Heinz Dressel
Illustration — Heinz Dressel (1957) Heinz Dressel (23 June 1902 – June 1997) was a German conductor.
Heinz Dressel
Unterberg, Rolf · Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F004561-0006 / Unterberg, Rolf / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Born
- 1902 · Mainz.
- Died
- 1997 · Essen.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- conductor · university teacher · general music director · musician
- Honours
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Languages
- German
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Born in Mainz, Dressel studied in Cologne with Hermann Abendroth, became Kapellmeister in Plauen, and later in Lübeck and General Music Director there in 1934. During the period of National Socialism, he conducted the 1934 premiere of Hugo Distler's setting of the Thingspiel Ewiges Deutschland by Wolfram Brockmeier. He was general music director in Münster Symphony Orchestra from 1941/42 to 1951, then in Freiburg im Breisgau (1951-1956) and later in Essen. Dressel was furthermore director of the Folkwang University in Essen from 1956, taking over the conducting class, the orchestra and the opera department there himself (the opera department only until 1958). Dressel founded the Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen in 1958. From 1964 to 1968 he was president of the Deutscher Musikrat. Dressel died in Essen.
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Heinz Dressel was a musician, conductor and general music director, born on 23 June 1902 in Mainz and died in 1997. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The period of activity is recorded as 1968.
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• 1969: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany • 1989: Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia.
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Juli 1957 12. Internationale Ferienkurse für neue Musik, Darmstadt Dr. Wolfgang Steinecke im Gespräch mit Professor Heinz Dressel (Direktor der Folkwangschulen Essen)
Unterberg, Rolf · Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F004561-0004 / Unterberg, Rolf / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation
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