Wolters was born in Emmerich am Rhein. He began studying music at the University of Cologne, but did not complete his dissertation on Johann Baptist Wanhal as a symphonist.[1] After the seizure of control by the National Socialists he worked as an editor at P. J. Tonger Verlag in Cologne and also as a freelance composer and choir director.[1] On the Tag der nationalen Arbeit [de] (Day of national work) (1 May 1933), he became a member of the NSDAP and registered under the Party Number [de] 2,227,516. However he was dropped in 1934, because he had missed the monthly registration.[1] Since 1934 he appeared as a composer of Hitlerjugend anthems and songs.[2] As Gaumusikreferent of the German Labour Front[2] he was already active as a single conductor during the late 1930s and early 1940s.
In World War II, he was drafted into the Kriegsmarine.[2] His songbook published together with Hugo Wolfram Schmidt Uns geht die Sonne nicht unter. Eine Auswahl der meistgesungenen Lieder der Jugend[3] (1935) was listed on the List of literature to be excluded [de] in the Soviet occupation zone.[4]
In the post-war years he founded the Norddeutscher Singkreis,[5] a mixed choir, in Hamburg. With this choir he led Bach's St John Passion and St Matthew Passion, Hugo Distler's Choralpassion and Mörike's Chorliederbuch, Günter Bialas's Im Anfang and many more serious modern and Baroque works. His special love was the German and later the European folk song, which he sang together with his choir and the audience with his own instrumental movements at the monthly Open Singstunden in Hamburg. Worldly music from madrigal to vocal music by Paul Hindemith was another focus. In the early 1960s he founded the movement Europa Cantat with other European choral conductors and had active connections with the French choral movement À Cœur Joie [fr] and the choir leader César Geoffray.
He organized numerous training courses and singing weekends and became leader of the Arbeitskreis Musik in der Jugend [de] (AMJ). He was editor for the Karl Heinrich Möseler Verlag [de] in Wolfenbüttel and published the songleaf series Das Singende Jahr.[6] Later, followed the multi-volume work Ars Musica Volume I-V[7] with many choral movements and monophonic folk songs, as well as the Chorbuch Romantik.[8]
His compositional work comprises monophonic and polyphonic, mostly secular songs. There are several recordings of his performances. Wolters also prepared folksong programmes for radio with the choir. He also developed St. John Passion with the concert audience by rehearsing the chorale together in advance so that everyone could sing along to the performance. In addition to his intensive choral work, his goal was to bring people in Western and Eastern Europe together through travel and great singing meetings.
Wolters died in Emmerich at age 79.
Referencesedit
^ abcFred K. Prieberg: Handbuch Deutsche Musiker 1933–1945, CD-Rom-Lexikon, Kiel 2004, p. 7.914.
^ abcErnst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN978-3-10-039326-5, p. 675.
^Uns geht die Sonne nicht unter. Eine Auswahl der meistgesungenen Lieder der Jugend
^"Buchstabe S, Liste der auszusondernden Literatur. Herausgegeben von der Deutschen Verwaltung für Volksbildung in der sowjetischen Besatzungszone. Zweiter Nachtrag nach dem Stand vom 1. September 1948 (Berlin: Deutscher Zentralverlag, 1948)".
gottfried, wolters, april, 1910, june, 1989, german, choral, conductor, composer, singing, teacherlife, editwolters, born, emmerich, rhein, began, studying, music, university, cologne, complete, dissertation, johann, baptist, wanhal, symphonist, after, seizure. Gottfried Wolters 8 April 1910 25 June 1989 was a German choral conductor and composer Gottfried Wolters as singing teacherLife editWolters was born in Emmerich am Rhein He began studying music at the University of Cologne but did not complete his dissertation on Johann Baptist Wanhal as a symphonist 1 After the seizure of control by the National Socialists he worked as an editor at P J Tonger Verlag in Cologne and also as a freelance composer and choir director 1 On the Tag der nationalen Arbeit de Day of national work 1 May 1933 he became a member of the NSDAP and registered under the Party Number de 2 227 516 However he was dropped in 1934 because he had missed the monthly registration 1 Since 1934 he appeared as a composer of Hitlerjugend anthems and songs 2 As Gaumusikreferent of the German Labour Front 2 he was already active as a single conductor during the late 1930s and early 1940s In World War II he was drafted into the Kriegsmarine 2 His songbook published together with Hugo Wolfram Schmidt Uns geht die Sonne nicht unter Eine Auswahl der meistgesungenen Lieder der Jugend 3 1935 was listed on the List of literature to be excluded de in the Soviet occupation zone 4 In the post war years he founded the Norddeutscher Singkreis 5 a mixed choir in Hamburg With this choir he led Bach s St John Passion and St Matthew Passion Hugo Distler s Choralpassion and Morike s Chorliederbuch Gunter Bialas s Im Anfang and many more serious modern and Baroque works His special love was the German and later the European folk song which he sang together with his choir and the audience with his own instrumental movements at the monthly Open Singstunden in Hamburg Worldly music from madrigal to vocal music by Paul Hindemith was another focus In the early 1960s he founded the movement Europa Cantat with other European choral conductors and had active connections with the French choral movement A Cœur Joie fr and the choir leader Cesar Geoffray He organized numerous training courses and singing weekends and became leader of the Arbeitskreis Musik in der Jugend de AMJ He was editor for the Karl Heinrich Moseler Verlag de in Wolfenbuttel and published the songleaf series Das Singende Jahr 6 Later followed the multi volume work Ars Musica Volume I V 7 with many choral movements and monophonic folk songs as well as the Chorbuch Romantik 8 His compositional work comprises monophonic and polyphonic mostly secular songs There are several recordings of his performances Wolters also prepared folksong programmes for radio with the choir He also developed St John Passion with the concert audience by rehearsing the chorale together in advance so that everyone could sing along to the performance In addition to his intensive choral work his goal was to bring people in Western and Eastern Europe together through travel and great singing meetings Wolters died in Emmerich at age 79 References edit a b c Fred K Prieberg Handbuch Deutsche Musiker 1933 1945 CD Rom Lexikon Kiel 2004 p 7 914 a b c Ernst Klee Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich Wer war was vor und nach 1945 S Fischer Frankfurt am Main 2007 ISBN 978 3 10 039326 5 p 675 Uns geht die Sonne nicht unter Eine Auswahl der meistgesungenen Lieder der Jugend Buchstabe S Liste der auszusondernden Literatur Herausgegeben von der Deutschen Verwaltung fur Volksbildung in der sowjetischen Besatzungszone Zweiter Nachtrag nach dem Stand vom 1 September 1948 Berlin Deutscher Zentralverlag 1948 Norddeutscher Singkreis on Discogs Das Singende Jahr on Worldcat Ars Musica Volume I on Worldcat Chorbuch Romantik on Worldcat External links editWerke von und uber Gottfried Wolters in the German National Library catalogue J W Gottfried Wolters Archived 2016 07 20 at the Wayback Machine 16 Juni 2010 online bei musicanet ort PDF 72 5 KB Gottfried Wolters discography at Discogs nbsp Portals nbsp Classical music nbsp Germany Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gottfried Wolters amp oldid 1144216838, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
