Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský

Mikuláš Schneider- Trnavský ( born May 24, 1881 in Trnava, Austria - Hungary, today Trnava in Slovakia, † May 28, 1958 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak composer, conductor, educator and national artists, the foundation for the Academy of Music and dramatic Arts, the predecessor of today's Conservatory in Bratislava has been earned.

Life

Schneider- Trnavský put 1900 his schooling at the archbishop of Trnava School and studied afterwards at conservatories in Budapest ( 1900-1 ) and Vienna ( 1901-3 ) and was in Prague ( 1903-5 ) student of Joseph Klicka (organ ) and Karl plug (composition). After completing his studies he began to publish; the first work were Slovak folk songs for voice and piano (1907). In 1907 he was briefly choirmaster of the Orthodox Church in Großbetschkerek (today Zrenjanin in Serbia), in 1908 he was traveling on a tour around Europe. After returning to his home town he was born in 1909 choirmaster of the local Nicholas Cathedral and remained there until his death.

It dealt a life-long choral and folk music and composed instrumental and orchestral music. In the 1920s, he wrote several song collections; his main work came out in 1937, the more than 500 songs comprehensive "Some Catholic Hymns " ( Slow Original: Jednotný Katolický spevník ), of which almost half of Schneider- Trnavský were even written. As a result of the hymnbook became the standard work in the Slovak Catholic Church. In 1933 he composed a symphonic poem Pribinov SLUB ( German Pribina oath ) on the occasion of the national holiday Pribinove slávnosti.

His operetta Bella Rosa was premiered on 24 May 1941 at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava.

In 1956, he wrote his only symphony, the Symphony in E Minor and 1957 the orchestral work Slovenská suita ked sa Piesen rozozvučí.

Awards

• Knight of St Gregory (1933 )
• Stefanik State Prize (1938 )
• National Prize for Art (1940, 1948)
• National Artist for lifelong work (1956 )

Appreciation

After Mikuláš Schneinder - Trnavský streets in several Slovak towns, among other Bratislava, Trnava and Nitra and a basic art school in Trnava are named.