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Gerhart Wiesenhütter

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Gerhart Wilhelm Robert Wiesenhütter (12 August 1912 – 15 September 1978) was a German conductor and organist.

Life[edit]

Wiesenhütter was born in Dresden,[1] the son of the merchant Robert Wiesenhütter and his wife Margarete, née Koch. He played the organ as a substitute at church services while still at school.[1] He was a member of the church choir of the St. John's Church, Dresden. From 1928 to 1934, he studied organ and conducting with Alfred Kutschbach at the State Orchestra School of the Staatskapelle Dresden. He performed organ concerts during his studies.[1]

In 1934, Wiesenhütter became Stadtkapellmeister in Glauchau,[1] in 1941 First Kapellmeister at the Saarländisches Staatstheater and in 1942 First Kapellmeister of the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. In 1943, he joined the Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe until 1944.[1] He was drafted as clerk (Bürobote) in Niederau. After the war, he became deputy mayor in Weinböhla until he went to Dresden as early as 1 June 1945 and became conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. In November 1945, he was awarded the title of Generalmusikdirektor (GMD).[1]

With the resumption of broadcasting after the war on 1 June 1946, Wiesenhütter became musical director of the Leipzig station, which from 1 August 1946 also included the Leipzig Symphony Orchestra.[1] He quickly rebuilt a first-class, musically versatile orchestra. Within a very short time, the orchestra reached the level of an A-class orchestra. As early as autumn 1948, Wiesenhütter was subjected to hostility within the radio. He was accused of "anti-Party and anti-Soviet behaviour", as well as of preparing his escape to the West. Personal resentment and intrigue on the part of an orchestra member whose poor performance Wiesenhütter complained about may have been the motive. Wiesenhütter stayed away from the party meeting that decided on his person on 27 September 1948 because of an obligation with the RIAS-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin.[1]

He worked as a freelance conductor until he became GMD at the Landestheater Halle in the 1948/49 season. He was from 1955 to 1957 musical director at the Volkstheater Rostock, and worked for a short while at the Metropol Theatre in Berlin. From 1958 to 1970, Wiesenhütter conducted the Loh-Orchester Sondershausen, becoming its artistic director the following year.[1] This period was interrupted by the 1967/68 season when he was conductor of the Egyptian Symphony Orchestra in Cairo. Wiesenhütter was principal conductor of the Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach from 1970 to 1975, and then worked freelance again.[1]

Wiesenhütter was married twice and had a son and a daughter from his first marriage and a daughter from his second marriage.[1]

He died in Sondershausen at the age of 66.[1]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Burchartz, Nils (8 August 2006). "Gerhart Wiesenhütter". Sächsische Biografie (in Deutsch). Retrieved 16 November 2021.

Further reading[edit]

  • Wiesenhütter, Gerhart. In John L. Holmes: Conductors on Record. Greenwood Press, Westport 1982, ISBN 0-575-02781-9 Search this book on ., p. 717.
  • Jörg Clemen; Steffen Lieberwirth: Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. Die Geschichte des Sinfonieorchesters. (in German) Verlag Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad, Altenburg 1999, ISBN 3-930550-09-1 Search this book on ., pp. 98–106.
  • Helmut Köhler: Persönlichkeiten in Sondershausen. Gerhart Wiesenhütter. (in German), Sondershausen 2004.

External links[edit]


Others articles of the Topic Classical music : List of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart



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