Max Damberger
Max Damberger (born August 6, 1877 in Sankt Gallen (Styria) , † April 15, 1943 in Linz ) was an Austrian military bandmaster, conductor and composer .
Life
Max Damberger grew up in Ried im Innkreis , where he received his first music lessons from Kapellmeister Bernhard Redl . In 1892 he came to the 84th Infantry Regiment under Karl Komzák , where he first acted as a conductor and in 1906 became regiment drum. He also studied at the Krakow Conservatory . From 1908 to 1918 he was Kapellmeister of Infantry Regiment No. 56 in Cracow and from 1918 to 1934 Kapellmeister of the Upper Austrian Alpine Hunter Regiment No. 7 in Linz , with whom he performed on the radio in addition to concerts. In 1919 Damberger founded his own band with former military musicians in Linz and from 1922 to 1939 he was also chief conductor of the Linz Concert Society , which he successfully expanded into a symphony orchestra. In 1923 he passed the Kapellmeister examination at the Vienna Music Academy. After his retirement as a military bandmaster in 1934, he devoted himself mainly to brass music. He was the Kurkapellmeister in Bad Hall and Kapellmeister of the Linz Magistrate Music .
Max Damberger composed numerous marches, dances, string quartets and concert pieces, including the marches In loyal comradeship and the Reichsverband march, popular in the corporate state .
literature
- Monika Kornberger: Damberger, Max. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
- Peter Kraft: The Linz Town Musicians. , Linz 1996.
- Wolfgang Suppan , Armin Suppan : The brass music lexicon . 5th edition. HeBu-Musikverlag, Kraichtal 2010, ISBN 978-3-9806925-9-5 , p. 185 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Kraft: The Linz Town Musicians. , Linz 1996.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Damberger, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian military bandmaster, conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sankt Gallen , Styria |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1943 |
| Place of death | Linz |