Die Thomaner Im 19. Jahrhundert Thomanerchor Leipzig Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller Die Thomaner Im 19
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Biography Thomaskantor Gotthold Schwarz As of March 2018
Thomaskantor Gotthold Schwarz Gotthold Schwarz is the 17 th Thomaskantor after Johann Sebastian Bach. On 9 June 2016 he has been appointed as Thomaskantor and has been officially inaugurated on 20 August 2016. Born in Zwickau as a son of a cantor he gained his musical education at the “Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Dresden” (University for Church Music Dresden) and also at the “Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig” (University of Music and Theatre „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig) after having been a member of Thomanerchor Leipzig for s short time in his childhood. He studied singing with Gerda Schriever, playing the organ with former St. Thomas Organist Hannes Kästner and Wolfgang Schetelich, as well as conducting with Max Pommer and Hans-Joachim Rotzsch. Furthermore he has worked with, amongst others, Hermann Christian Polster, Peter Schreier and Helmuth Rilling in masterclasses and academies. Gotthold Schwarz, who began to work as vocal trainer for the Thomanerchor Leipzig in 1979, stood in for the Thomaskantor for several times since the 1990's. On this position he led the motets, performances of cantatas and oratorios with the Thomanerchor Leipzig; moreover he was entrusted with other duties as an interim officiating cantor. Together with the world-famous boys’ choir he has been on numerous tours in Germany, Europe and overseas (Japan, China, USA, Canada), several together with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Furthermore Gotthold Schwarz is initiator and leader of “Concerto vocale”, “Saxon Baroque Orchestra”, “Leipziger Cantorey” and “Bach Consort Leipzig”. In recognition of his special merits the versatiled singer and conductor was awarded with the Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1 st class) on 4 October 2017. -
Ie Sauer-Orgel D Der Thomaskirche Zu Leipzig 1889 | 1908
ie Sauer-Orgel D der Thomaskirche zu Leipzig 1889 | 1908 Thomasorganist Ullrich Böhme Max Reger · Eugène Gigout · Franz Liszt · César Franck · Marcel Dupré ie Sauer-Orgel D der Thomaskirche zu Leipzig 1889 | 1908 Thomasorganist Ullrich Böhme Max Reger (1873 —1916) César Franck (1822 — 1890) Fantasie und Fuge d-Moll op. 135b 9 Cantabile H-Dur aus „Trois Pièces pour („Meister Richard Strauss in besonderer le Grand Orgue“ 7 : 04 Verehrung“) 1 Fantasie 7 : 25 Marcel Dupré (1886 —1971) 2 Fuge 9 : 13 Variations sur un Noël op. 20 10 Moderato 1 : 04 Eugène Gigout (1844 —1925) 11 Ire Var. Larghetto 0 : 57 3 Marche religieuse 12 IIe Var. Poco animato 0 : 47 (à Monsieur A. Cavaillé-Coll) 3 : 29 13 IIIe Var. Canon à l’octave, Cantabile 1 : 25 4 Menuet 3 : 59 14 IVe Var. Vif 0 : 32 5 Communion 15 Ve Var. Vivace 0 : 54 (à mon ami Ch. M. Widor) 4 : 13 16 VIe Var. Canon à la quarte et à la 6 Scherzo 5 : 00 quinte, Plus modéré 1 : 11 7 Toccata 3 : 34 17 VIIe Var. Vivace 0 : 48 18 VIIIe Var. Canon à la seconde, Franz Liszt (1811 — 1886) Cantabile 1 : 30 8 Variationen über den Basso continuo 19 IXe Var. Animé 0 : 54 des ersten Satzes der Cantate: 20 Xe Var. Fugato, „Weinen, Klagen, (Sorgen, Zagen,) Non troppo vivace − Presto 3 : 18 Angst und Noth sind des Christen Thränenbrod“ und des Crucifixus der h-Moll-Messe von Sebastian Bach 15 : 57 Gesamtspielzeit / total time 73:14 4 5 Max Reger (1873 —1916) César Franck (1822 — 1890) Fantasie und Fuge d-Moll op. -
'Dream Job: Next Exit?'
Understanding Bach, 9, 9–24 © Bach Network UK 2014 ‘Dream Job: Next Exit?’: A Comparative Examination of Selected Career Choices by J. S. Bach and J. F. Fasch BARBARA M. REUL Much has been written about J. S. Bach’s climb up the career ladder from church musician and Kapellmeister in Thuringia to securing the prestigious Thomaskantorat in Leipzig.1 Why was the latter position so attractive to Bach and ‘with him the highest-ranking German Kapellmeister of his generation (Telemann and Graupner)’? After all, had their application been successful ‘these directors of famous court orchestras [would have been required to] end their working relationships with professional musicians [take up employment] at a civic school for boys and [wear] “a dusty Cantor frock”’, as Michael Maul noted recently.2 There was another important German-born contemporary of J. S. Bach, who had made the town’s shortlist in July 1722—Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758). Like Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), civic music director of Hamburg, and Christoph Graupner (1683–1760), Kapellmeister at the court of Hessen-Darmstadt, Fasch eventually withdrew his application, in favour of continuing as the newly- appointed Kapellmeister of Anhalt-Zerbst. In contrast, Bach, who was based in nearby Anhalt-Köthen, had apparently shown no interest in this particular vacancy across the river Elbe. In this article I will assess the two composers’ positions at three points in their professional careers: in 1710, when Fasch left Leipzig and went in search of a career, while Bach settled down in Weimar; in 1722, when the position of Thomaskantor became vacant, and both Fasch and Bach were potential candidates to replace Johann Kuhnau; and in 1730, when they were forced to re-evaluate their respective long-term career choices. -
DIE MUSIKWELT SCHAUT AUF UNS Er Steht an Einer Der Bedeutendsten Positionen Nicht Allein Des Leipziger Musiklebens: Gotthold Schwarz Ist Seit Drei Jahren Thomaskantor
DIE MUSIKWELT SCHAUT AUF UNS Er steht an einer der bedeutendsten Positionen nicht allein des Leipziger Musiklebens: Gotthold Schwarz ist seit drei Jahren Thomaskantor. Wir sprachen mit ihm in seinem Amtssitz, dem Alumnat des Thomanerchors. 32 Interview © Gewandhaus−Magazin© Gewandhaus−Magazin Herr Professor Schwarz, was machen Sie Schwarz: Manchmal denke ich schon in Sonnabend der Fall ist, singen wir in der in den Sommerferien? den Ferien: Wie soll das gehen, wenn Stimmung von 443 Hertz. Es wäre aller- Gotthold Schwarz: Meine Ferien sind we- jetzt die Abiturienten und damit die er- dings für die Reputation Leipzigs als gen des alljährlichen Konzerts zu Johann fahrensten Sänger weg sind? Aber oft Bach-Stadt gut, hätten wir innerhalb des Sebastian Bachs Todestag am 28. Juli ein entwickeln diejenigen, die vorher in der Gewandhausorchesters auch Instrumen- wenig geteilt. Aber das stört mich nicht. zweiten Reihe gestanden haben, plötz- te, mit denen man in der Stimmung von Nach Möglichkeit fahre ich mit der Fami- lich große Energien und übernehmen 415 Hertz musizieren könnte. lie zum Wandern. In diesem Jahr geht es die Rolle der Ausgeschiedenen. Wir nut- nach Südtirol. Danach gibt es auch schon zen ja das letzte Ferienwochenende be- Ist das Wechseln von einer Stimmung in viel für das neue Schuljahr vorzuberei- reits für ein zweieinhalbtägiges Chorla- die andere nicht schwierig, wenn ein Ge- ten. ger auf Schloss Colditz, wo auch schon wandhausmusiker beispielsweise nach- die Neuaufgenommenen dabei sind. Dort mittags in der Thomaskirche und abends Sind Sie im Sommer verstärkt als Sänger wird jeder Thomaner kurz überprüft, in der Oper zu spielen hat? aktiv? damit ich weiß, wo er stimmlich steht. -
Introduction
Copyright © Thomas Braatz, 20071 Introduction This paper proposes to trace the origin and rather quick demise of the Andreas Stübel Theory, a theory which purportedly attempted to designate a librettist who supplied Johann Sebastian Bach with texts and worked with him when the latter composed the greater portion of the 2nd ‘chorale-cantata’ cycle in Leipzig from 1724 to early 1725. It was Hans- Joachim Schulze who first proposed this theory in 1998 after which it encountered a mixed reception with Christoph Wolff lending it some support in his Bach biography2 and in his notes for the Koopman Bach-Cantata recording series3, but with Martin Geck4 viewing it rather less enthusiastically as a theory that resembled a ball thrown onto the roulette wheel and having the same chance of winning a jackpot. 1 This document may be freely copied and distributed providing that distribution is made in full and the author’s copyright notice is retained. 2 Christoph Wolff, Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician (Norton, 2000), (first published as a paperback in 2001), p. 278. 3 Christoph Wolff, ‘The Leipzig church cantatas: the chorale cantata cycle (II:1724-1725)’ in The Complete Cantatas volumes 10 and 11 as recorded by Ton Koopman and published by Erato Disques (Paris, France, 2001). 4 Martin Geck, Bach: Leben und Werk, (Hamburg, 2000), p. 400. 1 Andreas Stübel Andreas Stübel (also known as Stiefel = ‘boot’) was born as the son of an innkeeper in Dresden on December 15, 1653. In Dresden he first attended the Latin School located there. Then, in 1668, he attended the Prince’s School (“Fürstenschule”) in Meißen. -
T H O M a N E R C H
Thomanerchor LeIPZIG DerThomaner chor Der Thomaner chor ts n te on C F o able T Ta b l e o f c o n T e n T s Greeting from “Thomaskantor” Biller (Cantor of the St Thomas Boys Choir) ......................... 04 The “Thomanerchor Leipzig” St Thomas Boys Choir Now Performing: The Thomanerchor Leipzig ............................................................................. 06 Musical Presence in Historical Places ........................................................................................ 07 The Thomaner: Choir and School, a Tradition of Unity for 800 Years .......................................... 08 The Alumnat – a World of Its Own .............................................................................................. 09 “Keyboard Polisher”, or Responsibility in Detail ........................................................................ 10 “Once a Thomaner, always a Thomaner” ................................................................................... 11 Soli Deo Gloria .......................................................................................................................... 12 Everyday Life in the Choir: Singing Is “Only” a Part ................................................................... 13 A Brief History of the St Thomas Boys Choir ............................................................................... 14 Leisure Time Always on the Move .................................................................................................................. 16 ... By the Way -
My Musical Lineage Since the 1600S
Paris Smaragdis My musical lineage Richard Boulanger since the 1600s Barry Vercoe Names in bold are people you should recognize from music history class if you were not asleep. Malcolm Peyton Hugo Norden Joji Yuasa Alan Black Bernard Rands Jack Jarrett Roger Reynolds Irving Fine Edward Cone Edward Steuerman Wolfgang Fortner Felix Winternitz Sebastian Matthews Howard Thatcher Hugo Kontschak Michael Czajkowski Pierre Boulez Luciano Berio Bruno Maderna Boris Blacher Erich Peter Tibor Kozma Bernhard Heiden Aaron Copland Walter Piston Ross Lee Finney Jr Leo Sowerby Bernard Wagenaar René Leibowitz Vincent Persichetti Andrée Vaurabourg Olivier Messiaen Giulio Cesare Paribeni Giorgio Federico Ghedini Luigi Dallapiccola Hermann Scherchen Alessandro Bustini Antonio Guarnieri Gian Francesco Malipiero Friedrich Ernst Koch Paul Hindemith Sergei Koussevitzky Circa 20th century Leopold Wolfsohn Rubin Goldmark Archibald Davinson Clifford Heilman Edward Ballantine George Enescu Harris Shaw Edward Burlingame Hill Roger Sessions Nadia Boulanger Johan Wagenaar Maurice Ravel Anton Webern Paul Dukas Alban Berg Fritz Reiner Darius Milhaud Olga Samaroff Marcel Dupré Ernesto Consolo Vito Frazzi Marco Enrico Bossi Antonio Smareglia Arnold Mendelssohn Bernhard Sekles Maurice Emmanuel Antonín Dvořák Arthur Nikisch Robert Fuchs Sigismond Bachrich Jules Massenet Margaret Ruthven Lang Frederick Field Bullard George Elbridge Whiting Horatio Parker Ernest Bloch Raissa Myshetskaya Paul Vidal Gabriel Fauré André Gédalge Arnold Schoenberg Théodore Dubois Béla Bartók Vincent -
David Adams Dissi
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT ‘Modern’ Organ Style in Karl Straube’s Reger Editions ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad Doctor aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, op gezag van de rector magnificus prof.dr. L.M. Bouter, in het openbaar te verdedigen ten overstaan van de promotiecommissie van de faculteit der Letteren op vrijdag 23 november 2007 om 10.45 uur in de aula van de universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105 door David William Adams geboren te Dublin, Ierland promotor: prof. dr. E. Kooiman copromotor: prof. dr. H.J. Busch ii for Mary A man that looks on glasse On it may stay his eye; Or if he pleaseth, through it passe, And then the heav’n espie. ( George Herbert) The art of performance only begins when the player learns to read ‘between the lines’, when the ‘unspoken’ comes to light. ( Max Reger ) iii iv Contents Chapter Subdivisions vi List of Tables xi Abbreviations xii Preface xiii Acknowledgements xiv Chapter 1 Max Reger and Karl Straube: Straube’s Reger Editions 1 Chapter 2 The Walze 7 Chapter 3 The Swell 41 Chapter 4 Sound and Registration 71 Chapter 5 Touch, Texture and Tempo 107 Chapter 6 The Survival of ‘Modern’ Organ Style: Straube and Reger Performance in the 1930s and 1940s 147 Chapter 7 Idealism and Resignation 169 Appendix 1 Chronology 187 Appendix 2 Organ Dispositions 190 Appendix 3 Early Performances of Max Reger’s Organ Music 196 Appendix 4 Reger’s Organ Works Listed 204 Appendix 5 An extract from Reger’s original and Straube’s 1912 edition of 206 Kyrie , op. -
David Adams Dissi
VU Research Portal Modern Organ Style in Karl Straube's Reger Editions Adams, D.W. 2007 document version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication in VU Research Portal citation for published version (APA) Adams, D. W. (2007). Modern Organ Style in Karl Straube's Reger Editions. Eigen Beheer. General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ? Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. E-mail address: [email protected] Download date: 25. Sep. 2021 VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT ‘Modern’ Organ Style in Karl Straube’s Reger Editions ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad Doctor aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, op gezag van de rector magnificus prof.dr. L.M. Bouter, in het openbaar te verdedigen ten overstaan van de promotiecommissie van de faculteit der Letteren op vrijdag 23 november 2007 om 10.45 uur in de aula van de universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105 door David William Adams geboren te Dublin, Ierland promotor: prof. -
Moritz Hauptmann War Als Geiger, Komponist, Musik- Theoretiker Und Musikschriftsteller Sehr Geachtet Und Ein Hoch Frequentierter Lehrer
Hauptmann, Moritz Profil Moritz Hauptmann war als Geiger, Komponist, Musik- theoretiker und Musikschriftsteller sehr geachtet und ein hoch frequentierter Lehrer. Sowohl als Privatlehrer als auch ab 1843 im Rahmen seiner Lehrtätigkeit am Leipzi- ger Konservatorium bildete er zahlreiche Musikerinnen und Musiker aus. Sein polarisiertes Geschlechterbild ist auch in dieser Hinsicht von besonderer Bedeutung. Orte und Länder Moritz Hauptmann wurde 1792 in Dresden geboren und ging nach kurzen Aufenthalten in Gotha und Wien als Hauslehrer nach Russland. 1822 wurde er Geiger in der kurfürstlichen Kapelle in Kassel. Von dort wurde er 1842 nach Leipzig berufen, wo er bis zu seinem Tod 1868 als Thomaskantor, Kompositionslehrer, Musiktheoretiker und Musikschriftsteller wirkte. Biografie Moritz Hauptmann wurde 1792 in Dresden als Sohn des Architekten und Akademieprofessors Johann Gottlieb Hauptmann geboren. Schon früh erlernte er Geige, Kla- vier, Musiktheorie und Komposition und wurde 1811 Moritz Hauptmann. Gemälde von seiner Frau Susette Schüler von Ludwig Spohr in Gotha. Es folgte die Anstel- Hauptmann. lung als Geiger in der Hofkapelle in Dresden, anschlie- ßend im Theaterorchester Wien. 1915 wurde er Hausmu- Moritz Hauptmann siklehrer des Fürsten Repnin in Petersburg, Moskau, Pol- tawa und Odessa. Von 1822 bis 1842 war er Mitglied der * 13. Oktober 1792 in Dresden, Deutschland von Spohr geleiteten kurfürstlichen Kapelle in Kassel. † 3. Januar 1868 in Leipzig, Deutschland Auf Empfehlung Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdys und Spohrs erhielt er 1842 die -
German Virtuosity
CONCERT PROGRAM III: German Virtuosity July 20 and 22 PROGRAM OVERVIEW Concert Program III continues the festival’s journey from the Classical period Thursday, July 20 into the nineteenth century. The program offers Beethoven’s final violin 7:30 p.m., Stent Family Hall, Menlo School sonata as its point of departure into the new era—following a nod to the French Saturday, July 22 virtuoso Pierre Rode, another of Viotti’s disciples and the sonata’s dedicatee. In 6:00 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton the generation following Beethoven, Louis Spohr would become a standard- bearer for the German violin tradition, introducing expressive innovations SPECIAL THANKS such as those heard in his Double String Quartet that gave Romanticism its Music@Menlo dedicates these performances to the following individuals and musical soul. The program continues with music by Ferdinand David, Spohr’s organizations with gratitude for their generous support: prize pupil and muse to the German tradition’s most brilliant medium, Felix July 20: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Mendelssohn, whose Opus 3 Piano Quartet closes the program. July 22: Alan and Corinne Barkin PIERRE RODE (1774–1830) FERDINAND DAVID (1810–1873) Caprice no. 3 in G Major from Vingt-quatre caprices en forme d’études for Solo Caprice in c minor from Six Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 9, no. 3 (1839) CONCERT PROGRAMS CONCERT Violin (ca. 1815) Sean Lee, violin Arnaud Sussmann, violin FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Piano Quartet no. 3 in b minor, op. 3 (1825) Violin Sonata no. -
The End Is Nigh: Reflections of Philipp Nicolai's Eschatology in BWV 1 and BWV 140
The End is Nigh: Reflections of Philipp Nicolai's Eschatology in BWV 1 and BWV 140 Master's Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Brandeis University Department of Music Dr. Eric Chafe, Advisor In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Fine Arts in Musicology by Hannah Spencer May 2015 ABSTRACT The End is Nigh: Reflections of Philipp Nicolai's Eschatology in BWV 1 and BWV 140 A thesis presented to Department of Music Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts By Hannah Spencer In his mission to create a better repertoire of "well-regulated church music to the Glory of God," J.S. Bach utilized every aspect of his craft. Aside from the rich texts penned by his anonymous librettist, Bach intentionally utilized specific musical gestures to intertwine the Gospel into each layer of his compositions. In the case of BWV 1 and BWV 140 , Bach makes compositional choices that allow him to depict the eschatological viewpoint of Phillip Nicolai, the Lutheran theologian who penned the chorales used as the basis of these chorale cantatas. By analyzing Bach's use of such devices as large-scale harmonic patterns, melodic motives, and the structural use of chiasm, the depiction of motion between the realms of Heaven and Earth becomes clear. More than simply "church music," Bach's cantatas are musical sermons of intricate detail. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract..........................................................................................................................................ii