Jürgen Jürgens
{{Short description|German choral conductor and academic teacher}}
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Jürgen Jürgens (5 October 1925 – 4 August 1994{{cite web |last=Müller |first=Christian | title=Jürgens, Jürgen | website=MGG Online | date=9 December 2021 | url=https://www.mgg-online.com/article?id=mgg06965&v=1.0&rs=mgg06965 | language=de | access-date=26 December 2021}}) was a German choral conductor and academic teacher. He founded and directed the Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, a pioneering ensemble for Monteverdi's music.
Biography
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Jürgens received his musical training at the Musisches Gymnasium Frankfurt with Kurt Thomas.{{cite book | title=JüJü Jürgen Jürgens, der Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg und die Akademische Musikpflege der Universität Hamburg von den Anfängen bis 1994 | publisher=Books on Demand | publication-place=Norderstedt | year=2015 | isbn=978-3-7386-9852-7 | oclc=906192279 | language=de | page=}}{{cite web | title=Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg | website=Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg | date=23 December 2021 | url=https://www.monteverdi-chor.de/jürgen-jürgens | language=de | access-date=26 December 2021}} Jürgens studied singing and choir direction with {{ill|Konrad Lechner|de}} at the Musikhochschule Freiburg. In 1955, he founded the award-winning Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg.{{cite web | title=Der Dirigent und Chorleiter Jürgen Jürgens | website=Deutschlandfunk | date=12 November 2015 | url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/der-dirigent-und-chorleiter-juergen-juergens-leidenschaft.1991.de.html?dram:article_id=335085 | language=de | access-date=19 October 2020}}{{cite web | title=60 Jahre Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg | website=Newsletter Universität Hamburg | url=https://www.uni-hamburg.de/newsletter/februar-2015/60-jahre-monteverdi-chor-hamburg.html | language=de | access-date=19 October 2020}}{{cite web | last=Brinker | first=Bettina | title=Botschafter der Musik | website=Hamburger Abendblatt | date=29 January 2005 | url=https://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article108914581/Botschafter-der-Musik.html | access-date=26 December 2021}} 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. and was appointed professor at the University of Hamburg in 1973.
He died in Hamburg{{cite news | title=Jürgen Jürgens tot | newspaper=Die Tageszeitung: Taz | date=6 August 1994 | page=37 | url=https://taz.de/!1549650/ | access-date=26 December 2021}} and was buried at the Ohlsdorf Cemetery.
Awards
- 1985 Biermann Ratjen Medal
- 1991 Johannes Brahms Medal
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}}
- {{citation |last=Monteverdi | title=Marien-Vesper 1610 | publisher=Telefunken | year=1980 | oclc=7524258 | language=la | ref={{sfnref | Telefunken | 1980}}}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book | last=Schomacker | first=Robert | title=JüJü : Jürgen Jürgens, der Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg und die Akademische Musikpflege der Universität Hamburg von den Anfängen bis 1994 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oSSkCgAAQBAJ | publisher=BoD-Books on Demand | publication-place=Norderstedt | year=2015 | isbn=978-3-7347-7093-7 | oclc=911265345 | language=de}}
External links
- [https://www.monteverdi-chor.de/ Monteverdi Chor]
- [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Jurgens-Jurgen.htm Jürgen Jürgens (Conductor)] Bach Cantatas Website
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Category:German male conductors (music)
Category:Musicians from Frankfurt
Category:20th-century German conductors (music)