historical, economic and geographic images for school and home. A reading and homeland book . Two volumes. G. Hövener, Duderstadt 1920.
  • Obereichsfeld treasure trove of legends . FW Cordier, Heiligenstadt 1920.
  • History of the Eichsfeld church chant . FW Cordier, Heiligenstadt 1921.
  • The holy blood pilgrimage to Walldürn and the Eichsfelder . FW Cordier, Heiligenstadt 1922.
  • The bell foundry F. Otto, Hemelingen near Bremen . A. Mecke, Duderstadt 1924.
  • From the Eichsfeld homeland. Folklore pictures from the Eichsfelde . A. Mecke, Duderstadt 1925.
  • The Seeburg lake . G. Hövener, Duderstadt 1927.
  • 1000 years of Duderstadt. History of the city of Duderstadt. For the millennium . Magistrate of the City of Duderstadt, Duderstadt 1929.
  • New Years Eve and New Year customs . Eichsfelddruck, Heiligenstadt 1984.

Compositions and arrangements

  • with Fritz Fuldner (text): Snow White. For solos and choir with piano accompaniment and connecting text with living images . FW Cordier, Heiligenstadt around 1890.
  • with Heinrich Scholle: Melody book for the Catholic hymn book for the Lower Field from 1921 . G. Hövener, Duderstadt 1921.
  • Organon. Collection of fughettas and verses in old and new keys . Böhm & Sohn, Augsburg 1934 (new edition 1950).
  • Ave Maria. For two equal voices and organ . Published by Hermann Bode. Exsultate-Verlag, Hildesheim 2002.

literature

  • Peter Anhalt: Eichsfeld graduates of the church music school in Regensburg. Life and work of Karl Wüstefeld, Georg Henkel and Hugo Hartmann . In: Eichsfeld-Jahrbuch , ISSN  1610-6741 , Vol. 25 (2017), pp. 211-240.
  • Herbert Pfeiffer: Karl Wüstefeld. Teacher, publicist, organist . In: Eichsfeld-Jahrbuch , ISSN  1610-6741 , Vol. 20 (2012), pp. 205-210.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Peter Anhalt: Eichsfeld graduates of the church music school in Regensburg. Life and work of Karl Wüstefeld, Georg Henkel and Hugo Hartmann . In: Eichsfeld-Jahrbuch , vol. 25 (2017), pp. 211–240.
  2. ^ Herbert Pfeiffer: Karl Wüstefeld. Teacher, publicist, organist . In: Eichsfeld-Jahrbuch , vol. 20 (2012), pp. 205–210.
personal data
SURNAME Wüstefeld, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rector, organist and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Obernfeld
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1937
Place of death Duderstadt