Hanns Ludwig Kormann (Leipzig, 2 April 1889 – Kalk/Cologne, 18 February 1965) was a German conductor, composer, and tenor.
Early life and career edit
Kormann began his musical career as a singer, engaged as a Heldentenor in the Hoftheater Oldenburg for the 1914–1915 season. He then became a soldier for the duration of World War I, returning in 1919 to take up conducting posts in Bromberg, Bielefeld, and Jössnitz.[1]
National Socialism edit
Kormann joined the NSDAP (Nazi Party) in 1931 (Nr. 905,628).[2] In close favour with Heinz Drewes, his operas experienced revivals and new premieres and several of his compositions were commercially released.[3][4] He later co-ordinated Unterhaltungsmusik for the Reichsmusikprüfstelle.[5] He was transferred to occupied Krakow where he ended the war. After the war, he returned to Buchholz, but was banned from public and radio performance for his political activities. After completing denazification in 1948, he moved to Erfurt, and finally Cologne, where he died in 1965.[2]
Selected works edit
Operas edit
Der Ritter von der Humpenburg, Komische Oper in einem Akt. Libretto after August von Kotzebue by Hans Peter Schmiedel.
Der Käficht, Komische Oper in einem Akt. Libretto after August von Kotzebue by Hans Peter Schmiedel. Premiere 1 February 1924, Leipzig.
Belcanto, komische Oper. Premiere 1926, Bamberg.[1]
Der Meister von Palmyra. Libretto after Adolf Wilbrandt by Carl Willnau. Premiere 18 November 1934, Altenburg.
Der Dreispitz (later retitled as Der verliebte Caballero). Libretto after Alarcón by Carl Willnau. Premiere 18 February 1936, Altenburg.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b Niessen, Carl (1944). Die deutsche Oper der Gegenwart. Gustav Bosse Verlag.
- ^ a b Prieberg, Fred K. (2011). Handbuch deutsche Musiker 1933 –1945. Selbstverl. OCLC 845655961 (2nd ed.). Selbstverl.
- ^ "Search Results for Kormann, Hanns-Ludwig". charm.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ "Hanns Ludwig Kormann". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ Thrun, Martin (2015). Führung und Verwaltung. Heinz Drewes als Leiter der Musikabteilund des Reichsministeriums für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda (1937–1944), in Albrecht Riethmüller and Michael Custodis (eds), Die Reichsmusikkammer: Kunst im Bann der Nazi-Diktatur. Cologne: Böhlau. p. 132. ISBN 978-3-412-22394-6.
- ^ London, John, ed. (2001). Theatre under the Nazis (Nachdr. ed.). Manchester: Manchester Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-5912-4.
External links edit
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95248816