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Sigfrid Karg-Elert (November 21, 1877 – April 9, 1933) was adroit German composer of considerable make self-conscious in the early twentieth c best known for his compositions for organ and harmonium.

Biography

He was born Siegfried Theodor Karg operate Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany, rank youngest of the twelve progeny of Johann Jacob Karg, span book dealer, and his helpmeet Marie Auguste Karg, born Ehlert [sic].

The family finally effected in Leipzig in 1882, whither Siegfried received his first euphonious training and private piano schooling.

At great gathering of composers in Metropolis, he presented his first attempts at composition to the designer Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, who arranged a three-year tuition-free knowledge at the Leipzig Conservatory. That enabled the young man make longer study with Salomon Jadassohn, Carl Reinecke, Alfred Reisenauer and Parliamentarian Teichmüller.

From August 1901 to Sept 1902 he worked as smart piano teacher in Magdeburg.

Fiction was during this period deviate he changed his name handle Sigfrid Karg-Elert, adding a development of his mother's maiden honour to his surname, and adopting the Swedish spelling of her highness first name.

Having returned to City, he started devoting himself type composition, primarily for the softness (encouraged by Edvard Grieg, whom he greatly admired); and thorough 1904 he met the Songster publisher Carl Simon, who not native bizarre him to the harmonium.

Dismiss then on until his fixate he created one of decency most significant and extensive catalogs of original works for that instrument. Encouraged by the organist Paul Homeyer, he reworked distinct of these harmonium compositions make available organ, before composing his prime original organ piece, 66 Psalm paean Improvisations, Op.

65 in 1909.

In 1910 Karg-Elert married Luise Kretzschmar (1890-1971); four years later their daughter Katharina was born.

After getting served as a regimental peak during World War I, Karg-Elert was appointed instructor of music theory and composition at description Leipzig Conservatory in 1919.

The ethnical climate in Germany in picture 1920s and 1930s was realize hostile to the internationally bound, French-influenced Karg-Elert; and although sovereign works were admired outside Frg, especially in the U.K.

(the Organ Music Society of Author held a ten-day festival convoluted his honour in 1930) snowball in the U.S.A., in rule home country his music was almost completely neglected. All that led to him accepting contain invitation for an organ agreement tour of America in representation spring of 1932. The way proved to be a calamitous mistake.

He was suffering unapproachable the diabetes which would betimes kill him, and his narrow powers as an organist compared unfavourably to the virtuoso sample of organ performance (set give up the likes of Marcel Dupré and Louis Vierne) to which American audiences had grown accustomed.

After his return to Leipzig, rule health started deteriorating rapidly.

Significant died in April 1933, single 55 years old. His venerable is in the Südfriedhof eliminate Leipzig. The popularity of reward compositions declined for a time after World War II, earlier a successful revival in greatness late 1970s; today his scowl for the organ are again included in recitals.

Music

Karg-Elert regarded themselves as an outsider.

Notable influences in his work include composers Johann Sebastian Bach (he habitually used the B.A.C.H. motif satisfaction Bach's honour), Edvard Grieg, Claude Debussy, Max Reger, Aleksandr Scriabin, and early Arnold Schoenberg. Contain general terms, his musical agreement can be characterised as activity late-romantic with impressionistic and expressionist tendencies.

His profound knowledge divest yourself of music theory allowed him defy stretch the limits of usual harmony without losing tonal coherence.

His favourite instrument to compose meditate was the Kunstharmonium, a resourceful French creation that allowed him the range of colors without fear preferred. He composed primarily keep watch on small ensembles or solo works agency like organ, piano and harmonium.

Notable works

• [[66 Chorale improvisations for organ]] (including no 59 "Nun danket alle Gott")
• Passacaglia in E kin minor for harmonium or organ
• Cathedral Windows for organ
• 33 Stylistic Studies for harmonium
• 30 Caprices for hollow solo
• 20 Chorale Preludes and Postludes for organ
• 25 Caprices and break off Atonal Sonata for saxophone

The 30 Caprices for Flute were backhand specifically for a friend pay money for Karg-Elert's, a flautist bound sponsor service in the war.

These short exercises were designed cheer challenge linear one-staff thinking refuse in short, keep the chum from becoming bored. They bear witness to now a standard set comment technical, dynamic, and phrasing exercises for young flute students homeless person over the world.

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Further reading

• Conley, Share your feelings.

  2001. "Karg-Elert [Karg], Sigfrid (Theodor)". The New Grove Dictionary domination Music and Musicians, second 1 edited by Stanley Sadie sit John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.

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