Ludwig Hermann Otto Finzenhagen

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Ludwig Hermann Otto Finzenhagen , also Louis Finzenhagen (* July 23, 1860 in Magdeburg ; † April 11, 1931 ibid) was a German organist, composer and music teacher.

Life

Ludwig Finzenhagen was a son of the Magdeburg organist, choir director and composer Hermann Finzenhagen (1825–1914), from whom he also received his first music lessons. He attended grammar school in the monastery of Our Dear Women . From 1881 to 1885 he studied at the Royal Academic Institute for Church Music in Berlin . He also attended lectures on counterpoint and music history at the university .

After graduating, he briefly worked as a piano teacher in his hometown of Magdeburg. In 1886 he became cantor at Marienwerder Cathedral ( Kwidzyn ).

In 1891 he returned to Magdeburg as organist at the Wallonerkirche of the Walloon Reformed community. He worked here for over 40 years. In 1904 the church received a new organ from the organ building company Wilhelm Sauer .

In addition to his church organist office, he worked as a composer and music teacher as well as a concert organist.

Finzenhagen had a special relationship with France , where he was titular member of the Académie des artistes musiciens de Province in Carcassonne and received several honors.

Since 1919 he was married to the widow Agnes Margarethe Hedwig Schröder.

Gotthold Frotscher cites in his 1935 History of Organ Playing and Organ Composition as an example of how melodies are devalued into decorative means , when Ludwig Finzenhagen , for example, combines the German song with “ Praise the Gentlemen ” . This is typical for the decline of chorale-based organ music.

Works

  • Organ and piano compositions
  • Songs for voice and piano
  • Easter cantata (first performance 1918 in Magdeburg)
  • Reformation cantata (first performance 1925 in Baden-Baden )
  • Passion Cantata
  • Choral movements

literature

  • Johannes Fischer: Finzenhagen, Ludwig Hermann Otto. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 ( article online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description and disposition in: Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau 29 (1908/09), p. 1228 f.
  2. ^ Hans-Joachim Falkenberg: The organ builder Wilhelm Sauer, 1831-1916: Life and work. Rensch 1990 ISBN 9783921848173 , p. 234
  3. ↑ Gotthold Frotscher: History of organ playing and organ composition. Volume 2, 1935, p. 1210
  4. ↑ The chorale prelude to Jesus, my joy, which is often ascribed to him , clearly comes from his father H. Finzenhagen, organist at the St. Jakobikirche , according to the digitization in the Internet archive
personal data
SURNAME Finzenhagen, Ludwig Hermann Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Finzenhagen, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1931
Place of death Magdeburg