Theodor Krüger (musician)

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Theodor Krüger with a German bass lute (1920)

Theodor Krüger (born January 13, 1891 in Celle , Hanover province ; † December 28, 1966 ibid) was a German music teacher , choir director , pianist , composer and author, particularly on historical flutes .

Life

August 2, 1910: Theodor Krüger in the lap of his future wife Marie Suerburg ;
watercolor photography in Art Nouveau style
Theodor Krüger at the piano with his wife Marie and son Walter during the First World War (1914)
Inner lining of a Chapeau Claque used by the granddaughter Ilse Paul from “ Hut-Fabrik Ad. Höper ”with the initials T K

Theodor Krüger grew up in Celle. Born at the time of the German Empire , Theodor Krüger received his first music lessons at the age of 9 from the pianist and flautist Friedrich Ferdinand Theodor Bach , who served as a musician in the military band of the Celle Infantry Regiment No. 77 . While still training as a pianist at the Louis Krohn Music School in Braunschweig , he was already writing his first compositions. In 1910 he returned to Celle, where he undertook further studies in piano and theory with Fritz Reichert and Heinrich Lutter , with whom he then founded the Verein der Musikfreunde Celle . He acquired his qualification as a choir director by studying singing with the concert and oratorio singer Heinrich Kühlborn .

Also in 1910, during the shooting festival in Celle, Krüger met his future wife Marie Suerburg (born May 18, 1891 in Celle; † February 2, 1983 in Metzingen ); the two married on August 14, 1914. The couple had two sons: Walter (born August 21, 1911 in Celle, died October 2, 1941 in Russia ) and Hans (born April 4, 1927 in Celle, † July 15, 1986 in Metzingen).

During the First World War he served as a soldier , presumably in a chapel, with an unknown location.

In 1923 he founded the men's double quartet “The Eight”. For a time Krüger took over the leadership of the larger male choirs in Celle: Thalia , Euterpe and, at the time of National Socialism, also the male choir Cellensia , which was a member of the German Choir Association . Theodor Krüger was also active in other musical areas: he took over the management of the 1st Celle Handharmonica Club from 1936 on February 1, 1937.

In his house at Am Heiligen Kreuz 27 in the old town of Celle , he taught piano, recorder and theory to music students . Among his students was Hermann Alexander Moeck .

Theodor Krüger researched and taught historical musical instruments , especially woodwind and string instruments .

After the Second World War , Krüger led, among other things, the mixed choir Wathlingen and the folk choir Burgdorf .

He died shortly before his 76th birthday. His grave can be found in the Celle city cemetery .

Works

Compositions

  • Caress (Cajolerie) - waltz for piano ( dedicated to Fräulein Marie Surburg in admiration ) , Hanover: Verlag Gries & Schornagel, issue 272
  • German Faith , song for voice and piano, 1934; Saxonia record as Pliaphon - self- cut foil ( unique "only for personal use"), Dresden: Musikverlag Saxonia, Landhausstrasse 11, with letter from June 9, 1934, with stamp Deutsche Musik-Premieren-Bühne eV, record recording department
  • Celle-Lied (piano setting; text and manner by Arnold Breling)
  • Gondolièra aràbique - Exotic Poèm for piano

Fonts

  • Various writings in "Der Blockflötenspiegel" - worksheets for the animation of historical instruments in youth and domestic music , Verlag Hermann Moeck, Celle:
    • New demands for the reproduction of early music , born 1931, issue 5, May, pp. 33–39
    • An old master ( JH Schein ) introduces himself , born in 1931, issue 7, July, pp. 72–75
    • Invitation to a working meeting for players of recorders and other historical instruments at the Ludwigstein Youth Castle from 17.-21. May 1932 , year 1932, issue 5, Addendum
    • The new requirement: Facsimile prints by old masters for practical use , year 1932, issue 2, February, pp. 17-23
    • The notation of the clay color , year 1933, issue 11, pp. 21-22

estate

From the estate of the composer and amateur photographer Theodor Kruger among others, for example, several boxes were glass plates - negative to the Bomann Museum passed in Celle.

literature

  • NN : The Choirs of the Krüger Circle , in: Cellesche Zeitung of October 15, 1928
  • NN: Forty years of choir work , in: Cellesche Zeitung of March 31, 1950
  • Harald Müller (text), Ulrich Loeper (pictures): Biographical-bibliographical lexicon of Celler musicians. Composers, singers, instrumental musicians, music educators, musicologists, instrument makers, bell founders, music publishers, music dealers and music therapists (= Celle contributions to regional and cultural history. Series of publications by the City Archives and the Bomann Museum Celle , vol. 31), ed. von der Stadt Celle, Celle: Stadt Celle, 2003, ISBN 3-925902-50-3 .

Web links

Commons : Theodor Krüger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

swell

  • Family obituaries in the Cellesche Zeitung (CZ)
  • Program sheet "The Eight" from October 13, 1935
  • Program sheet for the men's choir "Cellensia" from January 16, 1937
  • Program sheet I. Celler Handharmonika-Klub from April 25, 1937
  • “Der Gong” - self-published for the silver wedding anniversary August 14, 1939

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c d e Harald Müller (text), Ulrich Loeper (pictures): Biographical-bibliographical lexicon of Celle musicians. Composers, singers, instrumental musicians, music educators, musicologists, instrument makers
  2. ↑ Compare the obituary in the Cellesche Zeitung of December 29, 1966
  3. ↑ Note: Deviating from this, the biographical-bibliographical lexicon of Celler Musicians ... names the date of death January 2, 1967 , which however was the date of burial. Compare the obituary in the Celleschen Zeitung of December 29, 1966
  4. ↑ Note: In his dissertation , Moeck thanked his music teacher Theodor Krüger, among others, for his support with the difficult acquisition of literature and image material; compare Hermann Alexander Moeck: Origin and tradition of the core slit flute of the European folk race and the origin of the music-historical core slit flute types ( typescript ), dissertation from January 6, 1953, Philosophical Faculty of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen , Celle: Hermann Alexander Moeck, 1953
personal data
SURNAME Kruger, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Kapellmeister, pianist and music teacher as well as composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Celle
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1966
Place of death Celle