Paul Umlauft

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Paul Umlauft

Paul Umlauft (born October 27, 1853 in Meißen , † June 7, 1934 in Dresden ) was a German composer , choir conductor and accompanist as well as music critic of the late Romantic period .

Life path

Umlauft comes from a widespread family that has been traceable in Meissen since the beginning of the 18th century. His father was a sculptor and embosser at the State Porcelain Manufactory in Meißen. After childhood in Meissen, he attended the Dresden Kreuzschule and was a member of the Kreuzchor , which he led as prefect.

At the University of Leipzig , he first studied philosophy and philology before moving to the Leipzig Conservatory after the so-called volunteer year , where he was mainly a student of Carl Reinecke . During this time he worked as a conductor for various musical associations and as a music critic for the Leipziger Tageblatt and the Leipziger Tageszeitung.

From 1879 to 1883 Umlauft was a fellow of the Mozart Foundation . In 1893 Umlauft took part in a composition competition held by Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , for which 124 scores were sent in. With his veristic opera in one act, Evanthia , premiered in Gotha on July 30, 1893 , the libretto of which he wrote himself, he achieved second place after Josef Forster , which was still awarded by the jury.

In 1916 he went to Dresden, where he was appointed royal professor in 1918 and where his handwritten legacy is now also located ( Saxon State Library ).

Works (excerpt)

Choral works

  • Agandecca (male choir with orchestra)
  • The Exiles ( oratorio on Psalm 137, which was only performed in 2007 in Meißner Dom ).
  • Landsknechtsongs
  • A Middle High German Liederspiel (op. 30)

Operas

  • Evanthia.Opera in one elevator. (Poetry and music), Verlag Martin Oberdörffer, Leipzig 1893
  • Ulfar
  • Deceived Fraudsters ( Komische Oper , first performance in Kassel in 1899 )

Chamber music, songs

  • It was an old king (op. 5). CFW Siegel's Musikalienhandlung (R. Linnemann), Leipzig undated
  • Stars with golden feet (op. 6). CFW Siegel's Musikalienhandlung (R. Linnemann), Leipzig undated
  • Five songs (Opus 7)
  • Tell me who invented the clocks (op. 26). Rieter-Biedermann publishing house, Leipzig 1886
  • Outside far outside (poem for voice and piano), Kunz Verlag, Berlin around 1900

Work editions

  • Song album for one voice with piano accompaniment . Leipzig / Dresden / Chemnitz, Verlag Klemm 1888.

estate

Paul Umlauft's estate is kept in the music department of the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library. The musical part consists of music autographs and copies of approx. 130 numbers. The written part contains life documents, letters and reviews (size: 6 capsules).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Calliope | Union catalog for archival and archive-like stocks and national documentation instrument for personal papers and autographs. Retrieved May 14, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Umlauft, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Meissen
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1934
Place of death Dresden