Philipp Jarnach

Philipp Jarnach ( born July 26, 1892 in Noisy- le -Sec; † 17 December 1982 Börnsen ) was a German composer and music teacher. In the 1920s, he was next to Hindemith as a leading representative of the then modern German music. As the " inheritance of his Roman origin ", he proved " safe form force in an independent continuation" of " classicism " sought by his teacher and friend Busoni. Since he taught himself soon and this task took very seriously, was his work, mainly instrumental music, rather narrow. Part of the criticism already complained in 1950, the composer Jarnach threatened to be unjustly "forgotten". To Jarnachs students included Kurt Weill and William Painter, who stood in opposing ideological camps.

Life

Philipp Jarnach was born the son of a Catalan and a Flemish woman in Noisy- le -Sec in Paris on 26 July 1892. Encouraged by Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy, he has appeared with 11 years as a " pianistic prodigy " on. After four years studying piano in Paris with Edouard Risler and Theory lessons with Albert Lavignac he worked as an accompanist and vocal coach at the Paris School of Singing.

Due to the German declaration of war on France in 1914, he moved with his German wife to Zurich to. There he a year later became friends with Ferruccio Busoni, who gave him earning potential and Jarnach had a lasting influence through his mental attitude in regard to his artistic existence. Thus it succeeded Jarnach to gain a foothold in Zurich, he worked first as a coach and conductor at the Zurich Stadttheater and later as a teacher of music theory at the Municipal Conservatory.

In 1921 he decided to follow Busoni in Berlin. There he made ​​the final breakthrough as a composer of contemporary music. From 1922 his works were published by Schott and at the Donaueschingen Music Festival, he was at that time the most played composer. In Berlin Jarnach earned his living by performances, private lessons in composition and music reviews and was committed to the side as a pianist, organizer and occasionally as a conductor. He was also a member of the so-called November Group and the Music Committee of the ADMV, board member and juror of the ISCM and artistic director of the organized by Herbert Graf Melos concerts.

1925 completed the opera Doktor Faust Jarnach of the recently deceased Busoni, which has been recognized as one of his greatest achievements. His version has not yet displaced despite a recent Antony Beaumont in 1984, relying on now emerged sketches Busoni.

In the period 1927-1949 Jarnach worked as director of the master class in composition at the Musikhochschule in Cologne. There he built his reputation as an outstanding teacher, but declined during his work. In 1950 moved Jarnach, who meanwhile had taken German citizenship, to Hamburg. There he worked as director of the newly founded Academy of Music until 1959, and then another 11 years as a teacher of composition. Jarnach died (1982 ) at the age of 90 years in Börnsen near Hamburg.

Jarnachs son Franz ( born 1944 ) is a pianist and actor. His granddaughter Lucy Jarnach (* 1987 ) has joined as pianist in his footsteps. The student of Alfred Brendel and Gerhard Oppitz is considered a specialist in the works of her grandfather.

Honors

Compositions

Dramatic work

  • Prelude, prayer and Holy Dance from " The Mural " (op. 11). Libretto: Ferruccio Busoni

Vocal works

  • Three early songs. Texts: Albert Samain (1858-1900), p Noise Mont
  • The two fellows (1915 ). Text: Joseph von Eichendorff
  • Seven cents (1915 ). Text: Frank Wedekind ( 1896)
  • Four Songs (Op. 7, 1922) for voice and orchestra (or piano). Texts: Borries von Munchausen, Friedrich Hölderlin, Gustav Falke
  • Two Songs of the Fool (op. 24) for voice and orchestra. Texts: William Shakespeare, from As You Like It ( German of August Wilhelm Schlegel )
  • Ballad of the champions (1934 ). Text: Joseph von Eichendorff
  • Six Folk Songs (Op. 29, 1937) for voice and orchestra

Orchestral works

  • Prometheus. foreplay
  • Winter Pictures (1915 ). suite
  • The quiet song (1915 )
  • Ballad (1916 )
  • Prologue to a Knights game ( 1917)
  • Sinfonia brevis (op. 14) for large orchestra
  • Morgenklang game. Romancero II (op. 19, 1925) for large orchestra
  • Prelude I (op. 22, 1930) for large orchestra
  • Music by Mozart (op. 25 in 1935 ). Symphonic Variations on the Piano Trio in E major, K. 542, and the String Quintet in D major KV 593
  • Concertino in E minor (op. 31 in 1935 ) for 2 violins, cello and string orchestra ( after designs by Giovanni Platti )
  • Music in memory of the Lonely (1952 ) for string quartet or string orchestra

Piano, Organ and Chamber Music

  • Ballade (1911 ) for violin and piano
  • Sonata (Op. 8, 1913) for solo violin
  • Sonata in E - flat major (Op. 9, 1913 ) for violin and piano
  • String Quartet (1916 )
  • String Quintet (Op. 10, 1918)
  • Sonatine ( 1918) for cello and piano
  • Sonatina (Op. 12, 1919) for flute and piano
  • Sonata (Op. 13, 1922) for solo violin
  • String Quartet (Op. 16, 1923)
  • Three Piano Pieces (Op. 17, 1924)
  • Romancero I (op. 18, 1925). Sonatina for Piano
  • Three Rhapsodies (Op. 20, 1927). Chamber Duets for Violin and Piano
  • Romancero III (op. 21, 1928 ) for organ
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 ( 1925)
  • Amrumer Diary (op. 30, 1942). 3 Pieces for Piano
  • Three Piano Pieces (Op. 32, 1948)
  • Sonatine over an old folk tune (op. 33;? 1945) for piano ( on " God you bhüte " by Leonhard Lechner)
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 ( 1952)
  • Cavatina (1960 ) for clarinet and piano

Student of Philipp Jarnach

  • Max Kuhn (1896-1994), composer, conductor, organist and pianist
  • Paul Muller- Zurich (1898-1993), composer
  • Kurt Weill (1900-1950), composer
  • Otto Luening (1900-1996), composer
  • Robert Blum (1900-1994), composer, conductor
  • Leo Justinus Kauffmann (1901-1944), composer
  • William Painter (1902-1976), composer
  • Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949), composer
  • Bert Rudolf (1905-1992), composer
  • August Wenzinger (1905-1996), cellist, viol player, conductor
  • Hanns Kleinertz (1905-1989), composer, conductor
  • Helmut Degen (1911-1995), composer
  • Eberhard Werdin (1911-1991), composer
  • Günter Wand (1912-2002), conductor
  • Ingolf Dahl (1912-1970), composer, conductor, pianist
  • Karl- Rudi Griesbach (1916-2000), composer
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970), composer
  • Jürg Baur (1918-2010), composer
  • Leo Zeyen ( * 1921? ), Composer
  • Edmond Cigrang (1922-1989), composer
  • Haentjes Werner (1923-2001), composer
  • Carl Theodor Hütterott ( born 1926 ), composer
  • Arnold Maury (* 1927), Composer
  • Horst Stein (1928-2008), conductor
  • Robert Cogan ( b. 1930 ), composer
  • Eckart Besch ( born 1931 ), pianist
  • Norbert Linke ( born 1933), composer
  • Walter Steffens ( born 1934 ), composer
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