Werner Oehlmann

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Werner Oehlmann (born February 15, 1901 in Schöppenstedt near Braunschweig, † July 24, 1985 in Bitburg ) was a German music critic , music teacher and author .

Life

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After graduating from high school, Oehlmann studied in Berlin with Rudolf Maria Breithaupt (piano) and Hermann Abert (musicology) as well as at the Weimar University of Music . He then worked from 1930 to 1932 as a game director and dramaturge in Bamberg .

During the National Socialist era , Oehlmann was a concert accompanist and music consultant in Berlin. In the years 1938 to 1940 he wrote articles in the synchronized Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , from 1940 to 1944 also in the Nazi magazine Das Reich . After a trip to the so-called Generalgouvernement , he wrote an article in the spirit of the Nazi rulers in the magazine Das Reich in November 1941 under the title Transformed East : “German order has now taken possession of this area of ​​disorderly forces. [...] The Jews , concentrated everywhere in their own residential areas, are practically eliminated as a politically ethnic element. "

In 1945 Oehlmann became a teacher at the municipal music school in Braunschweig , and from 1947 he was an editor at NWDR Hamburg. From 1950 to 1966 he was music editor for the Berliner Tagesspiegel . He then retired.

As an author, Oehlmann has made a name for himself above all as the publisher of music guides - extensive reference works on specific musical areas.

Works (selection)

  • The music of the nineteenth century. Berlin 1953 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)
  • The music of the 20th century. Berlin 1961 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  • Reclam's choral music and oratorio guide. Stuttgart 1965; 6. A. 1991, ISBN 3-15-010017-8 , 630 pp. (With numerous music examples)
  • as ed., together with Klaus Billing and Walther Kaempfer: Reclams piano music guide . Volume II. From Franz Schubert to the present. Stuttgart 1967: 5. A. 1986, ISBN 3-15-010125-5 , 1.064 pp. (With numerous music examples)
  • as publisher, together with Christiane Bernsdorff-Engelbrecht: Reclams piano music guide . Volume I. Early, Baroque and Classical. Stuttgart 1968; 4th A. 1982, ISBN 3-15-010112-3 , 813 pages (with numerous music examples)
  • Hans Chemin-Petit. Conductor, teacher, composer. Berlin 1971
  • Reclam's song guide . Stuttgart 1973, 4th A. 1993; 1024 p. (With 470 music examples); ISBN 3-15-010215-4
  • The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Kassel / Basel / Tours / London 1974
  • Opera in four centuries . Stuttgart / Zurich 1984

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945 , CD-Rom-Lexikon, Kiel 2004, p. 5.002.
  2. ↑ Oehlmann, Werner. In: Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (eds.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 .
  3. ↑ Complete quote from Fred K. Prieberg: Handbuch , pp. 5.003-5.004. Excerpts also from Ernst Klee : The cultural lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 440.
personal data
SURNAME Oehlmann, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music critic, music teacher and author
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Schöppenstedt
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 1985
Place of death Bitburg