Martin Blumner

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Martin Blumner

Martin Traugott Wilhelm Blumner (born November 21, 1827 in Fürstenberg / Havel , † November 16, 1901 in Berlin ) was a German composer , conductor and music theorist . He was the older brother of the pianist and composer Sigismund Blumner (1835–1907).

Life

Martin Blumner was born as the son of the general practitioner and district physician Julius Rudolph Blumner (1795–1857) from Dresden in Fürstenberg / Havel (then part of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ). He attended the Carolinum grammar school in Neustrelitz and passed his Abitur at Easter 1845. In addition to his school education in Neustrelitz, he received music lessons from concertmaster Johann Conrad Göpfert in his early youth. He later studied theology , philosophy and natural sciences in Berlin .

It was only when he joined the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin that the decisive factor was to embark on a musical career. From 1847 he began to study composition and counterpoint with Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn and Elsler and Gustav Wilhelm Teschner in singing. The first compositions fall during this period. On November 8, 1853 he was appointed vice director of the Singing Academy under the direction of Eduard Grell . In 1876 he succeeded him as director of the Sing Academy.

In addition, he held other offices and functions. From 1875 he was a member of the Berlin Royal Academy of the Arts , took over the chairmanship of the musical section of this academy in 1885, received a professorship and was appointed head of the master class for composition in the early 1890s. As part of this function, he placed great emphasis on maintaining the works of Johann Sebastian Bach . He was also involved in performances of the works of Handel and Haydn . In addition, he advocated that the works of composers such as Friedrich Kiel , Albert Becker and Georg Vierling , who were counted among the “Berlin academics”, were performed.

Blumner's compositional work included cantatas , motets , oratorios , compositions for choirs as well as sacred and secular vocal works.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, he wrote the book History of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin. A ceremony for the secular celebration on May 24, 1891 , published in Berlin, by Horn & Raasch, 1891, 256 pages, in the original a beautiful, gold-embossed canvas volume. With a photogravure by the founder of the Sing-Akademie, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch after an etching by Johann Gottfried Schadow .

With his assistance, the New Bach Society was founded in 1900 . In the same year he resigned from the position of director of the Singakademie due to illness. His successor was the composer and conductor Georg Schumann .

The grave of Martin Blumner in Berlin-Kreuzberg

Martin Blumner died after a long illness on November 16, 1901 in Berlin, just a few days before his 74th birthday. The funeral service took place on November 21st in the Singakademie hall. Ernst Dryander paid tribute to the deceased in a speech. A funeral song composed by Blumner himself was also performed as part of the musical celebration. The coffin was then transferred in a long funeral procession to Trinity Cemetery I in front of Hallesches Tor , where the burial took place. Pastor Otto Blumner from Diesdorf near Magdeburg , a brother of the dead, gave the blessing on the grave . In the preserved lattice grave complex there is a zippus on a base made of black granite as a tombstone. A bronze relief tondo with a portrait of Blumner in profile, a work by Fritz Schaper , is embedded in the front .

Works (selection)

Cantatas

  • Columbus (1852)
  • In Time and Eternity, Op. 38
  • Festive cantata based on the words of the Holy Scriptures for choir, solo voices, orchestra (& organ) op. 40 (1891). To celebrate the centenary of the Singakademie zu Berlin 1791–1891 Verlag Röder, Leipzig

motet

  • That Rise on Earth (1853)

Oratorios

  • Abraham op.8 (1862), Edition Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig
  • The Fall of Jerusalem op. 30, Edition Bote & G. Bock, Berlin & Posen

Further

  • Song of praise to Mary
  • King Psalm op. 35
  • Psalm 96
  • Psalm 90
  • rest gently

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berliner Börsen-Zeitung , November 17, 1901, morning edition, p. 8.
  2. ^ Funeral service for Professor Blumner . In: Berliner Tageblatt , November 21, 1901, evening edition, p. 4.
  3. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 224.
personal data
SURNAME Blumner, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blumner, Martin Traugott Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and music theorist
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Fürstenberg / Havel
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1901
Place of death Berlin