Traugott Fedtke
Traugott Fedtke (born May 1, 1909 in Insterburg ; † February 6, 1988 in Edemissen (Einbeck) ) was a German organist and composer in Königsberg and Berlin .
Life
Fedtke was the son of Insterburg superintendent Gustav Fedtke and his wife Ida geb. Christ . He attended preschool and high school in Insterburg. He graduated from high school in 1925 at the Collegium Fridericianum . Always familiar with the organ and church music, he prepared for his studies at the Insterburg music seminar.
From 1927 to 1931 he studied at the Leipzig Music Academy and at the Church Music Institute (Leipzig) . His teachers included Karl Straube , Max Hochkofler and Carl Adolf Martienssen . From 1928 he was the permanent representative of his teacher Emil Paul at the Michaeliskirche (Leipzig) .
Königsberg and Tilsit
The Neurossgärter Church appointed him on November 1, 1931 as organist and cantor in Königsberg. Most of the concerts of the Bach Society, which elected him conductor in 1932, took place in this church . At the same time he became a music advisor to the government in Königsberg . On his 25th birthday, he married Edith Scheffler, who accompanied him as a pianist and harpsichordist in most concerts.
Since April 1, 1935, permanent conductor of the Königsberg Philharmonic , he studied orchestral direction with Hermann Ludwig Kutzschbach at the Dresden State Opera in 1936/37 and with Clemens Krauss at the Bavarian State Opera in 1939/40 .
As a conductor at the Königsberg Opera , as a church musician , organ and bell expert , as a concert organist and employee at the Reichsender Königsberg , he became known throughout Germany . During the Second World War he helped to maintain musical life in Königsberg . In 1942 he was responsible for the musical direction of the Königsberg Bach Days.
He gave up the position of organist in 1943 when he was elected city music director and director of the city music school. At the same time he became the conductor of the Tilsit Municipal Choir and the head of the musical department of the State Teachers' Training Institute.
On September 1, 1944, the Reich Propaganda Ministry closed all art institutes headed by Fedtke.
Berlin
In 1945 the Wehrmacht brought him to the Panzerjäger Replacement Division I in Allenstein as a rifleman . Released on April 19, 1945 because of multiple wounds, the Heinrich Schütz Choir in Berlin-Hermsdorf appointed him on July 1, 1945 as organist and conductor. The Berlin State Opera appointed him First Choir Director and Kapellmeister and commissioned him to found and lead the concert choir (1945/46). From 1945 to 1950 he was director of the municipal music school in Berlin-Reinickendorf . On September 1, 1946, he took over the position of conductor at the Collegium Musicum Berlin , with whom he went on numerous concert tours and gave radio concerts. In the post-war period he was also a guest conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Jena Academic Concert Society . On May 15, 1950, the city conservatory appointed him as a lecturer .
On October 1, 1952, he became organist and cantor at St. Matthäuskirche (Berlin-Tiergarten) . In 1955 he was entrusted with a research assignment from the Society for Music Research in Bad Godesberg and engaged as conductor of two oratorio choirs in Berlin. From May 1, 1958, he was cantor and organist at St. John's Church in Berlin-Moabit . On October 30, 1959, he was sworn in as a parish clerk for life and assigned to the A church musician position. At the Spandau church music school , he directed the church music training. The Berlin University of the Arts appointed him professor for music theory and ear training .
Fedtke wanted to retire with his daughter Dr. Christiane Fedtke in Edemissen (Einbeck). After five months he died there at the age of 79. He is buried with his second wife in the local cemetery.
Web links
- Holger Heymann: Traugott Fedtke . Berliner Sonntagsblatt, February 21, 1988
- About Traugott Fedtke (culture in East Prussia)
- Own curriculum vitae until 1955
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fedtke, Traugott |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist, conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Insterburg , East Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1988 |
| Place of death | Edemissen (Einbeck) , Lower Saxony |