Walter Lutze

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Walter Lutze (born August 22, 1891 in Wittenberg ; † November 23, 1980 in Berlin-Charlottenburg ) was a German conductor and composer .

Life

Walter Lutze was the son of a Justice Secretary. He received his training at the conservatory in Halle . After working as a répétiteur at the Bremen City Theater from 1911 to 1914, he was appointed second conductor there. From 1916 to 1920 he was also first conductor in Bremerhaven . From 1920 to 1925 he was employed as Kapellmeister at the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin .

On June 1, 1932, he joined both the NSDAP ( party number 1,181,594) and the NS factory cell organization . From 1934 to 1935 he was the shop steward of the Reichsmusikkammer for the "Gau Mecklenburg", then until 1937 honorary state director of the Reichsmusikkammer of the "Gau XVI Mecklenburg". From 1935 to 1944 he was engaged as a conductor at the German Opera House in Berlin , not least because the director Wilhelm Rode considered him to be a relative of the SA chief of staff Viktor Lutze . On April 20, 1938, Lutze was appointed Staatskapellmeister by Adolf Hitler . On September 10, 1943, he was dismissed for lack of artistic performance. Nevertheless, on the occasion of the closure of the theater in 1944, he was appointed Kapellmeister of a chamber opera company to look after the troops. placed, but not included in the God-favored lists .

From 1937 to 1943 and again in 1951/52 Lutze made a series of recordings for the Telefunken record . Here he mostly conducted works of the light classical music or accompanied singers like Peter Anders , Anton Dermota , Tiana Lemnitz or Karl Schmitt-Walter .

On April 6, 1943, Lutze recorded the rondo of the 1st orchestral serenade op. 11 by Johannes Brahms with the great Berlin radio orchestra in stereophony . It was the first stereo recording in music history. In addition to other tapes, this recording from the Berlin radio archive was also confiscated by the Red Army after the Second World War and taken to Moscow . As part of Gorbachev's perestroika , it was returned to the SFB's radio archive .

In the post-war period, Lutze was a guest conductor at the Berlin State Opera in 1948, from 1951 to 1954 he was General Music Director in Dessau and then again guest conductor at the State Opera in Berlin. After a brief activity as Kapellmeister in the Berlin Opera Studio, he had been without engagement since 1957.

In addition to his work as Kapellmeister, Lutze was also active as a composer. His works include an opera Das Märchen von der Liebe (1922), a symphony in G minor , chamber music, piano pieces, choirs and songs.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945 , CD-Rom-Lexikon, Kiel 2004, p. 4,378.
  2. ↑ Prieberg: Handbuch , p. 4,379.

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personal data
SURNAME Lutze, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittenberg
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1980
Place of death Berlin-Charlottenburg