Paul Kühmstedt

Paul Kühmstedt (born November 29, 1908 in Ulm , † November 25, 1996 in Ulm) was a German composer , conductor and musician .

He got his first contact with music through his father and later in violin lessons with Maier as well as in piano and organ lessons with Bäuerle in Ulm . From 1925 to 1929 he completed his music studies at the State Academy in Munich with Eduard Bach , piano , Hugo Röhr , conducting , and Karl Pottgieser and Fritz Müller-Prem , composition . After completing his studies, he initially worked as a répétiteur and conductor at the Stadttheater Memmingen , Theater Ulm (under Herbert von Karajan ) and in Kaiserslautern . During the summer months he was a conductor with the spa orchestra in Bad Tölz . From 1934 he worked as a freelance composer , music teacher and choir conductor in Heidenheim an der Brenz . Military service from 1939 to 1945 brought him to the Netherlands and France . After the war until 1948 he was arranger and director of the Stuttgart operetta and the chamber orchestra in Heidenheim. Kühmstedt returned to Ulm via Biberach an der Riss , where he was music director from 1952 to 1968. From 1954 to 1975 he was the conductor of the Stadtkapelle Ulm- Söflingen . From 1968 to 1974 he was also the conductor of the Knabenmusik Ulm , today's Junge Bläserphilharmonie Ulm . From 1975 to 1977 he conducted the Laupheim town band .

Works

Works for wind orchestra

• 1953/1962 Comedietta
  1. Happy start
  2. Lyric interlude
  3. burlesque
  4. Capriccio
• 1956/1968 music about an old soldier's song
• 1956 symphony for wind orchestra
• 1957 reflections
• 1963 Symphonic music
• 1967/1973 ballad for piano and wind orchestra
• 1970 Doric chime - Invention
• 1973 Prelude and Fugue
• 1973 Diary sheet suite
  1. Encouragement
  2. elegy
  3. Lander
  4. final
• 1975 Overture Capricieuse
• 1976 Brass study No. 1
• 1977 Brass study No. 2
• 1978 Variations on "Goodbye Winter"
• 1978 Tanzvisionen Burlesque Suite
  1. The dandy
  2. The cocky one
  3. Pierrot and Pierrette
  4. Springinsfeld
• 1979 Prelude pastoral
• 1981 Come on G'spiele - Capriccio for wind instruments and percussion, choir ad lib
• 1984 German Wind Mass for mixed choir and wind orchestra
• 1985 Humoresque for tuba and wind orchestra
• 1987 Duranand Scherzo over 3 Schwobaliadla
• 1990 Still a little funny
• Ascending Day Lyric Sketch
• Dusk for trombone solo and wind orchestra
• Buffalo Bill Dixieland concert march
• Thanks to the music
• Prelude to "Der Rosengarten"
• prayer
• Global variations
• Gloriola
• Cheerful wind music
  1. march
  2. melody
  3. minuet
  4. Final gallop
• Intermezzo amoroso for saxophone solo and wind orchestra
• Small suite
  1. Intrade (fanfare)
  2. minuet
  3. gavotte
  4. Polacca
• Landsknechtslied
• Overture to the fairy tale game "Der Binsenmichel"
• Trumpet Rock for solo trumpet and wind orchestra
• Ulm Youth - Intermezzo
• Prelude to the fairy tale game "Princess Amaranth" from Frau Holle
• Weekend serenade

Works for accordion orchestra

• 1955 Music for two-choir accordion orchestra and percussion
  1. Moderately fast
  2. Quietly flowing quarters, expressive
  3. Very lively
• 1972 Habanera & Malagueña - Spanish ballet scene
• 1980 Aphorisms and March
• 1980 Three impressions
  1. march
  2. Vieille Chanson
  3. burlesque
• Triptych for accordion orchestra, electronium and percussion
  1. Prelude and Fugue
  2. Episodes
  3. final
• Music No. 2 for two-choir accordion orchestra and percussion
  1. Molto a tempo
  2. Moderato assai
  3. Allegro vivace

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.stadtkapelle-laupheim.de/kuehmstedt.html Paul Kühmstedt - The most competent emergency helper (obituary)