Sylvester Greiderer

Sylvester Greiderer (born December 3, 1852 in Bavaria, † January 22, 1924 in Kufstein , Tyrol ) was a German - Austrian instrumentalist , conductor , composer , director , playwright and shoemaker .

Life and meaning

In addition to earning a living, the shoemaker Sylvester Greiderer was an all-rounder. From approx. 1888 to 1924 he had a decisive influence on the cultural life of the Bavarian- Tyrolean Inn Valley . In two periods (1887 to 1889 and 1897 to 1899) he worked as the director of the Ritterschauspiele Kiefersfelden , whose game form, which is still valid and preserved today, he played a decisive role. It is to Sylvester Greiderer's particular merit that he set up versions of older knight plays by Josef Georg Schmalz and other authors, which are played up to the present day. He composed numerous works for vocal ensembles with instrumental accompaniment and wind music for the Kiefersfelden band , of which he was music master until 1899.

As Kapellmeister of the Kufstein Town Music Band, he initiated the foundation of the Unterinntaler Musikbund, the first national brass band in Austria. According to the official entry of June 25, 1903, eleven chapels moved out at the founding festival on September 20, 1903. A first highlight was the joint appearance in 1909 at the celebrations in Innsbruck with 250 musicians.

As Federal Kapellmeister of the Unterinntaler Musikbund, Sylvester Greiderer played an important role in founding the Musikbund Schwaz in Tirol and later in that of the Musikbund Rattenberg and the surrounding area on April 10, 1921. Sylvester Greiderer's adaptations of the piece are regularly performed at the Kiefersfelden Ritterschauspiele. Of these, only Ubald von Sternenburg (see Rattelmüller ) has appeared in print. Greiderer's musical works can be heard as interludes at the Kiefersfelden Ritterschauspiele as well as at public appearances by the Kufstein city band, the Kiefersfelden band and other music associations in Bavaria and Tyrol.

Dramatic arrangements of knight plays

• Erich, the notorious afterwards, well converted robber captain - adaptation of the knight play with arias and choirs by Josef Georg Schmalz
• Ubald von Sternenburg - adaptation of the knight play with arias and choirs by an unknown author
• Floribella - adaptation of the knight play with arias and choirs by Josef Georg Schmalz
• Robert the Devil - Adaptation of the play by Ernst Raupach
• Weinhard and Adelise - adaptation of the knight play with arias and choirs by Andreas Grottner
• Ezzelin the Cruel - adaptation of the knight play with arias and choirs by Josef Georg Schmalz
• Kuno von Trauenstein - adaptation of the knight play with arias and choirs by an unknown author