Kurt Striegler

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Kurt Emil Striegler (born January 7, 1886 in Dresden ; † August 4, 1958 Wildthurn / Landau ) was a German musician , conductor and composer .

Live and act

Kurt Striegler's grave in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden

The son of a chamber musician at the Saxon State Theater attended the Royal Saxon Kapellknaben-Institut in Dresden and was appointed Kapellmeister candidate at the Dresden court orchestra in 1905 by Ernst von Schuch . In 1912 he was appointed Kapellmeister . For more than 50 years he was involved in Dresden's musical life as a teacher, conductor, musician and composer, from 1939 to 1945 he headed the Volks-Singakademie , the Dresden men's choir and was a lecturer in composition , conducting training and instrumentation at the orchestral school of the Saxon State Orchestra . Striegler's students include the composer, writer , librettist and director Robert Bosshart , the conductor Rolf Kleinert and the composer and conductor Herbert Trantow . Striegler was a member of the NSDAP and in 1933 succeeded Paul Büttner , director of the Dresden Conservatory , and Fritz Busch , general music director of the Semperoper , both of whom had been ousted from office by the National Socialist rulers.

In 1950 Striegler moved to Munich . In 1953 the painter and graphic artist Otto Dix created the lithograph "Kurt Striegler". Striegler died in Wildthurn / Landau in 1958. He found his final resting place in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden.

Works (selection)

  • 1911: Elfenried (ballad by Max Freygang)
  • 1920: Auf Schwingen des Windes (a song sequence for a voice with piano)
  • 1920: Bard singing
  • 1930: Spring hymn (for male choir and orchestra)
  • 1932: Dagmar ( opera ), libretto: Robert Bosshart
  • 1950: luck
  • 1955: Der Fink (ballad for coloratura soprano and orchestra)
  • 1956: Flower ritornelle (for one voice and chamber orchestra)

estate

Kurt Striegler's estate is kept in the music department (signature: Mus.10749-…) and in the manuscript collection (signature: Mscr.Dresd.App.1951-1952) Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library.

Sound carrier (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ How Dresden lost its innocence, Peter Bäumler, in: Dresdner Philharmonie, August 30, 2011 - accessed on January 12, 2017
  2. ↑ Calliope | Union catalog for archival and archive-like stocks and national documentation instrument for personal papers and autographs. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Striegler, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Striegler, Kurt Emil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1958
Place of death Wildthurn, Landau on the Isar