Hans Lang (German composer)
Hans Lang ( born August 20, 1897 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, † July 17, 1968 in Munich) was a German composer, music teacher, music teacher of harmony at the Pedagogical University in Eichstätt.
Life
Hans Lang was the oldest of four children of Anna Lang (1868-1955), born Hartwich, and John Lang ( 1865-1935 ). Johann attended the Präparandenschule Regensburg and the College of Education Amberg. The local excellent musical education as " elementary school teacher " then received, included piano, organ, violin, voice and harmony. In addition, they were still for the church service liturgical teachings.
" The cultivation of music was in his family for granted ." The family still moved in the year of birth of the son of Hans Weiden in der Oberpfalz to Landsberg am Lech. Already in 1903, was a further move to Eichstätt with the family - two sons, Alois and Hans, a daughter, Anna - instead. "You can say that the house Litera C 235 in the former grave streets (today Wohlmuthgass 2) from 1903, the year of the entry of the family, a center of private music care of the city was formed, even beyond the private sector since the 20s. "
The father Johann was here as Präparandenlehrer at the Royal College of Education - active in Eichstätt, where he studies professor and deputy head of the prison was finally over time - former Dominican monastery, today Gabrieli Gymnasium.
In the family each day of music-making. When performed under the 1887-1927 operating Domkapellmeister Dr. Wilhelm Widmann ( 1858-1939 ), called by the Eichstättern " Capello ", the entire Long family was represented by five people. As Hans Lang writes in attempt an autobiography, his mother taught to play the piano at a Blüthnerflügel. In the age of 10 Hans came to the Humanistic Gymnasium, which today Willibald school. At 15, he played the largest organ Eichstätter daily school services. After graduating from high school in 1916 and their use in the First World War in 1919 he came back to Eichstätt. In the following years he studied at the University of Munich, graduated in 1920 a course for war participants in the Teachers' Seminary in Eichstätt and worked as an assistant / teacher in and around Eichstädt. From 1921 he studied at the Academy of Music in Munich organ, choir singing and composition, which he at
Eichstätt held as a principal residence. 1924-1927 Hans Lang belonged to the master class of Joseph Haas and was also conductor of the Eichstätter Liedertafel. The chairman of the choral society was the music-loving Justice Michael Morhard (1867-1942), who from 1914 to 1933 was also a far-sighted and determined national chairman of the Frankish Sängerbund. He has Hans Lang promoted in every possible way.
The first big, resounding success were his three madrigals " Sayings from the Cherubini wanderer " for male chorus, clarinet and viola on the "First Nuremberg singer Week" 1927 Probably his friendship went with Ludwig Hahn from Neumarkt -. Founder of the " Kaufbeurer Martin 's Finches" - on these three madrigals back.
In this work, one can find the compositional features, namely a return to polyphony, clarity of form, more economical use of resources, moving away from sentimental softness and only the " text - along music " which is a stylistic direction in the first half of the 20th century trigger. This style historical direction, which bears the name "Nuremberg School," the composer Armin Knab, Walter Rein and Erwin Lendvai, then Bruno striker, Willy Sendt ( 1907-52 ), Otto Siegl and Ernst- Ludwig von Knorr (1896 - 1973) on.
In the following years, Hans Lang turned almost exclusively to choral composition. In the same year he took over a three-year teaching career in the Rhenish Music School of the City of Cologne in music theory and music education. After that, he began teaching at the Nuremberg Conservatory.
2014 has been awarded the singer Museum in damp cheeks ( foundation Documentation and Research of the German choirs ) the estate of Hans Lang.
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