Oskar Jünger
Oskar Karl Jünger (also Oscar ) (born November 21, 1862 in Hauteroda , † April 28, 1945 in Bayreuth ) was a Bavarian military bandmaster .
Life
Oskar Jünger was born as the second child of the miller Gottlieb Julius Jünger from Bindersleben (today in Erfurt ) and Marie Amalie Grünewald from Hauteroda. In 1875 the family sold their own windmill and moved to Blankenburg near Rudolstadt .
Oskar Jünger attended the orchestra and music school Weimar from 1877 to 1880 and then joined the 4th Royal Bavarian Jäger Battalion . In 1888 he was sent to the Royal Bavarian Music School in Munich . He stayed there until October 1, 1890, when he became chief musician of the Royal Bavarian 7th Infantry Regiment "Prinz-Leopold" in Bayreuth . It was very popular on site. In 1914, however, there was an official investigation. He was accused of "advertising addiction" and excessive alcoholism .
As a composer , he gained fame with his march “The world is so beautiful”.
Works
- Snowdrop , Mazurka Caprice for piano
- Schützen-March for salon orchestra , orchestra , zither , piano or violin solo
- The world is so beautiful , march for piano, violin, mandolin orchestra , zither, accordion , large orchestra or salon orchestra, as well as harmony music, infantry music or brass music
- Zapfenstreich , march by Ludwig van Beethoven 1810 for brass music
- Wittelsbacher March for piano
- Hoch , March for violin or violin and piano and zither
- Gymnastics club march for zither
Awards
The city of Bayreuth honored Oskar Jünger with the silver citizen coin. After the Second World War , a street was named after him.
He was also the holder of the Bavarian Military Service Cross , the Jubilee Medal for the Bavarian Army , the Cross of the General Medal of Honor , the Braunschweiger Merit Cross 2nd Class, the Anhalt Golden Merit Medal, the Lippe Merit Cross 2nd Class.
Web links
- Oskar Jünger in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Oskar Jünger ( Memento from April 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in Who is who in Bayreuth (selection by Oskar Jünger in the left navigation bar)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Friedrich Jansa: German sound artists and musicians in words and pictures. 2nd edition. Leipzig 1911 ( full text )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Younger, Oskar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Younger, Oscar; Jünger, Oskar Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian military bandmaster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Skin soda |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1945 |
| Place of death | Bayreuth |