Martin Plüddemann
Martin Plüddemann (born September 29, 1854 in Kolberg , † October 8, 1897 in Berlin ) was a German ballad and song composer and music teacher .
life and work
Martin Plüddemann, son of the Kolberg consul and ship owner Friedrich Ludwig Plüddemann († April 4, 1874) and nephew of the painter Hermann Plüddemann , left the Kolberg grammar school prematurely in order to be trained as a musician at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1871–1876 . In 1875 he met Richard Wagner there.
From 1878 he worked briefly as Kapellmeister in St. Gallen . In 1880 he went to Munich as a singing teacher and music critic , where he emerged as a writer. In Munich he took singing lessons from Julius Hey . From 1885 he was a singing teacher in Landsberg an der Warthe . In 1887 he became head of the Singing Academy in Ratibor . From 1890 he worked as a conductor and singing teacher at the Styrian Choral Society in Graz .
In 1894 he returned to Berlin and worked for the Deutsche Zeitung . His artistic work was influenced by the works of Carl Loewes . Plüddemann created 49 ballads and chants, which were published from 1890 by Wilhelm Schmid, Nuremberg. He campaigned for the revival of the ballad and for the music of Richard Wagner.
Martin Plüddemann died in Berlin in 1897 at the age of 43 and was buried in the Old St. Matthew Cemetery in Schöneberg . The grave has not been preserved.
Honors
The Plüddemanngasse in Graz was named after him.
Fonts
- The stage festival in Bayreuth, their opponents and their future. Kolberg 1877.
- Young Dietrich. 1879.
- The first exercises in the human voice. 1886.
- Ballads and chants for baritone or bass with pianoforte . Nuremberg 1893.
- From time - for time. Aphorisms on the characteristics of modern art. 1896.
literature
- R. Sternfeld: Plüddemann, Martin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, pp. 81-85.
- German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd edition. Htsg. Rudolf Vierhaus . Volume 7. Saur, Munich 2007, p. 880.
- Hans Engel : Martin Plüddemann (1854-1897) . In: Adolf Hofmeister , Erich Randt, Martin Wehrmann (eds.): Pommersche Lebensbilder . 1st volume: Pomerania of the 19th and 20th centuries. Stettin 1934, pp. 395-403.
- Michael Wilfert: Martin Plüddemann: Life and work of a Pomeranian composer. 2006.
Web links
- Martin Plüddemann. Kulturportal West-Ost, accessed on February 11, 2014 .
- Martin Plüddemann's estate of letters in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 307.
- ↑ How the Graz streets got their names . Austria-lexikon.at, accessed on June 23, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plüddemann, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kolberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1897 |
| Place of death | Berlin |