Richard Franck

Richard Franck ( born January 3, 1858 in Cologne, † January 22, 1938 in Heidelberg ) was a German composer and pianist.

Life

Richard Franck is the son of composer Eduard Franck and pianist Tony Franck born Thiedemann.

After graduating from the grammar school in Berlin Richard Franck studied music in Berlin at the Stern Conservatory, then at the Leipzig Conservatory under Carl Reinecke, Ernst Ferdinand Wenzel, Salomon Jadassohn, Alfred Richter and Wilhelm Rust, besides philosophy at the university. In 1880 he was appointed to the run by Hans Huber General School of Music in Basel, after which he worked in Berlin ( Kullaksche Academy ) and in Magdeburg, then again in Basel as a teacher, conductor and composer. As of 1903, Franck Royal Prussian music director in Kassel, finally worked from 1910 to 1938 at the Conservatory in Heidelberg.

As a composer, Richard Franck used equally small (numerous piano pieces ) as the major forms. Mention may be made about the Piano Trios Op 20 and Op 32, Violin and Cello Sonatas and the overture " waves of the sea and of love" in 1895 by Willem Mengelberg in Lucerne listed first op 21, with which Richard Franck had great success. Characteristic are elegant lines, harmonious differentiation and a penchant for contrapuntal Bays. Everywhere can be seen in the works of Franck's an educated of classic patterns, then "moderate modern " style felt connected to the Romantics. After the First World War he was interested in Grieg and regersche harmony. Similar to Max Reger was recognized with him previously facets, pointing to the epochal upheaval. Grace and harmony, subtle sound stimulus and elegant melody spoke to him the criticism alike. As a concert pianist Richard Franck was accused of an amazing technology in the broadest and highest sense, in terms of dexterity, elasticity of the attack, emphasis and interpretation of the musical idea content. Already the first publications for the piano had sympathy and recognition earned him where did not mention that they demanded an excellent player. Before unusual shapes he did not shrink: he created a two-movement Violin Concerto (Op. 43), for its special status as idiosyncratic structure, only one ( younger ) Pendant from the pen of Siegfried Wagner is known, and in addition to the Piano Quartet Op 33, a "Piano Quartet in a sentence " (op. 41). Quite a few of his musical and philosophical ideas and motifs go back to the humanistic orientation Franck, recognizable at about the allusive to the ancient tale subtitle "Cupid and Psyche" love idyll, Op 40 ( tone poem for large orchestra).

The works of Richard Francks be re- edited source criticism since 2010 Pfefferkorn Musikverlag (Leipzig). Previously unpublished works are presented in the first edition.

Works

Orchestral works and concertos

  • Symphony in D major ( before 1901 ), Manuscript
  • Suite op 30, Berlin 1898, when CD published in 2008 ( Sterling)
  • Symphonic Fantasy, Op 31, Berlin 1899, when CD published in 2008 ( Sterling)
  • Love Idyll (Cupid and Psyche), Op 40, Berlin 1905, when CD published in 2008 ( Sterling)
  • Prelude to a romantic drama, Op 57 (1926 ), Manuscript
  • Piano Concerto in D minor (1880 ), Manuscript
  • Piano Concerto in A major, Manuscript
  • Serenade for cello and orchestra, Op 24, Berlin 1896, piano version in 2004 reissued Henstedt -Ulzburg ( Herm - ISMN M -50123-030-3), ditto Hamburg published in 2010 ( Sikorski Music Publishers ), piano version on CD 2000 ( audite ) orchestral version on CD published in 2008 ( Sterling)
  • Serenade for Violin with Orchestra, Op 25, Berlin 1896, published as CD 2008 ( Sterling)
  • Violin Concerto in D major, Op 43, for Violin and Piano, Berlin 1906
  • Piano Concerto in E minor, Op 50 (ca. 1907), Arrangement for Two Pianos Berlin 1910

Chamber Music

  • Sonata for Piano and Violin in D major, Op 14, Berlin, 1890, critical edition Leipzig 2010 ( Pfefferkorn - ISMN 979-0-50139-403-6 ), published as CD 2004 ( audite )
  • Sonata for Piano and Cello in D major, Op 22, Berlin 1894, reissued 2005 Henstedt -Ulzburg ( Herm - ISMN M -50123-031-0), Hamburg ditto 2010 ( Sikorski Music Publishers ), published on CD 2000 ( audite )
  • Sonata for violin and piano in C minor, Op 35, Berlin 1903 critical edition Leipzig 2010 ( Pfefferkorn - ISMN 979-0-50139-403-6 ), published as CD 2004 ( audite )
  • Sonata for cello and piano in E flat minor, Op 36, Berlin 1903, when CD published 1995 ( fermata / audite )
  • Three Pieces for flute or violin and piano, Op 52 Berlin, 1910; critical edition Leipzig 2012 ( Pfefferkorn Musikverlag - ISMN 979-0-50139-167-7 ); published as a CD 2004 ( audite )
  • Piano Trio in B minor, Op 20, Leipzig 1894, 2007 Reprint Edition by Silver Trust, Riverwoods, IL, USA, published on CD 2003 ( audite )
  • Piano Trio in E flat major, Op 32, Berlin in 1900, 2007 Reprint Edition published by Silver Trust, Riverwoods, IL, USA, CD 2003 ( audite )
  • Piano Quartet in A major, Op 33, Berlin 1901, 2007 Reprint Edition published by Silver Trust, Riverwoods, IL, USA, CD 2007 ( audite )
  • Piano Quartet in E- flat major, Op 41, Berlin 1905, critical Urtextausgabe 2013 Pfefferkorn Musikverlag, Leipzig, CD published in 2007 ( audite )
  • Spanish Serenade for String Quartet (1926 ), Manuscript

Piano Pieces (selection)

  • Three Piano Pieces, Op 1, Zurich 1881
  • Impromptu, Barcarolle and Etude for piano, Op 5, Berlin 1883
  • Concert Waltz for piano A flat major, Op 10, Berlin 1885
  • Three four-hand pieces in canon form, op 11, Magdeburg 1886
  • Dances for piano, four hands, Op 12, Wroclaw 1888
  • Minuet for piano in A major, Op 13, Leipzig 1890
  • Suite for piano, four hands, Op 9, Leipzig 1890
  • Four Piano Pieces, Op 15, Zurich 1891
  • Variations on an Original Theme, Op 16, Leipzig 1891
  • Minuet and Mazurka for Piano, Op 17, Leipzig 1891
  • Fantasy on motifs from the music for a festival ( Kleinbasler Commemoration ) by Hans Huber C Major, Leipzig about 1893
  • Reverie. Four Pieces for piano, Op 18, Berlin 1894
  • Children's Album, Op 19, Manuscript
  • Three Piano Pieces for Concert Lecture op 23, Berlin 1894
  • Three Fantasy Pieces for Piano, Op 26, Berlin 1899
  • Fantasy ( s) for piano, Op 28, Berlin 1897, when CD published in 2007 ( audite )
  • Chaconne for piano in C minor, Op 29, Berlin 1899
  • Papillon D Major, 1901
  • Eight Piano Pieces, Op 34, Berlin 1902
  • Fantasy Pieces in A major, 1903
  • Forest Fantasies for Piano, Op 38, Berlin 1904
  • Lucerne. A reminder in cheerful waltzes op 39, Berlin 1904
  • Ballade for piano, Op 44, Berlin 1906
  • Two Piano Pieces Op 46 for the salon, Berlin 1907
  • Scherzo for piano A flat major, Op 47, Berlin 1907
  • Oriental Sketches for Pianoforte, Op 48, Kassel
  • Gavotte and Minuet for Piano, Op 49, Kassel
  • Sonata for Piano in D flat major, Op 51, ​​Berlin 1910
  • 12 Variations and Fugue on an Original Theme, Op 53 ( before 1922 ), Heidelberg
  • Fantasia and Fugue on B.A.C.H. for one piano and two pianos Des-Dur/B-Dur
  • Album for Piano, Op 55, Heidelberg, 1926
  • Polyphonic Tone-Pictures for Piano, Op 56, Heidelberg 1926

Vocal music

  • Three Songs for Voice and Piano op 6, Berlin 1882
  • Love message, for Voice and Piano, Basel until 1900
  • The old stone bats, for Voice and Piano, Berlin 1906
  • Words of love, for mixed chorus and orchestra, Op 27, Berlin 1898
  • Three Songs for male chorus, Op 42, Berlin 1905
  • "When I saw you little ... " ( poem by Theodor Storm ), for mixed choir, Ms. oD
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