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Tugging about music notes: Murnau goldsmith in a clinch with the Upper Palatinate district

2020-08-30T15:07:20.175Z


Peter Kreitmeir from Murnau is at odds with the Upper Palatinate district. It is about original notes from his grandfather Hans Winterberg. In the meantime, Ludwig Spaenle (CSU), the anti-Semitism commissioner of the Bavarian state government, is dealing with the matter.


Peter Kreitmeir from Murnau is at odds with the Upper Palatinate district. It is about original notes from his grandfather Hans Winterberg. In the meantime, Ludwig Spaenle (CSU), the anti-Semitism commissioner of the Bavarian state government, is dealing with the matter.

  • Peter Kreitmeir from Murnau is at odds with the Upper Palatinate district.
  • The goldsmith wants the work of his grandfather Hans Winterberg - a composer - to be scientifically processed in Vienna.
  • In the meantime, even the anti-Semitism commissioner of the Bavarian state government is dealing with the matter.

Murnau - Peter Kreitmeir, 65, has one goal in mind. He would like to revive the artistic legacy of his grandfather Hans Winterberg (1901 to 1991). The Murnau goldsmith wants the works to be performed in concert halls. Kreitmeir is the sole owner of the copyrights with all exploitation and usage rights.

Only narrowly escaped death in the concentration camp

He hopes to receive royalties to cover his costs, which arise from research, documentation and promotion of the work and life of Hans Winterberg. Kreitmeir's grandfather - a Prague Jew who narrowly escaped death in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during the Nazi era - composed around 80 symphonies, piano concertos as well as piano and chamber music.

Dispute with the Sudeten German Music Institute

Kreitmeir is committed to the work with all his might. That has become his life's work. But it doesn't go the way he imagined. He is in a clinch with the Upper Palatinate district. More precisely: with the Sudeten German Music Institute (SMI) located there in Regensburg. Kreitmeir accuses this institution and, above all, of its director of torpedoing and massively hindering his work. The written, artistic legacy of Winterberg is in the SMI.

Kreitmeir calls for the original notes to be returned

On his homepage, Kreitmeir demands “the immediate surrender of the original sheet music to caring hands like those of the Exil.arte Center of the Vienna University of Music. Scientific processing is guaranteed there. "

Oberpfalz district rejects allegations

The criticized authority rejects the allegations. "The Upper Palatinate District has already twice offered Mr. Kreitmeir a cooperation agreement to enable the processing of the estate." But he did not accept the offer, says Günter Bonack of the Upper Palatinate District Press Office. The SMI “acquired the estate of the composer Hans Winterberg in 2002 because it wanted to secure and preserve the work”. The cooperation offer shows that there is an interest in the scientific processing of the work.

Hardened fronts

The fronts are hardened. "The handling of the musical legacy of the Jewish composer Hans Winterberg is a disgrace for the Upper Palatinate district," says Kreitmeir. Authority spokesman Bonack only says: "That is the opinion of Mr. Kreitmeir, which we cannot understand in the matter." Professor Gerold Gruber, head of the research center Exil.arte, has a similar opinion as Kreitmeir. “It's a shame that the SMI withheld this music for so long.” Nothing has happened in 18 years. The Upper Palatinate district rejects Kreitmeir's accusation that the Winterberg notes are not stored properly.

Disturbing contract

Kreitmeir bothers you even more. The content of the 2002 contract, for example. It says: “The Sudeten German Music Institute undertakes to refer to Hans Winterberg in all of his statements in writing or orally exclusively as a Sudeten German composer. Additions such as 'Jewish origin' or similar, which can serve as an indication of Jewish origin, must not be used. This agreement is unlimited in time and place. "Kreitmeir can only shake his head:" The SMI / the Upper Palatinate district signed an anti-Semitic agreement with the heir at the time, Christoph Winterberg, without my knowledge, which denies Hans Winterberg's Jewish origins and according to this agreement he can always be described as a Sudeten German composer - unlimited in time and place. "Kreitmeir finds:" This contract should never have been countersigned by the SMI. "

Dispute in court

Kreitmeir has sued the Upper Palatinate district for the issue of the Winterberg notes. The legal dispute was heard at the Nuremberg-Fürth Regional Court. There was no agreement.

Conflict goes beyond grades

The conflict isn't just about grades. In a cooperation agreement, the goldsmith from the Upper Palatinate district is asked to sign an obligation to cease and desist, "to finally and irrevocably refrain from doing so and to claim that the SMI or its management had acted out of anti-Semitic motives in connection with the work of Hans Winterberg and were anti-Semitic "The Murnauer emphasizes:" I never said that the SMI and / or its management acted out of anti-Semitic motives or expressed itself anti-Semitically. "He said that the 2002 treaty was anti-Semitic. "No more and no less."

Spaenle is dealing with the matter

In the meantime, Ludwig Spaenle (CSU), anti-Semitism commissioner of the Bavarian state government, is also dealing with the matter. Kreitmeir is confident that through the mediation of Spaenle and Bernd Posselt, spokesman for the Sudeten German ethnic group and federal chairman of the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft, a loan agreement will be concluded between the Upper Palatinate district and the University of Music in Vienna regarding the original sheet music.

Research center is interested

In the Austrian capital, guns are at hand. "For me it is important that the music is performed and scientifically processed," emphasizes Exil.arte director Gruber. Winterberg's music is "excellent", emphasizes the scientist. He demands: “Something has to happen with the people in Regensburg. We want to bring this music out. ”In order to implement the edition, you need the originals. A loan over a period of five years would be conceivable.

SMI: Cooperation possible in principle

The SMI believes that “such cooperation is fundamentally possible,” says Bonack. "However, as the owner of the estate, it reserves the right to have a say in this regard."

Also interesting: Kreitmeir brings out piano music from his grandfather

Source: merkur

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