Yoshitomo

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Yoshitomo is a pseudonym of the German composer , choir director and conductor Karl (Carl) Zimmer (born June 7, 1869 in Guben ; † August 28, 1935 in Berlin ). Other pseudonyms are Hussan Bey , Lorenzo Perez and Charles Room .

biography

Carl Zimmer conducted a symphony orchestra in Berlin from 1894 to 1908 , with which he also toured Russia and Hungary . In November 1897, coming from Budapest, he and his orchestra gave eight orchestral concerts under the names of Budapest Symphony Orchestra and New Symphony Orchestra in the Great Hall of the Musikverein (Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde). He later lived in Egypt and from 1914 back in Berlin. Since his concerts were relatively well attended, the orchestral association was able to survive the post-war and inflationary years.

Zimmer wrote salon and light music (e.g. spring on the Mühlbach , love greeting ) and potpourris ( mosaic , echo of the world ). A special focus in Zimmer's work was on exotic clay paintings ( Japanese lantern dance , In the Ceylon Tea Gardens , Am Glockentempel (study from Beijing) , Sakura-no hana (Japanese cherry blossom festival )), which he wrote and published under the stage name Yoshitomo . They were an integral part of the programs of spa and concert orchestras until the 1930s. They were also a success on records , as proven by many recordings by well-known orchestras of the time. In addition, Zimmer composed the March of the Kurbrandenburgers , which was submitted to the August Scherl publishing house's march competition in 1911 and received 3rd prize there. In the following year the piece was registered in the Prussian army march collection .

He died in Berlin in 1935 at the age of 66. He was buried in the St. Elisabeth cemetery on Ackerstrasse . The grave has not been preserved.

Sound documents (selection)

  • At the bell temple. Study from Beijing , composer: Yoshitomo (pseudonym for Karl Zimmer 1869–1935), performers: Philharmonisches Orchester Stuttgart, conductor: Emil Kahn , Elton 242 (mx.?) Cf. grammophon-platten.de [1]
  • Mosaic. Potpourri by Carl Zimmer , 1st part / (mx. 3228) dto., 2nd part: artist orchestra Géza Komor from the hotel "Der Kaiserhof" Berlin, Tri-Ergon TE 1189 (mx. 3227)
  • Sakura-no hana (Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival) . Mood picture (Yoshitomo) / (mx. 260 be) gramophone Gr 19 747 (mx. 259 be),
  • Japanese lantern dance . (Yoshitomo, d. I. Carl Zimmer), Paul Godwin with his artist ensemble, received in the media library of SLUB Dresden [2]
  • Japanese lantern dance (Yoshitomo, d. I. Carl Zimmer): Edith Lorand and her orchestra, Parlophone P.1837-II (mx. 7762) to be heard on YouTube [3]
  • In the tea house to the hundred steps - Japanese reminiscence (Yoshitomo): Ferdy Kauffman and his orchestra, Electrola EG2189 (mx BD 9273-II), to be heard on YouTube [4]
  • Echo of the world. Potpourri with recitation and singing (C. Zimmer) , 1st part / (mx. 38 985) dto., 2nd part: Dance Orchestra "Dobbri" (by Otto Dobrindt ), Beka B.12 434 (mx. 38 984 ), listen to on YouTube [5]

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ To: Austrian Music Lexicon. FA 1936; FC Heller / P. Revers, Wiener Konzerthaus. History and Significance 1913–1983 , 1983, 12; MGÖ 3 (1995).
  2. ^ Karl Senftleben (February 1966) on the occasion of the 100th anniversary: The development of the Orchestra Berliner Musikfreunde eV ( Memento from July 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) ; Peter Revers, The foreign and the familiar: Studies on the music-theoretical and music-dramatic reception of East Asia. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 1997, p. 132: "Three pictures from the realm of the sun (1920) by the composer Karl Zimmer, known under the pseudonym 'Yoshitomo' ..." and p. 135.
  3. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 135.
  4. ↑ : "The Guben home calendar 2014 promises some surprises: Dr. Albin Buchholz looked for and found traces of one of the city's musicians: Yoshitomo."
  5. ↑ " ... Dr. Albin Buchholz from Plauen, who brought together knowledge about the life and work of the musician Carl Zimmer, who was born in Guben and who caused a sensation under the pseudonym Yoshitomo in the 19th and 20th centuries. In this context, a gramophone an old record with one of Zimmer's most famous works, the "Japanese Lantern Dance", played. The record had been obtained by reaction member Ingrid Giebler ... "
personal data
SURNAME Yoshitomo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zimmer, Carl; Zimmer, Karl; Hussan Bey; Perez, Lorenzo; Room, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, choir director and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Guben
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1935
Place of death Berlin