Paul Klengel

Paul Klengel, 1885

Paul Klengel (13 May 1854, in Leipzig – 24 April 1935, in Leipzig) was a German violinist, violist,[1] pianist, conductor, composer, editor and arranger. He was the brother of cellist Julius Klengel.

Biography

Klengel studied at the Leipzig Conservatory of Music and the University of Leipzig receiving his doctorate in 1886 with the dissertation Zur Ästhetik der Tonkunst (The Aesthetic of Music). From 1881 to 1886 he was choral conductor for the Euterpe Music Society in Leipzig and from 1888 to 1891 he worked at the Hofkapelle Stuttgart. He conducted for the German choral societies in New York City from 1898 to 1902. Klengel then returned to Leipzig to conduct the Arion Society and later joined the Leipzig Conservatory as professor of violin and piano.

Klengel was a versatile musician; he was an accomplished violinist and pianist who sought a career as a concert musician and soloist. He composed works for violin, viola, and piano, as well as many songs and choral works. Klengel was a "house arranger" for Simrock publishing house. He is noted for his artistic arrangements for violin and viola,[1] many of which are still used for teaching.[2]

Original compositions

Chamber music
  1. Romanze
  2. Humoreske
  3. Menuett
  4. Ständchen
  5. Scherzo
  1. Sérénade mélancolique
  2. Tempo di minuetto
  3. Élégie in E minor
  4. Caprice in E major
  5. Nocturne in F major
2. An der Wiege
  1. Präludium
  2. Courante
  3. Menuetto
  4. Bourrée
  5. Air
  6. Tambourin
  1. Klage (Lament; Plainte)
  2. Und meine Seele spannte weit ihre Flügel aus (And My Soul Spread Out Its Wings; Et mon âme ouvrait ses ailes)
  3. Erhebung und Trost (Elevation and Consolation; Éspoir et consolation)
  4. Eine Erinnerung (A Recollection; Un souvenir)
  5. Valse Impromptu
  6. Schlummerlied (Lullaby; Berceuse)
  1. Spielmannsweise
  2. Capriccio
  3. Gruss in die Ferne
  4. Reigen
Cadenzas
Piano
  1. in A major
  2. in F major
  1. Frühlingsgruß
  2. Blatt im Winde
  3. Abendstimmung
  4. Mazurka (A major)
  5. Albumblatt
  6. Alla Tarantella
  1. Abendstimmung (At Eventide)
  2. Humoreske
  3. Ein Lied vom Scheiden (At Parting)
  4. Barcarole
Vocal
  1. Ich weiss ja nicht, was kommen wird; words by A. Aar
  2. Dein Bild; words by Hoffmann von Fallersleben
  3. Ergebung; words by Paul Heyse
  4. Brautlied; words by Paul Heyse
  5. Du bist so weit; words by A. Aar
  6. Treueste Liebe; words by Paul Heyse
  1. Abendlied: Ruhe umhüllt; words by Franz Grillparzer
  2. Deinem Blick mich zu bequemen; words by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Wenn deine Arme halten; words by Karl Vohsen
  1. Lass die wilden Wogen toben; words by Hoffmann von Fallersleben
  2. Georgia's Hügel ruh'n; words by Friedrich von Bodenstedt
  3. An dich verschwendet; words by Paul Heyse
  4. Du mit den schwarzen Augen; words by Emanuel Geibel
  1. Über die Haide geht sausend des Herbstes Wind
  2. Serenade: Die Sterne blinken in Silberpracht
  3. Leid: Drunten im Grunde, ihr Blümelein blau
  4. Des Abends: Die Abendglocken läuten
  1. Denkst Du der Stunden (Dost Thou Remember)
  2. Ihr Sterne und ihr Blumen (I See the Stars above Me)
  3. Wenn die Rosen blühn (Love, When the Roses Bloom)
  1. Sonnenwende
  2. In der Stille
  3. Nun gehn die Stürme schlafen
  4. Die Felder rauschen
  5. Bitte
  1. Vor Tagesgrauen
  2. Im Mittagsschweigen
  3. Wilde Rose und erste Liebe
  4. Tanzlied im Mai
Choral

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 Riley, Maurice W. (1980), "Brief Biographies of Violists", The History of the Viola, Volume I, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Braun-Brumfield, p. 342
  2. Forbes, Watson (1980), "Klengel, Paul", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Volume 10, London: Macmillan, p. 108, ISBN 0-333-23111-2

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