14 Facts About Siegfried Borris

Siegfried Borris became a lecturer at the Musikhochschule Berlin in 1929, but his career was interrupted during the Nazi regime.

Siegfried Borris was appointed professor in 1945 and became an influential pedagogue, composer of music for young players, and active in music organisations.

Siegfried Borris was president of national associations, of Deutscher Tonkunstlerverband from 1963 to 1972, and of Deutscher Musikrat from 1971 to 1976.

Siegfried Borris's father was Jewish and had converted to Christianity when he married in 1905.

Siegfried Borris initially studied national economics at the Humboldt University of Berlin as his father wished, but studied music at the same time.

Siegfried Borris obtained a doctorate in 1933, supervised by Arnold Schering.

Siegfried Borris's dissertation was Kirnbergers Leben und Werk und seine Bedeutung im Berliner Musikkreis um 1750, about the life and influence of Johann Kirnberger.

Siegfried Borris was dismissed in 1933, at the instigation of the Kampfbund fur deutsche Kultur under the Nazi regime.

Siegfried Borris's focus was on topics such as school music, young musicians and the popularisation of contemporary classical music.

Siegfried Borris composed operas for schools and fairy-tale operas, and produced radio programs of new music.

Siegfried Borris became a member of the advisory board of the broadcaster Sender Freies Berlin.

Siegfried Borris was chairman of the new Institut fur Neue Musik und Musikerziehung in Darmstadt from 1961 to 1972, president of Verband Deutscher Musikerzieher und konzertierender Kunstler, an association of German music educators and performers from 1963 to 1972, and in a leading position in the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Musikerziehung und Musikpflege.

Siegfried Borris was a member of the Deutscher Musikrat from 1964, serving as its president from 1971 to 1976.

Siegfried Borris's grave was designated as a grave of honour in Berlin until 2014.