Rudolf Mauersberger (29 January 1889 – 22 February 1971) was a German choral conductor and composer. His younger brother Erhard was also a conductor and composer.
Mauersberger conducting the Dresdner Kreuzchor, Wartburg 1954The ruins of the Kreuzkirche in 1945
After positions in Aachen and Eisenach, he became director of the renowned Dresdner Kreuzchor in 1930, a position he held until his death. In May 1933, Mauersberger became a member of the Nazi Party;[1] there are strong indications though that he tried to minimize the influence of the NS-Ideology and in particular of the Hitler-Jugend onto the choir. He refused to stage NS-songs with the choir,[2] and continued to perform the works of banned composers such as Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Günter Raphael, at least as late as 1938.
Probably his most famous work is the motet Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst (How desolate lies the city), written after the destruction of Dresden in February 1945. The text is taken from the Lamentations of Jeremiah, verses 1,1.4.9.13; 2,15; 5,17.20–21. The work is often seen as a bemoaning of the destroyed city, but given the biblical context, it can also apply to the whole of Germany and her people, the destruction of the country being punishment for its iniquities. Mauersberger's Dresden Requiem[de] also reflects the destruction. He wrote a Passion music after St Luke, Passionsmusik nach dem Lukasevangelium, and the Dresdner Te Deum.
Selected works
Choral cycles for soloists and mixed choir a capella
Tag und Ewigkeit, 1943
Weihnachtszyklus der Kruzianer (Christmas Cycle of the Kreuzchor), 1944–1946, including "Kleiner Dresdner Weihnachtszyklus" (excerpts), 1951 (de)
Chorzyklus Dresden (Choral Cycle Dresden), 1945–1950, finished 1955, including Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst (de)
Erzgebirge, 1946–1954
Der kleine Jahreskreis, 1950
Religious works
Christvesper mit Turmgesängen, 1932–1963
Christmette, 1936
Fangt euer Tagwerk fröhlich an, 5 kleine Spruchmotetten 1940, 1943
Ostermette, 1941
Dresdner Te Deum, 1944/45
Passionsmusik nach dem Lukasevangelium, 1947
Dresdner Requiem, 1947/48 (de)
Geistliche Sommermusik, 1948
Eine kleine Weihnachtskantate (Christmas cantata), 1948
Motette vom Frieden, 1953
Evangelische Messe, 1954
Gesänge für die Kreuzkapelle zu Mauersberg, 1954–1956 (de)
Secular works
Maiwärts, Frühlingsode (Ode for spring), 1917/18
Pfeifen, 1942
Kritik des Herzens, 1958
Habt Ruh und Frieden, Gedächtnisgesang, 1943
Drei Jahreszeitengedichte, 1965/66
Instrumental music
Piano trio in C minor, 1913/14
Introduktion, Ciaconna und Choral E minor for organ, 1912–1914
Introduktion und Passacaglia A minor for organ, 1912–1914
Präludium und Doppelfuge (prelude and double fugue) D minor for organ, 1912–1914
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