Wolfgang Schumann (composer)

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Grave in the forest cemetery in Schöneiche

Music director Wolfgang Schumann (born April 23, 1927 in Mönchengladbach , † 2012 in Schöneiche near Berlin ) was a German conductor and composer .

Life

Schumann grew up in the Rhineland . When shortly before the end of the war in 1945 he was to be called in to serve as an anti-aircraft helper , he hid in Lobenstein with the help of his father and a pastor , thus avoiding military service.

After the war, Wolfgang Schumann studied conducting and composition at the Cologne University of Music , a. a. at Günter Wand . He then worked as a guest conductor (e.g. with the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra ) and as Kapellmeister at several theaters, most recently he led the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic .

Since 1958 Wolfgang Schumann lived in Schöneiche near Berlin and worked there as a freelance composer after he was no longer able to practice his conducting profession due to an accident. His wife Annemarie Schumann, with whom he had been married since 1986, was a Protestant pastor there ; he regularly accompanied their services with music on the piano or organ .

As a composer , Schumann turned mainly to concert music, especially for television and radio . Especially in his later years he also wrote many titles for regional ensembles , such as the youth orchestra in Frankfurt (Oder) and Zielona Góra , the 1st Brandenburg Guard Brass Band Corps Fürstenwalde and for various flute ensembles of his wife.

He was buried in the Schöneich forest cemetery.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volker Michael: A life for music - To the death of the conductor and composer Wolfgang Schumann. ( ZIP ; 20.2 MB) (No longer available online.) In: Schöneiche Konkret. March 2012, p. 23 , formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 8, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.schoeneiche-konkret.de  
  2. ^ A b c Elke Lang: Schöneich composer Wolfgang Schumann turns eighty. (PDF; 89 kB) (No longer available online.) In: Schöneiche Konkret. April 2007, p. 16 , archived from the original on December 9, 2015 ; Retrieved April 8, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kirchen-in-schoeneiche.de
  3. ^ Masurian Capriccio by Wolfgang Schumann in ADU-Verlag
personal data
SURNAME Schumann, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Mönchengladbach
DATE OF DEATH 2012
Place of death Schöneiche near Berlin