Men's choir Radebeul Liederkranz 1844
The Radebeul men's choir "Liederkranz 1844" eV is the oldest choir in the Saxon city of Radebeul and one of the oldest Saxon amateur choirs. It was founded on May 19, 1844 by 21 singers under the direction of the cantor of the church in Kötzschenbroda , Traugott Friedrich Keller, as a men's choral society Liederkranz Kötzschenbroda in Kötzschenbroda .
The choral society , which at the beginning mainly consisted of local craftsmen and winegrowers , set itself the task of loyalty and maintenance of German songs, the musical accompaniment of events and the maintenance of sociability and community spirit. Today the choir dedicates itself artistically in particular to the "classical choral pieces of secular and sacred music, the German folk songs, songs from the living space and currently the songs that tell of the cultivation and enjoyment of wine."
The singers became members of the German Singers Association in 1869 through the Elbgau Singers Association . On November 16, 1873, the association inaugurated the flag donated by the wives and made by hand. It only had to be repaired in 2010 due to wear on the back.
The choir experienced a high point in its association's history with the 14th Elbgau Singers' Festival, which was celebrated in Kötzschenbroda in 1908.
The Liederkranz reached its greatest club strength around 1930, when 70 active singers and 95 sustaining members belonged to the club. Most of the time it was still managed by the local cantor or one of the music teachers from the surrounding schools. In addition to the founder Keller, this included church music director Johannes Lindner, cantor Karl Frotscher , Wolfgang Wehmann, church music director Hans-Bernhard Hoch (awarded the art prize of the great district town of Radebeul in 2004) and since 2005 it has been Hans-Jürgen Wächtler.
At the end of the Second World War, ten male choirs were active in Radebeul, which, like all associations, were forcibly dissolved by the Soviet occupying forces. However, as early as 1946, the Radebeul administration, on the initiative of active singers, allowed the establishment of two choral societies in the city, one in Radebeul-East and one in Radebeul-West , which corresponded to the former town of Kötzschenbroda and continued the tradition of the song wreath. With the dissolution of the choir in Radebeul-Ost in 1982, 9 singers moved from there to Radebeul-West. After the political change, the traditional choir was able to register as the Radebeul men's choir "Liederkranz 1844" eV . The sponsor is the Saxon Choir Association .
In 1997, Federal President Roman Herzog awarded the association the Zelter plaque for many years of “service to the care of choral music and German folk song” .
The annual public appearances take place as autumn concerts with sociable get-togethers or as a framework for local or district festivals , for example at the autumn and wine festival , where the choir performs together with the wine god Bacchus alias actor Herbert Graedtke , the respective Saxon wine queen and the Lord Mayor Bert Wendsche . The regular events also include joint performances with other choirs, e.g. B. when singing in the forest park at Schwarzes Teich or at Christmas concerts in the Radebeul Church of Peace . Rehearsals take place regularly in the premises of the former Kötzschenbroda district court .
For the 170th anniversary of the choir on May 19, 2014, Matthias Rößler, then President of the State Parliament of Saxony, took over the patronage.
Awards
- 1997: Zelter badge of the German Federal President by Roman Herzog
Web links
- Men's Choir Radebeul eV "Liederkranz 1844".
- Logo of the association with the Radebeul coat of arms.
- 170th anniversary of the Radebeul men's choir "Liederkranz 1844".
literature
- Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 .