Jürgen Jürgens | |
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| Born | 5 August 1925 |
| Died | 4 August 1994 (aged 68) Hamburg, Germany |
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Jürgen Jürgens (5 October 1925 – 4 August 1994[1]) was a German choral conductor and academic teacher. He founded and directed the Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, a pioneering ensemble for Monteverdi's music.
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Biography
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Jürgens received his musical training at the Musisches Gymnasium Frankfurt with Kurt Thomas.[2][3] Jürgens studied singing and choir direction with Konrad Lechner at the Musikhochschule Freiburg.[3][1] In 1955, he founded the award-winning Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg.[4][5][6] They recorded for Archiv Produktion, focussing on works of Claudio Monteverdi. Later the choir became involved in the Telefunken/Teldec Bach cantatas project with the Leonhardt-Consort. From 1961 to 1993, Jürgens was University Music Director of the Choir and Orchestra at the University of Hamburg.[7] and was appointed professor at the University of Hamburg in 1973.[3]
He died in Hamburg[7] and was buried at the Ohlsdorf Cemetery.[3]
Awards
Discography
- Heinrich Schütz: St. Luke Passion, Max van Egmond, Peter-Christoph Runge – Jürgen Jürgens, 1966. OCLC 80514101
- Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna, Jürgen Jürgens, Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, 1973. OCLC 1116218410
- Alessandro Scarlatti: Madrigale, Hamburg, 1975. OCLC 956308417
- Schütz: Die italienischen Madrigale, 1976. OCLC 883802223
- Anton Bruckner Music of the St. Florian Period, 1984 – CD: BSVD-0109, 2011 (Bruckner Archive Production). OCLC 15655552
- Monteverdi (1980), Marien-Vesper 1610 (in Latin), Telefunken, OCLC 7524258
References
- ^ a b Müller, Christian (9 December 2021). "Jürgens, Jürgen". MGG Online (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ JüJü Jürgen Jürgens, der Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg und die Akademische Musikpflege der Universität Hamburg von den Anfängen bis 1994 (in German). Norderstedt: Books on Demand. 2015. ISBN 978-3-7386-9852-7. OCLC 906192279.
- ^ a b c d e f "Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg". Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg (in German). 23 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ "Der Dirigent und Chorleiter Jürgen Jürgens". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 12 November 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "60 Jahre Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg". Newsletter Universität Hamburg (in German). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ Brinker, Bettina (29 January 2005). "Botschafter der Musik". Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Jürgen Jürgens tot". Die Tageszeitung: Taz. 6 August 1994. p. 37. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
Further reading
- Schomacker, Robert (2015). JüJü : Jürgen Jürgens, der Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg und die Akademische Musikpflege der Universität Hamburg von den Anfängen bis 1994 (in German). Norderstedt: BoD-Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-7347-7093-7. OCLC 911265345.
External links
- Monteverdi Chor
- Jürgen Jürgens (Conductor) Bach Cantatas Website
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This page was last edited on 12 January 2023, at 07:34