Richard Beilharz

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Richard Beilharz (born October 30, 1932 in Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania , † March 25, 1997 in Heidelberg ) was a German Romanist and concert singer as well as a university lecturer. The focus of his academic work was on French literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. As a singer (baritone) he dedicated himself to the art song. Beilharz has also made a name for himself in German-French relations , which is why he was elevated to the rank of knight in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques in 1989 .

biography

Beilharz was the son of the senior engineer Ernst Beilharz from Baiersbronn and his wife Emma, ​​nee. Swiss. He was married to Anna Beilharz (* 1932), b. Force. The marriage resulted in three daughters, including the translator Alexandra Beilharz and the actress Corinna Beilharz . He is the brother of the artistic director and theater director Manfred Beilharz .

After graduating from the Goldberg-Gymnasium in Sindelfingen, he studied Romance studies, English and comparative literature at the University of Tübingen . 1954/55 he was Assistant de Langue allemande at the Ecole Nationale Professionnelle La Martinière in Lyon; 1956/57 Assistant Teacher at the Emanuel School and Westminster City School in London, 1959 scholarship holder at the Center Européen at the University of Nancy . In 1961 the doctorate under Kurt Wais on the aftermath of German irrationalists under Charles Baudelaire through the mediation of Catherine Crowe . 1961–1964 Beilharz was assistant at the chair for Romance studies and comparative literature with Kurt Wais in Tübingen. The state examination took place in 1964, and from 1964–65 he was a student trainee in Stuttgart with an assessor examination. From 1965 to 1966 he was a scientist. Assistant to Erich Weis at the Ludwigsburg University of Education.

From 1966, Beilharz represented the subject of French language and literature and its didactics at the Heidelberg University of Education , initially as a lecturer and since 1970 as a full professor. He was also a lecturer at the Romance Department of the University of Mannheim (1969–1972) and since 1969 at the University of Heidelberg. Since 1970 he has been the elected spokesman for all French teachers in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg at universities of education ("Landesfachschaftsvorsitzender").

In addition to literary research on Honoré de Balzac and other French authors of the 19th and 20th centuries, Beilharz devoted himself to teaching the French language and culture at elementary and secondary schools in Baden-Württemberg. He organized numerous exchanges for the students, in particular at the École Normale in Châlons-sur-Marne and in the Heidelberg twin city of Montpellier . To this end, he worked closely with Kurt Brenner , who was then head of the Heidelberg House in Montpellier, and with the Franco-German Youth Office . In 1989 he received the French award of a Chevalier dans l ' Ordre des Palmes Académiques for his cultural commitment and his services to German-French friendship .

Parallel to his studies, Beilharz was trained as a concert singer (baritone) with Hermann Achenbach (1899–1982) in Tübingen, and later with Edoardo Assali (Heidelberg). He dealt intensively with the art song . He gave recitals at home and abroad, made radio, television and CD and record recordings. He was accompanied on the piano a. a. by Claude-Erik Nandrup and Adelheid Lechler. A close musical friendship connected him with the pianist and composer Hermann Schäfer, in whose setting of Guillaume Apollinaire's bestiary he can be heard as a baritone.

Publications

  • Editor together with Walter Schiementz: Set in the picture. Facets of art education. Max Kläger on his 70th birthday. Deutscher Studien Verlag, Weinheim 1995. (= series of publications by the Heidelberg University of Education. 20.), ISBN 3-89271-558-0
  • therein RB: "Lyrical and musical metamorphoses of Watteau's 'Galanten Festen' in Verlaine and Debussy. A contribution to the problem of the permeability of the arts", pp. 226–255.
  • Editor together with Gerd Frank: Feste. Appearance and forms of expression, backgrounds, reception. Walter Riethmüller on his 65th birthday. Deutscher Studien Verlag, Weinheim 1991. (= series of publications by the Heidelberg University of Education. 7.), ISBN 3-89271-284-0
  • therein RB: "The other side of the festival in the stories of Villiers de l'Isle-Adams", pp. 187-204.
  • Editor of the special issue Honoré de Balzac of the journal Œuvres et Critiques, XI, 3, 1986, 129 pp.
  • Balzac. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1979. (= income from research. 109.) XI, 311 pp.
  • Author together with Klaus Köhring: Terminology dictionary for foreign language didactics and methodology. Hueber, Munich 1973. (Hueber University Series. 10.) 272 pp.
  • Yves Lemoine: A la Distance des mains - In the distance of the hands. Bilingual edition, German adaptation by Richard Beilharz. Fauville-en-Caux 1972. (Object book commissioned by the Institut Français Heidelberg).
  • "The poet of the 'Correspondances' (Baudelaire), Catherine Crowe and German natural philosophy". In: Contributions to the comparative history of literature. Festschrift for Kurt Wais on his 65th birthday. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1972, pp. 189-208.
  • "Considerations on French Teaching in Secondary Schools". In: Studium heute, 23, 1972, pp. 334–342.
  • Abele, Albrecht (author) / Richard Beilharz (ed. And transl. From the French): punch cards in logical games and computers. Klett, Stuttgart 1970. (Lessons in elementary school.)
  • "Ondine dans l'œuvre de Giraudoux et de la Motte Fouqué". In: Journal for French Language and Literature, 80, 1970, pp. 323–334.
  • Charles Baudelaire. Luchterhand, Neuwied & Berlin 1968. 246 S. Translation and editing of the introduction by Luc Decaunes by Richard Beilharz, as well as selection of translations, selection of images, bibliography.
  • Paul Verlaine. Luchterhand, Neuwied & Berlin 1968. 259 p. Translation of the introduction by Jean Richer by Richard Beilharz, as well as selection of translations, selection of images, bibliography.
  • "'Fantaisie' et 'Imagination' chez Baudelaire, Catherine Crowe, et leurs prédécesseurs allemands". In: Baudelaire. Actes du Colloque de Nice (May 25-27, 1967). Minard, Paris 1968, pp. 31-40.

Music recordings

  • The French song. Works by Gounod, Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Poulenc. Richard Beilharz (baritone): vocals and explanatory texts. Adelheid Lechler (piano), Edith Nissen (flute), Monika Schwamberger (violoncello). RBM music production 1984 (RBM 3078 and DMM).
  • Bestiary. Ten songs by Hermann Schäfer for baritone and piano based on poems by Guillaume Apollinaire in the adaptation by Richard Beilharz. Recording with Richard Beilharz (baritone) and Hermann Schäfer (piano) on October 29, 1986. See Hermann Schäfer: Chamber Music. RBM music: vocals and explanatory texts. Adelheid Lechler (piano), Edith Nissen (flute), Monika Schwamberger (violoncello). RBM music production 1984 (RBM 3097 and DMM).
  • Humor in the song. Works by Chabrier, Ravel, Satie, Auric, Poulenc and Jean Wiéner, among others. - Recording with Richard Beilharz (baritone) and Claude-Erik Nandrup (piano) from December 26-29, 1986. Explanatory texts also by R. Beilharz. LP: RBM Musikproduktion RBM 3098 (DMM). 1988 - Also on CD (RBM 463 098).

Broadcast contributions

  • "'Music that makes you lick your ears': Le Groupe des Six and the song." R. Beilharz as author of the radio essay and as interpreter of 19 songs by Satie, Auric, Milhaud, Honegger and Poulenc. Piano accompaniment: Claude-Erik Nandrup, Paris. - A broadcast of the Süddeutscher Rundfunk in Stuttgart on July 14, 1986 of 50 minutes in the series "Musikforum".

literature

  • Artistic activity, art and artistry in society, culture and education. In memoriam Richard Beilharz. Edited by Ronald Gäßler et al. Deutscher Studien Verlag, Weinheim 1997. 372 pp. (= Series of publications by the Heidelberg University of Education. 31.), ISBN 3-89271-753-2
  • "Colleague, teacher, artist, friend. Academic celebration in memory of Richard Beilharz at the Heidelberg University of Education". By Irene Lemke-Stein. In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, November 4, 1997.
  • "Wanderer between cultures. Portrait of Richard Beilharz". In: Daktylos. Educational science magazine of the Heidelberg University of Education , 1 (1997).
  • "'With the heart' - High French distinction for the Heidelberg Romanist Richard Beilharz". In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, January 30, 1989.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aftermath of German irrationalists at Baudelaire through the mediation of Catherine Crowe. Tübingen 1962, mach. (Diss.)
  2. ^ "French songs: Richard Beilharz and Hermann Schäfer in the Old University", in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, November 3, 1973.
  3. ↑ "Fine feeling for mood. Richard Beilharz sang French songs", in: Die Welt, May 27, 1974.
personal data
SURNAME Beilharz, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Romanist
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1997
Place of death Heidelberg , Germany