Georg Amft

Georg Amft ( born January 25, 1873 in Upper Hannsdorf, county Glatz, Silesia, † March 9, 1937 in Bad Altheide ) was a German composer and music teacher. His compositions include, inter alia, trade fairs, church songs and instrumental music. Meaning, he acquired through scientific work in the field of folk song and home research the County of Glatz.

Life

Georg Amft was the son of an organist and choral conductor. After completing elementary school, he attended the Royal preparatory school in Bad Landeck and then from 1890 to 1893 the teacher training college in Habelschwerdt. He then received a teaching assistant job at Trachenberg, 1896 he became a teacher at Potsdam. After attending the College of Education and Church Music in Berlin -Charlottenburg, he was in 1901 succeeded his teacher William Kothe music teacher at Habelschwerdter teacher training college, where among other things, Georg Hartmann was his pupil. 1911, the Erscheingungsjahr collected and published by him " Folksongs from the County of Glatz ," given the title "Royal Music Director " was awarded. In 1914 he was called up for military service, two years later, he became a music teacher at the Teachers' Training College in Bydgoszcz. In 1919 he returned to the Habelschwerdter teacher seminar. When this was dissolved in 1927, he was until 1935 teacher at the local junior high school.

After his retirement in 1935, he settled in Bad Altheide, where he died on 9 March 1937. An obituary by Alois Schirdewahn appeared in the journal of the Association for History and Antiquity of Silesia (Volume 72, 1938, pp. 397-398 ).

Works (selection)

  • Two old Christmas carols from the county of Glatz. Publisher Goerlich, Wroclaw, 1900
  • Folksongs from the County of Glatz. 1911 and 1926, Mountain City Publishing Wroclaw
  • Catholic song and prayer book for the county of Glatz, ed. by William Kothe: 6th edition, 1924, Wroclaw: Franke publishing and printing Otto Borgmeyer
  • New Songbook Catholic schools Habelschwerdt, publishing Wolf
  • A Fair in honor of the Queen of St.. Rosary ( for choir, two violins, viola, cello, double bass, flute, two clarinets in A, oboe, bassoon, three horns in A, timpani and organ in A and E, Op 14), Regensburg, Coppenrath Verlag
  • St. Hedwig's Bride Greeting (Text by M. Herbert, for four-part mixed choir, two solo voices and organ accompaniment, Op 22), Regensburg, Coppenrath Verlag
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