Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1989 - 10 Pfennig

Important personalities The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic publishes five multicolored special postage stamps with illustrations of important personalities. Special cancellation from 28 February to 27 April 1989 Rudolf Mauersberger Rudolf Mauersberger was born on 29 January 1889 in Mauersberg (Erzgebirge). He died on February 22, 1971 in Dresden. After attending the teacher seminar in Annaberg Mauersberger studied from 1912 to 1914 at the Leipzig Conservatory composition, conducting, organ and piano. He finished his education in 1919. From 1919 to 1925 he worked as organist and choirmaster in Aachen. He then spent five years as Landeskirchenmusikwart in Thuringia and cantor at St. Georgen in Eisenach. Here he built up the George church choir from boys and youthful voices and called the Bach choir into being. In 1930 Mauersberger's election and appointment as Dresdner Kreuzkantor took place. This office he held until his death. With the Kreuzchor Mauersberger performed in Germany and abroad. From the beginning of his work, the Kreuzkantor devoted himself with great intensity to the care of Acapella music, the work of J. S. Bach, the oeuvre of Heinrich Schütz and contemporary choral art. Mauersberger led the Dresdner Kreuzchor over the crisis years of World War II to its most glamorous period in the history of choral music, which has lasted more than 750 years. After 1945, the Dresden Kreuzchor became world famous. This is evidenced by numerous recordings, radio productions and television recordings. High-quality is the compositional work of Mauersberger, which he designed mainly for the Kruzians. Mauersberger received numerous honors and awards, u. a. the professors' title (1938), the national prize of the GDR (1950), the academic degrees of a dr. paed. H. c. Humboldt University Berlin (1954) and a Dr. med. theol. H. c. the Philipps University Marburg (1959). He was appointed honorary member of the International Heinrich Schütz Society (1964), the New Bach Society (1 969) and the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra (1970).