Kurt Brüggemann (musician)

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Kurt Brüggemann (born March 30, 1908 in Berlin ; † January 13, 2002 ) was a German composer , conductor and music teacher .

Life

Kurt Brüggemann was the son of the church and theater painter Hermann Brüggemann. His ancestors were mostly artisans. Among them, Hans Brüggemann (around 1480 - around 1540) stands out, the creator of the Bordesholmer Altarpiece in Schleswig Cathedral . Kurt Brüggemann was destined to be a painter according to talent and family tradition. But he started composing at the age of 11. He was 16 years old when his first stage work, a fairy tale singspiel based on Hans Christian Andersen , was performed in public. Thanks to a scholarship, he was able to complete a wide range of studies at the Berlin University and Music Academy, as well as at the Prussian Academy of the Arts .

After the world premiere of his song circle Die ferne Flöte (verses by Li Tai Pe in the translation by Klabund ) in 1932, he was appointed composer and conductor at the Berliner Rundfunk ( Deutschlandsender ). His harvest cantata Der goldene Grund was awarded the First State Prize for Composition. World premieres of school operas such as De Fischer and syne Fru and Das kalte Herz after Wilhelm Hauff followed . In addition, after his scientific and art-oriented state examination, Brüggemann received a lectureship at the State University for Music Education and Church Music in Berlin.

In 1957 the composer married the painter and graphic artist Waltraute Macke-Brüggemann . After the second. World War I taught Brüggemann temporarily at the Liceo De Santis Gaetano in Rome, and later at Wilson University (USA). At the same time he worked as a composer and conductor for national and international radio stations.

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The majority of his works were commissioned for stages, symphony orchestras , chamber music associations and well-known soloists. Comparable to composers of his era such as Zoltán Kodály , Béla Bartók , Claude Debussy , Maurice Ravel and Benjamin Britten , Kurt Brüggemann also dedicated a significant part of his work to the musical youth. In 1953 he founded the children's choir of the Bavarian Radio in Munich . He wrote numerous Singspiels for this and his young soloists. On extensive trips abroad, he put on the exemplary collection “Folk and children's songs from Europe” (34 booklets, published by Fidula-Musikverlag). In recognition of his work and creativity, which brought people together, Kurt Brüggemann was accepted into the Order of St. George by the Roman Gran Maestro Vicario in 1976. The American President Gerald Ford invited him to Washington for the 200th anniversary of the declaration of human rights in the United States . In 1998 the Munich music label "K-Classic" released important historical chamber music recordings by soloists of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra .

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SURNAME Brüggemann, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, conductor and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 2002