Paul Sixt
Paul Sixt (born February 22, 1908 in Stuttgart ; † January 8, 1964 in Detmold ) was a conductor. He was involved in the conception of the Nazi exhibition “ Degenerate Music ”.
Life
Sixt studied in Stuttgart and then became theater music director in Weimar . He had been a member of the NSDAP since 1930 . From 1935 he was Staatskapellmeister and from 1936 General Music Director in Weimar. From 1938 he was head of the Reich Music Chamber in the " Gau Thuringia ". Together with State Councilor Hans Severus Ziegler , he conceived the exhibition “Degenerate Music”, which opened on May 25, 1938 in Düsseldorf and in which Igor Stravinsky , twelve-tone music and jazz, among others , were denounced as “degenerate”. Later the exhibition was still in Weimar , Munichand Vienna shown. In 1939 Sixt became rector of the Weimar Music Academy .
After the Second World War , Sixt initially led a chamber orchestra in Stuttgart and in 1950 became general music director in Detmold , where he led the music division of the Lippisches Landestheater until his death - regardless of his past .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 572.
- ^ Ernst Klee: The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 573.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sixt, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Kapellmeister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1964 |
| Place of death | Detmold |