Franz Kelch
Franz Kelch | |
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Born | |
Died | 5 June 2013 | (aged 97)
Occupation | Singer |
Franz Kelch (1 November 1915 – 5 June 2013) was a German bass-baritone lied and oratorio singer. His discography includes works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Dieterich Buxtehude, George Frideric Handel, and Claudio Monteverdi.
Biography
Franz Kelch was born in Bayreuth. He started voice training in difficult times in 1937 with Henriette Klink in Nürnberg after mandatory military service. He had to interrupt his studies with the outbreak of World War II. After he returned from a prisoner-of-war-camp, he started teaching and singing for the Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian broadcast) in programs of early music and new works of Munich composers such as Joseph Haas, Hermann Zilcher or Wolfgang Jacobi.[1]
In 1948, Franz Kelch was the soloist for
In addition to his extensive concert activities as a lieder and oratorio singer in Germany and Western Europe, Franz Kelch taught from 1953-1978 at the Leopold-Mozart-Konservatorium Augsburg[1] (now the Leopold Mozart Center). Numerous well-known opera and concert singer emerged from his 25 years of voice teaching.
Franz Kelch lived in Munich from 1947. He died on 5 June 2013.[5] He is survived by ten children.
References
- ^ a b c "Franz Kelch (Bass-Baritone)". bach-cantatas.com. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ "Review of St John Passion". Gramophone. March 1956. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ Quinn, John (2005). "The Passions - Christmas Oratorio - B minor mass - Motets". musicweb.international. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ "L'incoronazione di Poppea (German)". operone.de. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ Death notice vrsmedia-trauerportal.de
External links
- Franz Kelch – Biography at Bach-Cantatas
- Entries for Bach recordings by Franz Kelch on WorldCat
- Discography Franz Kelch (PDF)
- Wir gratulieren (We congratulate) 90th birthday in 2005, detailed biography and discography in Der Pasinger (in German)
- Franz Kelch – Eine bedeutende Sängerpersönlichkeit Vita, Discographie und Erinnerungen (in German)