Robert Pracht
May 4, 1961, Karlsruhe) was a German composer and music educator. He is well known for his piano and string works as well as his numerous choral compositions. Pracht was born in Mulhouse; his father was kapellmeister Robert Ottmar Pracht.
Also recorded as Karl Robert Pracht
Robert Pracht
- Born
- 1878 · Mulhouse.
- Died
- 1961 · Karlsruhe.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- composer · music educator · choir director
- Fields
- music · choral music · music education · choir singing
- Honours
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Languages
- German
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Robert Pracht is recorded as having received Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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1878
Robert Pracht born at Mulhouse.
1961
Robert Pracht died at Karlsruhe.
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After finishing basic education he studied at the Meersburg teaching school and then at the Mannheim Academy of Music from 1900 to 1904. In the meantime he finished his staatsexamen (master's degree) in 1902 in Karlsruhe. After teaching a period in Meersburg, Pracht had been appointed music teacher at the Humboldt Gymnasium in Karlsruhe where he worked more than two decades until retiring in 1945. Additionally, Pracht was a renowned conductor of various men's choirs all over Baden and composed more than 200 traditional choir songs. In 1953 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit. Pracht died in 1961 in Karlsruhe at the age of 83.
• Choral songs • Das Morgenrot • Der Tag bricht an • Deutscher Frühling • Drei Nelken • Drei Rosen • Ewige Melodie • Lenzlust • Mein Hegau • Moorgrab • O deutscher Wald • Roland • Sonntag ist heut • Wanderlust • Weinland • Wirtin, schenk ein • Piano works • Berceuse und Scherzo für Klavier • Jugendalbum für Klavier • Stimmungsbilder für Klavier • Works for chamber music and orchestra
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