Siegfried Ochs

Siegfried Ochs ( born April 19, 1858 in Frankfurt am Main, † February 6, 1929 in Berlin) was a German choral conductor and composer. As a composer, he also used the pseudonym Diego fisherman.

Life

Ochs studied at the University of Heidelberg chemistry, however, was already working the way at the local theater as a rehearsal pianist and decorative painter. In 1878 he went Academic University for performing musical art, which was then under the rectorship of Joseph Joachim ( 1831-1907 ) at the Berlin Royal. He is also a student of Friedrich Kiel. In 1882 he founded the Berlin Philharmonic Choir, which he directed until his death. 1920, the choir was disbanded for financial reasons and continued as the choir of the University of Music, at the ox was a teacher.

During the Third Reich the works of Siegfried Ochs Jews were forbidden.

He composed a comic opera, choirs, duets, songs. His most famous works are the song " Thank You, Lord " and the parody of 14 well-known composers, including Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Wagner, by merging one of its well-known works with the folksong If a bird flew. An equivalent form of musical escapade have Karl Hermann Pillney What are you doing with my knee, dear Hans, the dances and Ulrich Sommer crossbar implemented with the popular song with the old Peter.

Works

Own works

• The glove. Poem by Friedrich von Schiller. For serene lecture with piano accompaniment arranged by Diego fisherman. Berlin, Raabe & Plothow, 1883.
• Musical Escapades. Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra under Peter Falk. 1994th CD ( Philips)
• What are you doing with my knee, dear Brahms. Gerrit Zitterbart, piano. 2004th CD (Edition earwig )

As a performer

• In the years 1927-1928 produced some recordings with the Philharmonic Choir for Electrola. Were recorded, among other works of Heinrich Schütz, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Handel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his own choruses.

Writings

• Happened, things seen. Leipzig and Zurich: Grethlein & Co. 1922 ( autobiography)
• The German singing club for mixed choir. Part 1-4. Berlin: Hesse 1923 - 1928 ( on the structure and management of the Association [ Part 1 ], and examples of performance practice from Schütz to Reger [ Part 2-4 ] )
• About the way to listen to music: a lecture delivered in 1914 by the German Society of Berlin. Berlin: Factory -Verl. 1926