Thomas Buhé
Thomas Buhé (born September 26, 1920 in Berlin ; † September 14, 2015 in Leipzig ) was a German jazz guitarist , author and music teacher .
Act
Thomas Buhé is considered the father of jazz guitar training in the GDR . As early as 1921 he moved with his family to Leipzig, since his father had received a professorship there. Due to his father's chamber music activities, he grew up in the field of classical music. From 1937 he learned the clarinet from Franz Hammerla , the second clarinetist of the Gewandhaus Orchestra . Through the contacts with his brother Klaus - especially the visit to Berlin in 1937 - he was encouraged to learn to play jazz guitar by himself. From 1945 until old age he appeared regularly as a soloist and as a member of various ensembles, worked as a composer, arranger and guitar teacher, was involved in radio broadcasts and from the very beginning on German television . 1970–1985 he was a lecturer at the newly founded department of dance and light music at the Liszt School of Music Weimar ; at the same time he had a teaching position at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theater in Leipzig from 1975 to 1987 . He developed the first curriculum for electric guitar in the GDR. His students include many important guitarists from the East German music scene, including B. Joe Sachse . Numerous publications on jazz guitar were written by him between 1954 and 1993 and are considered standard works of East German guitar literature. He recorded his experiences during the Third Reich and in the GDR in his autobiography "My Kaleidoscope". Thomas Buhé was the son of the German painter and graphic artist Walter Buhe and the younger brother of Klaus Buhé .
student
Herbert Dietze (* 1938), guitarist, composer and music teacher
Walter Thomas Heyn , guitarist, composer and music teacher
Wofgang Kühn (* 1947), guitarist and music teacher
Günther Rothe , guitarist and painter
Publications
- 1954: Four duets for plectrum guitar. Harth.
- 1964–1968: Series of guitar arrangements for pop and jazz. Song of time.
- 1967: Chantille, guitar sets for "new" songs. Hofmeister.
- 1963: School for plectrum guitar. German publisher for music.
- 1970: Rhythmic-stylistic studies for jazz guitar. German publisher for music.
- 1974: Guitar à la carte. 8 modern solos for plectrum guitar. German publisher for music. New edition: Bärenreiter, 1987.
- 1976: with Vladimir Hora: The bass guitar. 4 volumes. Prague. DWM
- 1980: All my thoughts. Accompanying sets and instructions for playing 280 German folk songs for the guitar. Edition Peters.
- 1982: The Beatles. Biography of Gottfried Schmiedel. 25 transcriptions for guitar group. Edition Peters.
- 1984–1988: with Vladimir Iliew: The Plectrum Guitar. Compendium for teachers and students. 3 volumes. German publisher for music.
- 1986: Brazilian sketches for guitar. Pro musica.
- 1993: Guitar sets for the Gltarrenbuch for Ev. Hymn book.
- 2004: my kaleidoscope. Autobiography. Revised 2007. Self-published.
literature
- Rainer Stelle: Guitarists who left Berlin to work for the guitar . EGTA D, Volume 1, Oberhausen 2010, pp. 151–153
- Jürgen B. Wolff: I was always a self-made man. Thomas Buhé - the "father of jazz guitar training". In: Leipziger Blätter. Booklet 63, page 74. Leipzig Cultural Foundation 2014
- Rainer Stelle: With premium and discount. Thomas Buhé - a veteran of the plectrum guitar [obituary]. In: Guitar currently 37, Hamburg, No. 1/2016, pp. 32–33
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Buhé in the catalog of the German National Library
- interview
- Detlef A. Ott: The teacher and guitarist Thomas Buhé - a life between tones. In: Jazz Podium. 6, 2012 (excerpt).
- Special edition of the newsletter for swing fans in and around Leipzig Thomas Buhé 1920–2015
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Buhé, Thomas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz guitarist, author and educator |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 2015 |
Place of death | Leipzig |