Martin Behrmann

Martin Behrmann (16 July 1930 – 5 January 2014) was a German choirmaster and university teacher.

Commemorative plaque at the "Janusz-Korczak-Haus", Schönwalder Allee 26, in Hakenfelde

Life

Born in Dessau, Behrmann was a grammar school pupil at the Katharineum in Lübeck and passed the Abitur at the Johanneum in Hamburg. He studied church music at the Musikhochschule Freiburg and pipe organ with Walter Kraft. He passed the A-examination at the Musikhochschule Lübeck.

From 1957 to 1966 he was cantor at the St. Andreas Church in Hamburg. He founded the Cappella Vocale Hamburg[1] and was choir conducting teacher at the Hamburg University of Music until 1966. In 1966 he followed the call to teach choir conducting at the Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule (KMS), whose director he was from 1976 to 1998. He directed the Spandauer Kantorei for 29 years.[2] For his achievements he was appointed Kirchenmusikdirektor.[3]

Behrmann was also involved with foreign church music associations such as the Sambalikhaan Foundation in the Philippines. There, together with other renowned church music teachers, he participated in corresponding workshops.[4]

Behrmann died in Löningen in Oldenburger Münsterland at age 83.[5]

Publications
  • Chorleitung. Musikverlag Carus, Stuttgart, 1984, ISBN 3-923053-04-5
    SCM Hänssler, ISBN 3-7753-0876-8
  • Festschrift Ernst Pepping: Allgemeine Kategorien der Interpretation.

Recordings
  • Robert Schumann: German and Latin Masses. Vox.[6]
  • Franz Schubert: Messen Nr. 2, 3, 5, 6 (von Spandauer Kantorei und Bach-Collegium Berlin, Martin Behrmann), Membran International (SPV), Audio-CD 2003.[7]
  • Passionsbericht des Matthäus (von Spandauer Kantorei und Capella Vocale Hamburg, Behrmann, und Ernst Pepping (composer)), Cad (Note 1), Audio-CD 2003.[7]
  • Dramatische Evangelienmotetten (von Spandauer Kantorei Berlin, Cap.Vocale Hamburg, Behrmann, Franck (composer)), Hänssler, Audio-CD 1997.[7]
  • 25 Classical Christian Favorites. Cameo.
  • Johann Hermann Schein: Israelsbrünnlein, Vox.

References
  1. Homepage of Anja Meyer-Rettberg, accessed on 3 February 2009
  2. Church musicians must go. Training centre in the Johannesstift is to be closed in 1998. Article of 22 April 1995
  3. zwerenberger-vokalensemble.de of the music ensemble and the trainer of one of its members, accessed on 2 December 2009.
  4. "Gesangsensemble Sambalikhan". Archived from the original on March 22, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2020.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), retrieved on 3 February 2020.
  5. Der Herr der Chöre. In Berliner Zeitung, 8 January 2014
  6. "Info". Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2020.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Classics online, accessdate 3 February 2020
  7. Amazon, accessdate 3 February 2020.
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