Ludwig Egler (composer)

Ludwig Egler (born June 19, 1894 in Rappenau , † August 8, 1965 in Karlsruhe ) was a German composer and writer.

Life

Egler was born in Rappenau and came to Karlsruhe at the age of 7 with his mother and his brothers Carl and Willi , who later also became known as artists . There he was a clarinetist in the school band for twelve years, and the boy's musical talent was already evident. He then studied clarinet, musicology and singing with Jan van Gorkom and Max Büttner . During his studies, he turned his attention to playing the lute and lute music. While he was still studying in the singing class of the Karlsruhe Conservatory, he taught medieval lute music as a specialist teacher. With his wife Lydia, who also works as a lute singer, and their daughter Elfi, a soprano, Egler undertook successful concert tours in southern Germany and Switzerland for many years. In 1936 he and members of the Badische Staatskapelle founded the Karlsruher Volksmusik , which became particularly popular on the radio. Lyrically gifted from his youth, Egler also wrote the texts for his compositions, in High German or in the South Franconian dialect. In his later years he was involved in the Karlsruhe Workers' Education Association.

The three Egler brothers were always closely associated with the Karlsruhe Artists' Union and were of great importance in the city's social life. They are buried in a shared grave complex in the Karlsruhe main cemetery.

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Egler's musical work comprises several hundred songs, some of which are summarized in song cycles. His extensive works include the Badische Liederbuch and the Oberrheinische Liederbuch with 50 songs each, as well as the folk operas The Cold Heart and The Silver Cage . He has also written numerous other song cycles, set around 70 poems by Brentano, Eichendorff, Lenau and Storm to music, and composed almost 90 guitar solos and studies. His Karlsruhe lullaby was the first radio recording by the soprano Erika Köth .

For his literary work of his hometown Karlsruhe devoted to poetry book protrudes The fan-shaped out to be the most famous poem of several consequences.

literature

• Ludwig Vögely: Kraichgauer Gestalten , Ubstadt-Weiher 1994, pp. 91-93.