Max Hempel (musician)
Max Hempel (born May 31, 1877 in Göttendorf (now part of Langenwetzendorf ), Thuringia, † December 25, 1959 in Augsburg ) was a German military musician and composer .
Life
He studied music in Weimar from 1891 and was then violinist in the Norderney spa orchestra. In 1895 he joined the Bavarian army as a military musician. From 1903 he completed his studies at the Academy of Music in Munich. In 1905 he finished his studies with the exam, in which it was indicated that he would be very suitable as a military bandmaster.
As music master, he took over the regimental band of the 1st Infantry Regiment in Munich on July 1, 1906 , with which he also went into the field on August 1, 1914. His most famous composition, the march “Laridah”, was written in 1918 in France. It goes back to an old English melody of the song "Laridah" and is still a popular march today. After the First World War he became music master in the 2nd Battalion of Infantry Regiment No. 19 in Augsburg. This chapel was considered to be one of the best military bands in Germany and was incorporated into the Augsburg Infantry Regiment 40 when the Wehrmacht was reorganized , to which Max Hempel belonged until the end of the Second World War . After the war, he directed the "Augsburger Blasorchester" composed of his former military musicians. Max Hempel also arranged numerous works from the classical field (e.g. numerous overtures by Franz von Suppè ) for wind orchestra. His estate is with the Allgäu-Swabian Music Association in Günzburg . A street in Augsburg is named after him.
Works
- Laridah-March , Herresmarschsammlung II: number 154 (HM II, 154)
- MAN march [Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich] 4 Mus. pr. 2015 789
- Bavarian blue, march
- General Ritter von Schoberth March
Arrangements for wind orchestra
- Overture to the comic opera Banditenstreich by Franz von Suppè
- Overture to the poet and farmer by Franz von Suppè
- Overture to Wilhelm Tell by Gioachino Rossini
swell
- Wind music at a glance , Georg Ried - Verlag dvo, ISBN 3-927781-17-7 .
- The new lexicon of brass music , ed. by Wolfgang u. Armin Suppan. 4th edition d. Lexicon of brass music. - Freiburg-Tiengen: brass music publ. Schulz, 1994.
Web links
- Works by and about Max Hempel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Commemorative dates of the Fugger city of Augsburg
- Max Hempel in the catalog of the German Music Archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hempel, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German military musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Göttendorf (today OT von Langenwetzendorf ), Thuringia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1959 |
| Place of death | augsburg |