Walther Cropp

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Franz Georg John Walther Cropp (born June 10, 1890 in Hamburg , † August 5, 1964 in Wetter ) was a German composer , music teacher and music director .

Life

Walther Cropp comes from a Hamburg patrician family . He was born in 1890 as the son of the chemist George Cropp and his wife Antonie Dorette Cropp, b. Reimers, born. In 1908 he passed the Abitur at the Wilhelm Gymnasium in Hamburg. From 1908 to 1910 he studied at the Sondershausen Conservatory with Traugott Ochs and later with Carl Corbach . From 1910 to 1913 he continued his music studies in Berlin. Here he was taught composition by Hugo Kaun , piano by Conrad Ansorge and organ by Herman Leupold.

Cropp got his first job in 1912, while still a student, at the Berlin Ochs-Eichelberg Conservatory as a teacher of theory and piano, and he directed the Richard Wagner Orchestra in Berlin. From May to September 1913 he was the Kurkapellmeister in Bad Freienwalde / Oder .

In 1913 Walther Cropp married Mina Julie Suse Karoline Cropp, b. Hülsemann (1890–1964). The couple had a son and two daughters.

From 1913 to 1921 Cropp was employed as music director in Goslar / Harz. A number of symphony concerts and oratorios were performed under his direction. From March 1917 to November 1918 he did his military service. In 1921 he got a job as a music teacher at the secondary school for girls in Pirmasens . For this he passed the state examination for music teachers at higher educational institutions at the state conservatory in Würzburg in 1922. At the beginning of 1941 he was transferred as a music teacher to the state secondary school for girls in Diedenhofen , Lorraine .

From September 1944 to April 1946 Cropp was a German prisoner with his wife in French internment custody. During this time he was released from civil service on May 8, 1945 without notice. After penniless years Cropp was a judgment of 14 September 1948 denazified . He was then employed as a music teacher in Pirmasens and later at the Pro-Gymnasium in Dahn / Pfalz, where he taught until his retirement.

Services

In addition to his work as a music teacher and orchestra conductor, Walther Cropp was also a versatile composer. His work includes solo songs, choral works, orchestral works and solo works for piano and organ.

He composed a school and children's opera (“The golden goose or the little gray man”), a concert for viola and a choral work from 1956, “Olympic Will”, which was awarded the 3rd prize. The jurors here were Werner Egk , Boris Blacher and Karl Amadeus Hartmann .

Cropp performed his works together with well-known musicians and orchestras such as the Loh-Orchester Sondershausen and the Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Artists such as the violist Ernst Rauschenbach or the pianist Marlott Persijn-Vautz regularly performed his works. Cropp's works have also been performed in public many times. a. at the Wittner Chamber Music Festival in 1940.

Recordings of works by Cropp are available in the SWR's music archive .

Works (selection)

  • op. 1, 11 variations on a separate theme for string orchestra
  • op. 29, "Symphonic Prologue" to the "Sunken Bell" by Gerhart Hauptmann for large orchestra
  • op. 39, Suite for large orchestra in five movements "Palatine Suite"
  • op. 40, concerto for viola (violin or piano)
  • op. 63, Christmas cantata for female choir, piano and declamation
  • op. 67, Third Piano Concerto - Passacaglia and Fugue for two pianos or piano and string orchestra
  • op. 68, "The Seasons" Suite for large orchestra
  • op. 70, string trio
  • op. 71, piano quintet
  • op. 73, string quartet
  • op. 95, "And the more firmly we have the prophetic word" Cantata for gem. Choir & organ
  • op. 100 / 1-4, organ compositions
  • op. 107, Fantasy for Cello and Piano
  • op. 113, concert piece 1954 for piano
  • op. 120, "The golden goose" or "The gray man" (children's or school opera)
  • op. 127, Partita for organ "I have put my thing home" (for the inauguration of the collegiate church in Wetter / Hessen)

A total of around 90 works are left in the Marburg / Lahn University Library.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Gender Book, 205 284, 1997.
  2. ^ Franz Georg John Walther Cropp b. 10 Jun 1890: Armigerous Descents ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.armigerousdescents.com
  3. ↑ Jean Baptiste Leclercq and his large family. Diethard Amelung, December 2009
  4. ↑ Pfälzischer Merkur Zweibrücken, No. 84, April 2, 1932
  5. ↑ Zeitschrift für Musik, 1933, no. 9, p. 948
  6. ↑ Polloczek-Bresala, Heinrich: Journal for Music. 1936. H. 4, p.
  7. ^ Vogt, Harry & Hilberg, Frank Ed .: Kammerton der Gegenwart - Witten Days for New Chamber Music. Cloud Publishing House 2009
personal data
SURNAME Cropp, Walther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cropp, Franz Georg John Walther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, music teacher and music director
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 5th August 1964
Place of death Weather