Tumasch Dolf
Tumasch Dolf (born July 31, 1889 in Mathon GR ; † October 3, 1963 in Zillis ) was a Swiss teacher , school musician, composer , choir director and song collector from the Romansh- speaking Schams in the canton of Graubünden .
Life
Dolf obtained the secondary teacher diploma in 1908 . In Zurich he studied with Carl Vogler at the Conservatory and in 1921 obtained his school music diploma. From 1908 to 1952 he taught in Donat , Zillis and Tamins . From 1917 to 1920 he was president of the Uniun Rumantscha da Schons . In 1912 Caspar Decurtins commissioned him to collect and record folk songs from the Schamserberg . He published the text collection and 30 notated melodies in the Annalas da la Societad Retorumantscha , the commentaries on it in the Heimatbuch Schams .
Dolf was married to Berta Plattner from Langenbruck . Benedikt Dolf was his son.
Compositions
Numerous compositions for choir and singspiele come from Dolf. In 1924 he created his most famous Singspiel, the “Stiva da Filar” (spinning room) from twelve well-known folk song melodies. On behalf of the Swiss Society for Folklore , he recorded around 1000 Graubünden folk songs. He set poems by Gion Mani, Gian Fontana , Peider Lansel , Leza Uffer , Sep Mudest Nay and Alfons Tuor , among others .
One of Dolf's most famous compositions is the song Allas steilas (To the Stars), one of the most famous songs in the Sursylvanian language. There are also sound recordings of works by Dolf, as well as editions of his works as well as a souvenir tape from his pen.
Dold's estate is in the Graubünden State Archives .
literature
- Huldrych Blanke: Tumasch Dolf and the Sutselvian novels on the Hinterrhein. In: Bündner Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte Graubünden, Vol. 45, 2003, pp. 91–95 ( digitized version ).
- Tumasch Dolf: My violin. In: Bündner Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte Graubünden, Vol. 45, 2003, pp. 96-100 (digitized version ).
- Laura Decurtins: Lived singing culture: insight into the musical (after) work of Tumasch Dolf (1889–1963) . Bündner Jahrbuch: magazine for art, culture and history of Graubünden, 2018
- Laura Decurtins: Lived singing culture . In: Bündner Monatsblatt 1/2018, pp. 13–22
Web links
- Kurt Wanner: Tumasch Dolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Tumasch Dolf estate (1889–1963) In: Graubünden State Archives
- Tumasch Dolf: composer and bridge builder. Swiss Radio SRF 1 , November 23, 2013
- A festival in memory of Tumasch Dolf. ( Memento from April 13, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) Press release by the Lia Rumantscha , August 19, 2013
- Huldrych Blanke: A patron of the mother tongue - Tumasch Dolf and the Sutselvian novels on the Hinterrhein. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , August 4, 2003
- CM: Tumasch Dolf. Obituary in: Bündner Schulblatt issue 6 22 (1962–1963)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ursina Guldemond-Netzer: Leza Uffer. Historical Lexicon of Switzerland, accessed on August 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Ursina Guldemond-Netzer: Sep Mudest Nay. Historical Lexicon of Switzerland, accessed on August 3, 2020 .
- ^ Renzo Caduff: Alfons Tuor. Historical Lexicon of Switzerland, accessed on August 3, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dolf, Tumasch |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss teacher, school musician, composer and song collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mathon GR |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd October 1963 |
| Place of death | Zillis |