Laci Boldemann

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Laci Boldemann (born April 24, 1921 in Helsinki , † August 18, 1969 in Munich ) was a Swedish composer of German / Finnish descent.

Life

Since the parents divorced early, Laci grew up in Berlin and Finland, but was a German citizen through his father. To keep him away from the National Socialist regime, his grandfather Georg Boldemann made it possible for him to study composition, conducting and piano playing at the Royal Academy of Music in London , 1937-1939 with Sir Henry Wood as the main teacher. In 1938 one of his works was premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in London. At the beginning of the Second World War, Boldemann had to leave England as a German citizen. He moved to his grandparents Georg and Lina Boldemann outside Stockholm and took lessons from the Swedish composer Gunnar de Frumerie .

In 1942 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht as a German citizen. He developed jaundice on the Russian Eastern Front, was then trained as an interpreter and transferred to Italy to listen to the British military radio. He deserted on the Gothic Line in a dramatic six-week flight until he reached the Allies and via Africa to a camp for anti-Nazis in Kentucky, USA.

In 1946 he met his German wife Karin Katz in Lübeck. In 1947 he settled in Sweden, where he worked as a composer and later became secretary in the Swedish Composers' Association.

The unusual melodic creativity is a hallmark of his compositions. Although he was not a strict modernist, his works were performed, also in Germany under conductors such as Hans Knappertsbusch , Christoph von Dohnányi , Karl Münchinger and Robert Heger , and after his death also under Kent Nagano and Gennadi Roschdestwenski . Vocal music is at the center of his work - songs, children's songs and cantatas with orchestral accompaniment. His family opera Schwarz ist Weiß was on the program of the Royal Opera in Stockholm for three years, the comedy Hour of Folly was premiered at the City Theater in Malmö and was broadcast on Swedish television. Even today, many Swedish choirs from his song collection Spefågel, Snuggla och Trast (joker, eagle owl and owl) sing based on texts by James Krüss . Laci Boldemann reveled in very different styles in music, from twelve-tone technology to musicals, and once said himself:

“Modern music is music that touches people of our time. What do I care about styles, historical music, contemporary music, future music, serious music, light music, what role does it all play? As long as what I write I like myself and some - preferably several - with me. "

family

Laci Boldemann's parents were Holger Boldemann, a German businessman, and Maija Järnefelt, daughter of the Finnish writer Arvid Järnefelt . His brother Armas Järnefelt was the first conductor at the Royal Stockholm Opera. His sister Aino Sibelius , b. Järnefelt, was married to Jean Sibelius . Laci Boldemann (1946) was married to Karin Katz from Lübeck .

Works

Complete directory.

Orchestral works:

  • La Danza, symphonic overture (1949–50);
  • Sinfonietta for strings (1954);
  • Fantasia concertante for cello and orchestra (1954);
  • Piano concerto (1956);
  • Violin concerto (1959);
  • Symphony No. 1 (1959-62);
  • Trumpet Concerto (1968);
  • Little Overture for Wind Orchestra (1969)

Chamber music:

  • Violin Sonata (1950);
  • Six Little Piano Pieces without Pedal (1950);
  • String quartet (1957);
  • Small suite for piano four hands (1960);
  • Canto elegiaco for cello and piano (1962);
  • Small Spanish Suite for Guitar (currently unknown year);

Operas:

  • Black is white, said the Kaiser, fairytale opera, libretto by L Hellsing. Prologue and 2 acts (1963-64)
  • Hour of Folly, comic opera, 3 acts and epilogue, libretto by K Boldemann based on Anna Bonacci's play (1965-66)
  • And so he dreams of Per-Jonathan A scene for a singer and orchestra. Text by K Boldemann (1969)

Oratorio:

  • John Bauer, a picture oratorio based on pictures by the Mahler John Bauer for soprano, performing artist, choir and orchestra. Text L Hellsing (1967)

Choral music:

  • Nocturnal Madonna, suite for women's choir a cappella, text E Södergran (1964);
  • Six songs for male choir a cappella, text by V Ekelund (1969, last composition)

Orchestra songs:

  • 4 songs of transience for baritone and string orchestra, text by H.Michaud (1951);
  • Four Epitaphs for mezzo-soprano and string orchestra, text by ELMasters (1952);
  • Notturno for high soprano and orchestra, text by H.Michaud, (1958);
  • The Pirate Ballad for baritone and small orchestra, text by L.Hellsing (1965)

Piano songs:

  • Five miniatures, text by V. Ekelund (1940–47);
  • 5 songs summer evenings by the lake, text by H.Michaud (1946);
  • Six little love songs, texts by H.Michaud, H.Hesse, T.Storm (1946–50);
  • Vier Hesselieder (1948);
  • 4 Stormlieder (1948);
  • Three waltzes, text by H. Hesse (1951);
  • Four Morning Star Songs (1948–57);
  • Mice in the moonlight, children's songs to texts by A.Frostenson (1958-66);
  • 5 songs from a song book, texts A.Mörne, J.Hemmer (1961);
  • Pour les Lèvres chantantes, four songs, text by M.Chesneau (1965);
  • Kalle Kulör, children's songs to texts by BGHallquist (1966–67);
  • Bürschchen Bosse - Bosse Bürschchen, text K Boldemann 10 family songs (1967);
  • If you have a garden, 6 times 6 songs to texts by James Krüss (1968)

Web links

literature

  • Carl-Gunnar Åhlén / Tonfallet Nr 1, pages 7-18, Svenska Rikskonserter, February 6, 1985.
  • Hans Åstrand / Sohlmans Musiklexikon 2nd edition, pages 535-536, Sohlmann, Stockholm 1975-1979, ISBN 978-91-71980-20-5
  • Cecilia Boldemann / Tibastens Sång, Ord & Visör Verlag, Stockholm 2011, ISBN 978-91-86621-00-1
  • Laci Boldemann / If you have a garden, Ed. Suecia, Stockholm 1998, ISMN M-706866-04-8
  • Marcus Boldemann / Life story in the booklet accompanying the CD "Svart är vitt - sa Kejsaren", Sterling (Naxos) EAN: 7393332171122
  • Herbert Connor / Svensk musik, Volume 2. Pages 438 to 444, Bonnier, Stockholm 1980, ISBN 9100417785
  • Alfred Mosskin, Ulrika Svensson / Bonniers Musiklexikon Bonnierförlagen, 2003, ISBN 978-91-00575-04-5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Åhlén
  2. ↑ Laci Boldemann Svensk Musik Biographie, accessed on June 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ see C. Boldemann, Tibastens Sång, pp. 77-130
  4. ↑ see C. Boldemann, Tibastens Sång, pp. 149-218
  5. ↑ Laci Boldemann Gehrmans Musik-Verlag, accessed on June 4, 2020.
  6. ↑ See Åhlén
  7. ↑ See Åhlén
  8. ↑ Svart_ar_vitt swedishmusicalheritage boldemann-laci, accessed on June 4, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Boldemann, Laci
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki
DATE OF DEATH 18th August 1969
Place of death Munich