Ludger Stühlmeyer

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Ludger Stühlmeyer (2005)

Ludger Stühlmeyer (born October 3, 1961 in Melle ) is a German cantor , musicologist , lecturer and composer . Since 1994 he has been the city ​​and deanery cantor of the Archdiocese of Bamberg in the city ​​of Hof and the Upper Franconia region .

Life

Stühlmeyer comes from a family of musicians and gained musical experience at an early age in the Catholic town church of St. Matthew in Melle. His first music lessons he received from the pianist and composer music director Karl-Heinz Schäfer and church music director Karl-Heinz Höne the Conservatory in Osnabrück . After graduating from high school in Melle , he studied church music ( Wolfgang Helbich , Winfried Schlepphorst ), early music ( Manfred Cordes ), organ ( Harald Vogel ) and singing (Wolfgang Büssenschütt, Elke Holzmann) at the University of the Arts in Bremen .

He studied composition with Helge Jung , Günther Kretzschmar and Karlheinz Stockhausen . He took Gregorian semiology with Luigi Agustoni , Godehard Joppich and Johannes Berchmans Göschl . Stühlmeyer received a scholarship from the Study Foundation of the Diocese of Osnabrück .

He studied musicology ( Axel Beer , Klaus Hortschansky , Winfried Schlepphorst), philosophy ( Fernando Inciarte , Berthold Wald ) and theology ( Arnold Angenendt , Klemens Richter ) at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . With the dissertation topic Curia sonans Stühlmeyer was in Munster for a doctor of philosophy in 2010 his doctorate . The study was supported by the Friedrich-Baur-Stiftung ( Burgkunstadt ), the Oberfrankenstiftung ( Bayreuth ) and Wolfgang Seal Foundation funded (yard).

From May 1980 to September 1988 he was cantor in the diocese of Osnabrück and from October 1988 to October 1994 pastoral care area cantor in the diocese of Münster . Since November 1994 Stühlmeyer has been city cantor in Hof and deanery church musician for Upper Franconia as well as lecturer and employee of the office for church music in the Archdiocese of Bamberg. He is a member of the Max Baumann Society , the International Dieterich Buxtehude Society and the International Valentin Rathgeber Society .

Ludger Stühlmeyer is married to the musicologist and theologian Barbara Stühlmeyer and has a daughter. His brothers are the pastoral theologian and pastor Thomas Stühlmeyer and the deacon Klaus Stühlmeyer.

Act

His grandfather Henry Stühlmeyer , a "silent hero of the resistance against the Nazis ," the result of his work for the Catholic Church and persecuted by the Third Reich in 1940 in the concentration camp Emslandlager spent was 47 years at the St. Peter's Church in Gesmold was active. Ludger Stühlmeyer succeeded him in office. This went hand in hand with the management of the St. Petrus Kantorei and the concert series with organ concerts , cantatas and chamber music . During this time, the new swallow's nest organ was built (1982), integrated into the dome of the church, based on the model of the Roman pantheon .

In dialogue with Bishop Friedrich Ostermann (Münster 1991)

Ludger Stühlmeyer's work as pastoral care department cantor in eastern Münsterland ( Dean's Office Warendorf ) developed as part of a project to test this new musical professional profile in the diocese of Münster in the early 1990s. This combined a wide range of choir work with a choir consisting of children's choirs , a youth choir , a choir of young adults, a church choir , a vocal ensemble and a choral school . In addition to the music-based parish work integrated into the pastoral concept of the parish association, he initiated a monthly series of concerts and regional church music days for the eastern district of the diocese of Münster.

At the beginning of his activity in Hof he accompanied the restoration of the historic Steinmeyer organ of the St. Marien town church (1994/95) carried out by the Bonn company Orgelbau Klais . He attached particular importance to a stylish restoration of the instrument from the German-Romantic era , which is classified as a monument , of which only a few have remained original and unchanged.

In 1995 Stühlmeyer founded a series of concerts in which works by contemporary composers are regularly premiered. In dialogue with the musicologist Klaus Beckmann , he performed Dietrich Buxtehude's entire organ works in a cycle of nine evening music . The Capella Mariana chamber choir, founded by Stühlmeyer, consists of an international cast of professional musicians and ambitious amateurs. From the development of musical works from the Middle Ages to world premieres of newly composed church music, the ensemble devotes itself to the development of the entire spectrum of choral literature.

In May 2003 he took over from the then Bamberg diocesan music director and cathedral music director Werner Pees the editing of the series of publications on church music in the Archdiocese of Bamberg , which he held until July 2010. On the occasion of the EU enlargement in 2004 , he led together with the one from Cheb coming Czech by a series of concerts as part of the Czech-German cultural exchange musician Martina Kolarova. In radio and television broadcasts and transmissions, he works with broadcasters such as Deutschlandfunk , Radio Horeb , Bayerischer Rundfunk and Second German Television .

The Allgemeine Cäcilien-Verband for Germany appointed him ACV Music Director in 2013 for outstanding artistic and educational achievements . The Board of Trustees of the German Liturgical Institute and the Liturgy Commission of the German Bishops' Conference proposed Stühlmeyer in 2015 to succeed Matthias Kreuels as church music advisor . However, he did not take up the position in favor of his work in the Archdiocese of Bamberg. In May 2018, the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder described Ludger Stühlmeyer as an “outstanding ambassador for our homeland”.

Stühlmeyer composes works for singing (e.g. cantatas , songs , masses , motets , singspiele ) and instruments. His compositional technique is rooted in the endeavor to make the aspect of listening experience tangible as a communicative medium. In doing so, he pursues his goal of focusing on the essentials in the seemingly simple, opening up the expressiveness of the sound that refers to itself, with which philosophical thinking is combined as well as the ability to experience spirituality . His liturgical music is inspired by the forms of worship of the Catholic Church and the word-tone relationship of the Gregorian chant , which defines and implements the composition as the sound body of the word. In his compositional work he realizes the understanding of liturgical music anchored in the Second Vatican Council as the innermost and in the sense of the up orat qui cantat (double prayer who sings) intensified basic execution of faith.

His works are shaped by the musical avant-garde , postmodernism and personality sounds . His scenic works, designed for children, in the tradition of his teacher Günther Kretzschmar, taking up the postulates of holistic pedagogy , promote the children's ability to experience and their joy in singing and creating. In conceptual discussions with the Münster regional bishop Friedrich Ostermann , he created the basis for a renewed reception of the Gospel cantata for children in the Catholic liturgy .

Works

Books and writings (selection)

Ludger Stühlmeyer on the cover of Musica sacra magazine (2011)

Compositions (selection)

  • Open up, be light . 1989. Advent cantata for children's choir, singing solo, speaker and instruments. World premiere: Advent 1989 in the dean's office in Warendorf . Excerpt in: Come we go to Bethlehem . German Liturgical Institute (editor): Trier 1996.
  • The legend of the three wise kings . 1998. Text: Rolf Krenzer . Themed song of the German caroling campaign . World premiere: January 10, 1999, ZDF . In: Heinrichsblatt No. 1, Bamberg January 2011, p. 13 and Das Leben singen . Verlag DeBehr Radeberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-939241-24-9 , p. 33.
  • Whoever believes can resist . 1999. Bernhard Lichtenberg cantata for speaker, solo voice, SATB choir and instruments. World premiere: October 31, 1999, ZDF, Hofer Symphoniker concert choir , conducted by Gottfried Hoffmann.
  • Quatre pièces pour orgue . 2001. Prelude romantique , Caprice expressionique , Hymne impressionique , Fugue baroque for organ solo. World premiere as part of the Days of New Church Music Bavaria in October 2006. Edition Musica Rinata Berlin 2013, ISMN 979-0-50235-058-1.
  • Breathe into me . 2002. Text: Augustine of Hippo . For vocal solo and organ. World premiere: April 27, 2002, St. Gallen Abbey Library , as part of the event: Augustinus, Afrikanitaet Universalitaet . Autograph in the St. Gallen Abbey Library.
  • Veni Creator Spiritus . 2011. Text: Attributed to Rabanus Maurus. Motet for choir SATB. In: Cantica nova. Contemporary choral music for church services . Choir book of the ACV , Regensburg / Passau 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039887-2 , No. 59.
  • Breath of God breathes on me . 2013. Text: Dorothee Sölle . For solo voice and piano / organ. Commissioned by the Friends of the Evangelical Academy Tutzing . World premiere: April 2013 as part of a reading with Ursula Baltz-Otto on the 10th anniversary of Dorothee Sölle's death.
  • To the angel of the last hour . 2013. Text: Jean Paul (from: The life of Quintus Fixlein ). For alto solo, violin and organ. Commissioned by the city ​​of Hof for the 250th birthday of Jean Paul on March 21, 2013. World premiere: September 2013.
  • St. John Passion . 2014. Texts based on: Joh. 18,1–19,42. For vocal solo SATB and choir SATB. Berliner Chormusik-Verlag Berlin 2014, ISMN 979-0-50235-210-3.
  • Sound speech - Canticle of the sun by Francis . 2015. Text: Franz von Assisi , translation by Ludger Stühlmeyer. For SATB choir, violin and organ. World premiere: Capella Mariana 2015 as part of the Days of New Church Music in Bavaria . Appropriated to Pope Francis : "Suae Sanctitati Papae Francisci dedicat".
  • In dulci jubilo. Aus-Flights for flute solo . 2015. Composition commissioned by flautist Anja Weinberger. World premiere: December 9, 2015, Augustinerkirche in Würzburg . Sonat-Verlag Kleinmachnow 2015, ISMN 979-0-50254-034-0.
  • Ave Maria . 2016. Text based on: ( Lk 1.28  EU ). For solo voice and piano / organ. World premiere: May 22, 2016. Dedicated to the soprano Michéle Rödel. Sonat-Verlag Kleinmachnow 2016, ISMN 979-0-50254-085-2.
  • Hymn . 2017. Text based on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe . Motet for choir a cappella SSAATTBB. Dedicated to Matthias Grünert , the cantor of the Frauenkirche Dresden .
  • With hearts reneved . 2017. Text: Jack May. Motet for SATB choir, violins and organ. For Westminster Cathedral in London : "Dedicatet to the Westminster Cathedral Choir of London".
  • Righteous among the peoples . 2017. Vespers in honor of Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg . With a biography and quotes. Preface by Nuncio Eterovic . Verlag Sankt Michaelsbund , Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-943135-90-9 .
  • Super flumina Babylonis [On the waters of Babel] . 2019. Fantasia for organ (Introduzione, Scontro, Andante espressivo, Apassionato) after a watercolor by Paul Klee .
  • You religiniai eilėraščiai , Malda and Dievo meilė . 2020. Text: Maironis . For vocal solo and organ. The Lithuanian contralto Zene Kružikaitė dedicated.
  • Ten chants for the Christmas festival circle . 2020. For vocal solo, violin and organ. Dedicated to the German-speaking church of Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome.

Published musical works

  • Dieterich Buxtehude : "Prelude in G minor for organ", BuxWV 149. Sonat-Verlag Kleinmachnow 2015, ISMN 979-0-50254-032-6.
  • Dieterich Buxtehude: “Now let's say thank God to God”, cantata for choir SATB, two violins and B. c., BuxWV 81. Sonat-Verlag Kleinmachnow 2016, ISMN 979-0-50254-064-7.
  • Heinrich Stühlmeyer : “Christ is erupted”, three-part choral movement SATB with incipits of the Latin sequence Victimae paschali laudes (1938), “The banner is consecrated to the Lord”, choral movement SATB (1938), “Satan extinguishes the lights”, choral movement SATB (1938), "Is that the body, Lord Jesus Christ", choral setting SATB (1938), published 2018.

Sound carrier

  • A royal couple from Hof. The organs in St. Marien and St. Michaelis . Rondeau Production Leipzig 2012.
  • To the angel of the last hour. Jean Paul - Ludger Stühlmeyer . Zenė Kružikaitė (alto), Jens Wilckens (violin), Eva Gräbner (organ). Balderschwang 2013.

Awards and honors

  • April 30, 2005: Certificate of Honor from the Free State of Bavaria by State Minister Christa Stewens .
  • July 12, 2011: Johann Christian Reinhart badge by Lord Mayor Harald Fichtner .
  • March 11, 2013: Appointment as Music Director ACV by the Presidium of the General Cecilia Association for Germany.
  • June 29, 2020: Certificate of Honor from the Free State of Bavaria by State Minister Kerstin Schreyer .

literature

  • Dorothea Weiler: Translating the faith of the community into music (portrait). In: Heinrichsblatt , Catholic weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Bamberg No. 24, Heinrichsverlag, Bamberg June 15, 1997.
  • Gert Böhm: Formative years between opera, ship horns and Benedictines (portrait). In: Frankenpost , Hof May 14, 2005.
  • Lukas Spranger: Music in Hof - a success story. It has never been done before: Cantor Ludger Stühlmeyer tells the full musical history of the city . In: Frankenpost , Hof August 28, 2010.
  • Barbara Stühlmeyer: Hitting the right note - reflection on the song "It sahn three wise kings" by Rolf Krenzer and Ludger Stühlmeyer . In: Heinrichsblatt, Catholic weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Bamberg No. 1, Heinrichsverlag, Bamberg January 2, 2011.
  • Beate Franck: Musician for the melodious praise of God . In: Frankenpost , Hof July 31, 2011.
  • Christoph Plass: Stühlmeyer becomes music director . In: Frankenpost , Hof April 29, 2013.
  • Andreas Kuschbert: Great commitment to new music . In: Heinrichsblatt, Catholic weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Bamberg No. 21, Heinrichsverlag, Bamberg May 26, 2013.
  • Theresa E. Ryen: Praise to God in dark times. A new song by Ludger Stühlmeyer on the 70th anniversary of the death of the blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg . In: Heinrichsblatt, Catholic weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Bamberg No. 43, Heinrichsverlag, Bamberg October 2013.
  • Maria Palmer: Perceiving the signpost. The Epiphany song "See the star that we bring you" by Peter Gerloff and Ludger Stühlmeyer . In: Heinrichsblatt, Catholic weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Bamberg No. 1, Bamberg January 1, 2017, p. 13 .
  • Maria Palmer: Sounds of Hope in the Crisis. Creativity instead of falling silent. In: Die Tagespost , Würzburg May 7, 2020, p. 15 .

Web links

Commons : Ludger Stühlmeyer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A royal couple from Hof . Rondeau production 2012, booklet p. 18.
  2. ↑ A royal couple from Hof . Rondeau production 2012, booklet p. 18.
  3. ↑ Funding foundation for research projects
  4. ↑ A royal couple from Hof . Rondeau production 2012, booklet p. 18.
  5. ^ Ludger Stühlmeyer on the website of the Archdiocese of Bamberg
  6. ^ Ludger Stühlmeyer on the website of the Valentin-Rathgeber-Society
  7. ^ Vita of Ludger Stühlmeyer
  8. ↑ Quoted from: Federal President Johannes Rau , Berlin in April 2001.
  9. ↑ The power of soft tones or: A silent hero from Gesmold . Heimatverein Gesmold (editor), No. 134, March 2010.
  10. ↑ Franz Nieweg, Klaus Rahe, Maria Winkelmann: GESMOLD GESTERN UND HEUTE. In pictures-reports-poems , Gesmold 1986.
  11. ↑ Kirchenmusik aktuell , Dean's Office Warendorf, issue 5 November 1991
  12. ↑ New ways with music . In: Special Issues 7 . Bergmoser + Höller Verlag Aachen 1991, pp. 40-41.
  13. ^ Restored Hofer Steinmeyer organ website of the Klais Orgelbau company.
  14. ↑ Music at the town church St. Marien Hof Report on the concert "Zeitsprge"
  15. ^ Chamber choir Capella Mariana
  16. ^ Church music in the Archdiocese of Bamberg Entry in the DNB.
  17. ↑ Broadcast with Ludger Stühlmeyer about Bernhard Lichtenberg on October 31 and November 3, 2013 on BR.
  18. ↑ Source: Letter of appointment from the German Liturgical Institute of May 18, 2015.
  19. ↑ “You are passionately committed to numerous cultural and social projects and you are an outstanding ambassador for our homeland.” Source: Letter from the Bavarian Prime Minister Dr. Markus Söder on May 5, 2018 from the Bavarian State Chancellery in Munich.
  20. ↑ A royal couple from Hof . Rondeau production 2012, booklet p. 19.
  21. ↑ Augustine: Afrikanitaet Universitaet . St. Gallen Abbey Library , April 20 - May 20. Spolia, Journal of Mediaval Studies.
  22. ↑ Jean Paul Jubilee on the website of Bayerischer Rundfunk .
  23. ↑ Maria Palmer: The sound track of suffering. A stroll through the history of the Passion settings . In: Die Tagespost , Würzburg March 19, 2016, p. 12, culture.
  24. ↑ Creating sound spaces for sacred music of our day . In: Die Tagespost, October 15, 2015, p. 10 Culture.
  25. ↑ Michéle Rödel's website, Repertoire ( Memento from September 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  26. ↑ Bernhard-Lichtenberg-Vesper on the website of the St. Michaelsbund Munich.
  27. ^ Website of the Sonat publishing house
  28. ^ Website of the Sonat publishing house
  29. ^ Review in the Frankenpost Christoph Plass, December 8, 2012.
  30. ↑ Broadcast about a royal couple from Hof on the French radio "Radio Courtoisie" on June 9, 2013, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  31. ↑ Personal details . In: Church Music in the Archdiocese of Bamberg, issue 39. Office for Church Music in the Archdiocese of Bamberg (ed.), Bamberg 2005, pp. 37–38.
  32. ↑ Awarding of the Johann Christian Reinhart plaque In: Frankenpost , Hof July 15, 2011.
  33. ↑ Commitment to new music and multiplier skills . In: Musica sacra , Bärenreiter-Verlag Kassel, Volume 134, No. 3, Kassel June 1, 2013, p. 172.
  34. ↑ Bernhard Kuhn: Music in honor of God for 40 years . In: Frankenpost Hof July 1, 2020.
  35. ↑ Ambassador of our homeland . In: Heinrichsblatt, Catholic weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Bamberg No. 28, Bamberg July 12, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Stühlmeyer, Ludger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cantor, musicologist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd October 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Melle