Martin Behrmann

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Memorial plaque on the "Janusz-Korczak-Haus", Schönwalder Allee 26, in Berlin-Hakenfelde

Martin Behrmann (born July 16, 1930 in Dessau ; † January 5, 2014 in Löningen in the Oldenburger Münsterland ) was a German choir director and university teacher .

Life

Martin Behrmann was a high school student at the Katharineum in Lübeck and graduated from the Johanneum in Hamburg. He studied church music at the Freiburg University of Music and the organ with Walter Kraft. He passed the A exam at the Lübeck University of Music.

From 1957 to 1966 he was cantor at St. Andreas Church in Hamburg. He founded the Cappella Vocale Hamburg and until 1966 was a choir conducting lecturer at the Hamburg University of Music. In 1966 he accepted the call as a choral conducting lecturer at the Berlin church music school in the Johannesstift (KMS) Spandau, of which he was director from 1976 to 1998. He headed the Spandau Kantorei for 29 years. For his achievements he was appointed church music director.

Behrmann was also committed to foreign church music associations such as the Sambalikhaan Foundation in the Philippines. Here he took part in relevant workshops together with other renowned church music teachers.

Publications

  • Choir direction . Musikverlag Carus, Stuttgart, 1984, ISBN 3-923053-04-5 or from
    SCM Hänssler, ISBN 3-7753-0876-8
  • Festschrift Ernst Pepping: General categories of interpretation .

Audio documents

  • Robert Schumann : German and Latin Masses . Vox
  • Franz Schubert : Masses No. 2, 3, 5, 6 (by Spandauer Kantorei and Bach-Collegium Berlin, Martin Behrmann), Membrane International (SPV), audio CD 2003
  • Passion report of Matthew (by Spandauer Kantorei and Capella Vocale Hamburg, Behrmann, and Ernst Pepping (composer)), Cad (Note 1), audio CD 2003
  • Dramatic gospel motets (by Spandauer Kantorei Berlin, Cap.Vocale Hamburg, Behrmann, Franck (composer)), Hänssler, audio CD 1997
  • 25 Classical Christian Favorites . Cameo.
  • Johann Hermann Schein : Israelsbrünnlein , Vox.

Web links

Commons : Martin Behrmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Lord of the Choirs . In: Berliner Zeitung , January 8, 2014
  2. ^ Homepage of Anja Meyer-Rettberg, accessed on December 8, 2009
  3. ↑ Church musicians have to go. The training center in Johannesstift is to be closed in 1998. Article of April 22, 1995
  4. ↑ zwerenberger-vokalensemble.de about the music ensemble and the trainer of one of its members, accessed on December 2, 2009
  5. ↑ Singing ensemble Sambalikhan ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 8, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sambalikhaan.org
  6. ↑ Info ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Classics online, accessed December 8, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.classicsonline.com
  7. ↑ a b c Amazon , accessed December 8, 2009.
  8. ↑ Info ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. "CD and LP" online, accessed December 8, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cdandlp.com
personal data
SURNAME Behrmann, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German choir director and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Dessau
DATE OF DEATH 5th January 2014
Place of death Löningen , Oldenburger Münsterland