Max Dehnert

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Max Dehnert (born February 11, 1893 in Freiberg , † September 22, 1972 in Leipzig ) was a German composer , writer and university professor .

Life

After studying music with Joseph Gustav Mraczek , he worked as a music teacher and teacher in Freiberg, but moved to Leipzig in 1936. After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , he became a member of the NSDAP on May 1, 1933 ( party number 2,415,415).

From 1948 Dehnert taught at the Music Academy in Leipzig , where he was appointed professor for theory and school music in 1953. In 1961 he retired.

His estate, which is kept in the Leipzig City Library , consists of 163 volumes with manuscripts of scientific and fictional works, poems and numerous music autographs.

Works

Compositions

  • Suite for orchestra (1931)
  • Orchestra concert in G (1932)
  • Passacaglia in C for orchestra (1948)
  • Cheerful Prelude for Small Orchestra (1949)
  • 1st piano concerto (1951)
  • Cheerful music in three movements for orchestra (1951)
  • Flute Concerto in A (1952)
  • 2nd piano concerto (1955)
  • Concerto for Strings and Brass (1956)
  • Divertimento in five movements for small orchestra (1957)
  • Violin Concerto in E (1957)
  • 1st Symphony in D major (1959)
  • Festive music for orchestra (1961)
  • Violoncello Concerto in D (1961)
  • 2nd symphony "Konzertante" (1962)
  • Sinfonietta Serena (1963)
  • Suite for orchestra "Opera without words" (1964)
  • 8 string quartets (1945-69)
  • Piano works
  • Opera: Meier Helmbrecht (1932)

Books

  • Anton Möllenthin (Story of a Worker) (1939)
  • Karlmann - A Childhood Novel (1942)
  • The Dominant - and Other Stories (1943)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach's World View (1948)
  • Bach in School Music (1950)
  • Advice to the Music Group Leader (1954)
  • Anton Bruckner - Attempt at an Interpretation (1958)
  • Listening to music (1962)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945 , CD-Rom-Lexikon, Kiel 2004, p. 1.017.
  2. ^ Fred K. Prieberg: Handbook , p. 8.226.
  3. ^ Date according to Ernst Klee : Das Kulturlexikon zum Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 109.