Biography.guide
Home › People › Composer › Fritz Jöde
Portrait of Fritz Jöde

Fritz Jöde

1887 – 1970

German composer, musicologist and music educator

Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Fritz Jöde

Lived 1887 – 1970 (aged 83). Fritz Jöde was a German composer, musicologist, music educator, lyricist, editor and music teacher.

Fritz Jöde (2 August 1887 − 19 October 1970) was a German music educator and one of the leading figures in the (youth music movement).

Life Born in Hamburg, Jöde was the son of a master shoemaker. After his studies, Jöde first worked as a teacher at an Volksschule in Hamburg and joined the youth movement in 1916. At first he was a musical autodidact. Due to his achievements in the field of folk music, he was released from teaching duties to study musicology. In the years 1920 and 1921 Jöde studied in Leipzig, mainly with Hermann Abert. Subsequently, Jöde became a lecturer at the Royal Music Institute of Berlin in 1923. There he founded the first state youth music school in the same year. In 1926 Jöde also initiated so-called "open singing lessons". From 1930 he was entrusted with the direction of the seminar for folk and youth music at the academy, to which he was still affiliated.

After the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, he was granted a leave of absence "until further notice". The songbook is divided into seven chapters: "Kinderlieder und Spiele: teilweise mit einem Melodieinstrument" "Bunte Lieder: hin und wieder mit freien zweiten Stimmen und mit Instrumenten" "Alte und neue Lieder: für Einzel-, Wechsel- und Chorgesang, einstimmig, zweistimmig und mit Instrumenten" "Volks- und Kunstliede [sic!]: meist mit polyphonem Satz mit und ohne Instrumentalbegleitung" "Lieder und Gesänge: von Praetorius, Scheidt, Schütz, Händel, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner und anderen Meistern mit und ohne Instrumentalbegleitung" "Ein- und mehrstimmige Gesänge mit und ohne Instrumentalbegleitung von Joh. Seb. Bach" "Deutschland im Lied" In the last chapter of Deutschland im Lied, the title picture is marked with a swastika. Here are songs that propagate the strengthening of Hitler Germany, for example Heinrich Spitta (1933): "Erwachen", canon for two voices after words by Friedrich Schiller (1798): and by Otto Riethmüller (1933): "Deutschlands Erwachen" (set by Heinrich Spitta), with the 3rd verse goes, (Once there was a grey army, struggling from the Alps to the sea. Fight with us for the future land, work and freedom for all classes. Fighter country, Hitler country, may God's hand protect you).

Due to disciplinary proceedings in October 1936, Jöde was relieved of all offices with effect from 26 February 1937; Zwißler, Wolfenbüttel 1919. Die Lebensfrage der neuen Schule Saal, Lauenburg/Elbe 1921. Musikschulen für Jugend und Volk. Ein Gebot der Stunde. Zwißler, Wolfenbüttel 1924. Die Kunst Bachs. Dargestellt an seinem Inventionen. "Um darneben einen starken Vorschmack von der Komposition zu überkommen" (Organik 1, ). Kallmeyer, Wolfenbüttel 1926. as editor: Handbücher für Musikerziehung. Kallmeyer, Wolfenbüttel 1927–1932. Volume 3: Fritz Jöde: Elementarlehre der Musik gegeben als Anweisung im Notensingen. Volume 3, 1: Erwerbung des Stufenraumes unter Annahme eines relativen Orientierungspunktes. Volume 3, 1, 1: Das Stufenreich. 1927. Volume 5: Fritz Jöde: Das schaffende Kind in der Musik. Eine Anweisung für Lehrer und Freunde der Jugend Volume 5, 1: Zur Theorie des Schaffens. 1928; Volume 5, 2: Aus der Praxis des Schaffens. 1928. Kind und Musik. Eine Einführung (Schriften der Schulmusikgruppe Berlin 1, ). Comenius among others, Berlin et al. 1930. Volume in the series: Bausteine für Musikerziehung und Musikpflege. Werkreihe B. 1951–1957. 104 references in the German National Library.

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Awards
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

People in Fritz Jöde's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Fritz Jöde's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Fritz Jöde?

German composer, musicologist and music educator (1887-1970)

When was Fritz Jöde born?

Fritz Jöde was born on 2 August 1887 in Hamburg.

When did Fritz Jöde die?

Fritz Jöde died on 19 October 1970 in Hamburg.

What was Fritz Jöde's occupation?

Fritz Jöde was a composer, musicologist, music educator, lyricist, editor and music teacher.

What nationality was Fritz Jöde?

Fritz Jöde was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Fritz Jöde

· Wikidata: Q896478

· DBpedia: Fritz Jöde

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Fritz Jöde. https://biography.guide/fritz-jode/

MLA: "Fritz Jöde." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/fritz-jode/.

Chicago: "Fritz Jöde." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/fritz-jode/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:22 UTC