Singakademie zu Glogau
The Singakademie zu Glogau was a symphonic choir and an important concert choir in Glogau in Lower Silesia (since 1945 Głogów ). It emerged in 1849 from the Glogau Choral Society and was founded on February 14, 1850. From 1854 he called himself Singakademie zu Glogau. An orchestral association had been affiliated since 1855.
history
Glogau has had a rich cultural and musical life since the Middle Ages. Already at the beginning of the 15th century it was an important music center after Wroclaw and Sagan in the field of liturgy. By 1480 at the latest, the so-called Glogau song book was created , which after an entry on the inside of the cover was in the possession of the Glogau collegiate pen ( Catalogo Ecclesiae Colleg. Glogoviae Maj. Inscriptus ). During the baroque period numerous settings of texts by Andreas Gryphius, who was born in Glogau, were created . In the 18th century, the pastor Ignaz Franz , who was active in Glogau, Schlawa and Breslau, wrote numerous hymn texts. The Glogau music publisher Günther also made a contribution to maintaining musical life.
The Singakademie's choir concerts took place either in the church "Zum Schifflein Christi" or in the Glogau City Theater. After 1908 also in the Protestant parish hall, which had an audience of 600.
Were listed among others
- Johannes Brahms : A German Requiem (1877)
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Oratorios Elias and Paulus
- Joseph Haydn : Oratorios The Creation and The Seasons
- Franz Liszt : Oratorio Legend of St. Elisabeth
The musical director Julius Lorenz , who worked in New York from 1895–1911, made special contributions to the Singakademie . During his second Glogau conducting , Beethoven's 9th Symphony was performed.
The accompanying orchestra consisted mainly of military musicians until the First World War. The orchestra association then took on this task until the Second World War. There was no re-establishment after the Second World War.
In 1925 the Singakademie took part in the 19th Silesian Music Festival in Görlitz .
The conductors and their term of office
- Cantor Knoblauch, 1849–1850
- Cantor Rücker, 1849–1850
- Max Fleischer, 1850-1853
- Ludwig Meinardus , 1853–1865
- Felix Voretzsch, 1865–1868
- Ferdinand Thieriot , 1868-1870
- Julius Kniese , 1871–1875
- Ludwig Heidingsfeld, 1875–1884
- Otto Droenenwolff, 1876–1878
- Julius Lorenz (born October 1, 1862 in Hanover; † October 1, 1924 in Glogau), 1884–1895
- Wilhelm Niessen, 1895−?
- Rudolf Volkmann, 1913–?
- Fritz Müller-Rehrmann, 1919–1921
- Joseph Haas , 1919–1921
- Julius Lorenz, 1921–1924?
literature
- Hubert Unverricht : Glogau's Music History. An overview . In: Glogau through the ages - Głogów poprzez wieki . Ed. Stiftung Kulturwerk Schlesien; Bergstadtverlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn , Würzburg 1992. ISBN 3-87057-169-1 , pp. 311-315
- Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the Singakademie zu Glogau 1849−1899 , Glogau, 1899