- Fritz Dietrich
Fritz Dietrich (13 or
23 February ,1905 - 1945) was a German music scientist and composer.After graduating from school in
Pforzheim , Dietrich first attended the technical university inKarlsruhe , before moving to music. He studied from 1925 inFreiburg withWilibald Gurlitt andHeinrich Besseler . Later study saw him move to theUniversity of Heidelberg , to where Besseler had moved. For a short time, Dietrich studied inLeipzig at the conservatory, underKarl Straube .From 1931-4, Dietrich took an music assistantship in Heidelberg, whilst training to teach at university level. This he did in 1935, but what with the come-uppance of
Nazism , there were fewer opportunities than usual for music teachers.In the 1930s, Deitrich worked for the
Bärenreiter-Verlag publishing house, and himself published a collection of small notebooks with music for laymen. He was conscripted into the army, and died (missing) on the eastern front in the area aroundHeiligenbeil .Deitrich's known works were written for organ and
recorder as well as much vocal music. He was an able player of thepiano , organ,oboe andviola .References
* Karl Friedrich Rieber, "Erinnerungen an Fritz Dietrich". Musik & Kirche (1953) 237.
* Walter Blankenburg, "Fritz Dietrich zum Gedenken". Musik & Kirche (1955) 81.
* Eckhard John, "Der Mythos vom Deutschen in der deutschen Musik: Musikwissenschaft und Nationalsozialismus". In "Die Freiburger Universität in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus", Ploetz (1991). Hrsg. John Eckhard et al.
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