Ludwig Roselius (composer)

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Ludwig Wilhelm Roselius (born August 2, 1902 in Kassel , † February 6, 1977 in Bremen ) was a German composer , music critic and conductor .

Life

Roselius was the son of the merchant Georg Roselius. He was a relative of the coffee merchant Ludwig Roselius (1874–1943).

He graduated from the Realgymnasium in Berlin and was a répétiteur at the German Opera House in Berlin in 1921/22. From 1921 to 1923 he was a master student of the Prussian Academy of Arts in the composition class with Georg Schumann. At the same time studied musicology, philosophy and German at the Berlin University with Clemens Schmalstich , Otto Taubmann and H. Abert and J. Petersen. He received his doctorate in 1924 at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin through his ancestor Andreas Raselius (1563–1602) as a motet composer in philosophy. As a freelance composer and pianist, he worked first in Berlin and then in Bremen. From 1946 to 1949 he was the musical director of the Bremen Art Theater . From 1946 he also worked as a music critic for the newspaper Weser-Kurier . He had a significant influence on the musical life of Bremen. He received the Bremen Music Prize in 1964 , and in 1967 he was a guest of honor at the Deutsche Akademie Rome Villa Massimo. He was a full member of GEMA for the composer profession.

As a composer he has been creating successful operas , composed symphonies , chamber music , piano pieces , radio play stages and film music as well as songs since 1928 .

Honors

  • A bust of him was placed in the foyer of the bell in 1999 .

Works (selection)

  • Opera Doge and Dogaressa , Dortmund 1928
  • Opera Godiva , Nuremberg 1933
  • Opera Gudrun Graz 1938
  • Godiva symphonic dance for large orchestra
  • Gudrun , a "German Ballad", Berlin 1938
  • To the sailors, the anchor hoisted
  • Rain fell over Bremen
  • Lullaby on the coast
  • On the Weser (Weserlied)
  • 2 sacred chants op. 11 for low voice, viola and piano
  • Piano sonata op.12
  • Songs in the folk tone
  • Three Songs op. 13 for soprano and orchestra
  • Lilofee Suite op. 16 for large orchestra
  • Lilofee-Suite op.16a for chamber orchestra or small orchestra
  • Three Songs from 'Lilofee op. 17 for solo (unspecified) and orchestra
  • Symphonic Prelude op. 18 for large orchestra
  • Between Sea and Moor op. 27 for large orchestra
  • Frisian Music op. 30 for chamber orchestra or small orchestra
  • The dark dance

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annelene Raasch: Glockenspiele made of Meissen porcelain . Hauschild HM GmbH, Bremen 2002

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Roselius, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roselius, Ludwig Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, music critic and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd August 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1977
Place of death Bremen