Emil von Reznicek

Emil Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Reznicek (also: Reznicek, born May 4, 1860 in Vienna, † August 2, 1945 in Berlin) was an Austrian composer.

Family

Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek came from a Bohemian family and was the son of kuk General Joseph Reznicek born, who had been raised on 4 January 1853 in Vienna in the Austrian knighthood and on January 2, 1860 Diploma from 1 February 1860 in Vienna in the Austrian baron. Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek was a half brother of the painter Ferdinand von Reznicek ( 1868-1909 ).

Life

Reznicek received his first musical training in Graz, later at the Leipzig Conservatory. He was theater conductor in Zurich, Graz, Stettin, Mainz, Mannheim and Weimar. From 1909 to 1911 he worked as assistant conductor at the Komische Oper Berlin. From 1920 worked as a teacher of composition Reznicek at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. He was a member and senator of the Prussian Academy of Arts. His works were funded, inter alia of conductors such as Arthur Nikisch, Gustav Mahler, Felix Weingartner, Richard Strauss, and Leo Blech. In the Nazi state Reznicek was a respected composer. In July 1933 he left his 1925 resulting solid overture, which concludes with the Watch on the Rhine, premiered under the new title Liberated Germany. From 1934 to 1942 he was German delegate to the " Permanent Council for International Cooperation of the composer ." He received in 1935 the Goethe Medal for Art and Science, and on April 20, 1936 he was appointed Adolf Hitler again professor. 1938 his String Quartet was performed as part of the Reichsmusiktage. In the same year he was nominated by the President of the Reich Chamber of Music as an imperial culture Senator. Since 1940, Reznicek received a monthly honorarium and in December 1944 a one-time endowment over 30,000 RM.

It rests on the Wilmersdorf Waldfriedhof Stahnsdorf. In 1955 (9th district) was named after him in the Reznicekgasse Vienna Alsergrund.

Works

Stage Works

  • Donna Diana, opera in three acts (1894, revised 1933; Libretto: Julius Knapp by Agustin Moreto )
  • Till Eulenspiegel folk opera in two parts and an epilogue (1900, revised 1939; Libretto: EN von Reznicek by Johann species )
  • The fear of marriage, operetta (1913, libretto by Louis baptismal font and Erich Urban by Maurice Hennequin )
  • Dream Play, August Strindberg's incidental music to drama (1915 )
  • Bluebeard, fairy-tale opera in three acts (1920, libretto by Herbert Eulenberg )
  • Holofernes, opera in two acts (1922; Libretto: EN von Reznicek by Friedrich Hebbel )
  • Satuala, opera in three acts (1928, libretto by Rolf Lauckner )
  • Gasoline, opera in two acts (1929; libretto by the composer, loosely based on Calderón de la Barca )
  • Game or serious, comical ( chamber ) opera (1930, libretto by Poul Knudsen )
  • The Gondolier of the Doge, opera in one act (1931, libretto by Poul Knudsen )
  • The Golden Calf, Ballet in three images (1935; Libretto: Liggo Cavling )

Choral works

  • Requiem in D minor for soloists, mixed choir, organ and orchestra (1895, lost)
  • Mass in F major for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra (1898; just as a sketch preserved)
  • In Memoriam, cantata for alto, baritone, mixed choir, organ and string orchestra ( 1915)
  • Our Father, chorale fantasia for mixed choir and organ ( 1919)
  • The stone Psalm for mixed choir, organ and orchestra (1929 )

Orchestral works

  • Symphonic Suite No. 1 in E Minor ( 1883)
  • Symphonic Suite No. 2 in D Major ( 1896)
  • Symphony No. 1 in D minor Tragic (1902 )
  • Spring Overture ( also gold oriole Overture; 1903)
  • Symphony No. 2 in B flat major Ironic (1904 )
  • Serenade in G major for String Orchestra (1905, revised 1920)
  • Prelude and Fugue in C minor (1912, also version for organ 1918)
  • Schlemihl - A life image, tone poem for orchestra ( with tenor solo, 1912)
  • Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor chromatic (1913, also version for organ 1920)
  • The winner - a symphonic- satyrisches time image, tone poem for orchestra ( with alto solo and mixed chorus; 1913)
  • Peace - A vision, tone poem for orchestra ( with mixed chorus, 1914; missing)
  • Symphony No. 3 in D major in the old style (1918 )
  • Concert Piece for Violin and Orchestra in E flat major (1918 )
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor (1918 )
  • Symphony No. 4 in F Minor (1919)
  • Theme and Variations Tragic History ( with baritone solo, 1921)
  • Symphony No. 5 in F sharp minor Dance Symphony (1925 )
  • Raskolnikov, Fantasy Overture No. 1 (1925 )
  • Symphonic Variations on the Kol Nidrey (1929 )
  • Raskolnikov, Fantasy Overture No. 2 (1930 )

Chamber Music

  • String Quartet in C minor (1882 )
  • String Quartet in C sharp minor (1906, revised 1921)
  • String Quartet in D minor (1922 )
  • String Quartet in E minor (1930, only 1st and 4th sentence received )
  • String Quartet in B flat major (1932 )

Organ and Keyboard Works

  • Two Fantasy Pieces for Piano (1897 )
  • Valse Pathétique for piano (1924 )
  • Fantasia in E minor for organ (1930 )

Songs

  • Two ballads from Fridericianischer time for bass and piano (1912, also version with orchestra)
  • Four Bet and Bußgesänge for Alt or bass and piano (1913, also version with orchestra)
  • Seven Songs for medium voice and piano (1939 )

The best-known work

In Germany the overture of the opera Donna Diana gained high visibility on television. A section of this overture was the opening melody of the 1969 to 1985 (with interruptions ) emitted monthly by Ernst Stankovski, later hosted by Johanna of Koczian and Günther Schramm musical quiz program Recognize the tune? For the first time since 1942 Donna Diana's face, under the direction of Kirsten Harms in 2003 at the Kiel Opera in the staging of Alexander von arrow again. From this performance under the baton of conductor Ulrich Windfuhr cpo published as part of its Reznicek Edition a recording on CD.

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