Richard Specht
Richard Specht ( born December 7, 1870 in Vienna, † March 19, 1932 ) was an Austrian poet, dramatist, writer, music critic and musicologist.
Life
Richard Specht was born into a Jewish family, he was the son of Ladislaus Specht, a textile merchant, and Pauline, born cow. He was taught together with his brothers by Rudolf Steiner, mystics, philosopher and founder of anthroposophy as a private tutor. He studied piano and music theory from 1887 and four semesters of architecture at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna, but was then first commercially active.
However, his interest was in the literature; as a poet and dramatist, he was one of the writers circle "Young Vienna " and was a member of the Arbeiter-Zeitung in Vienna, but also wrote for the Berlin stock exchange Courier and published articles in the Neue Freie Presse and in the Pester Lloyd.
Under the influence of Brahms, howler ( a maternal relatives ) and Goldmark, he became increasingly interested in music and worked as a music critic for the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung, the Illustrated Vienna Special Edition and Zeit. From 1908 he worked for the Wiener Zeitschrift für Musik. In 1909 he founded, together with Richard Batka the influential, semi -monthly, music magazine The flag, which he headed until 1919 with Batka and then with Julius Bittner. 1914-20 he was editor of the program booklets of the subscription concerts of the Vienna Philharmonic. From 1920 Woodpecker worked as a freelance writer, has given numerous lectures on the radio and lectures on literature and aesthetics at the New Vienna Conservatory.
In 1925 he was appointed professor at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Woodpecker is best known for his writings on classical music and was known in his time as one of the leading music publishers. New friends, he was, inter alia, with Arthur Schnitzler. He was involved relevant to the music of Gustav Mahler and was one of the regular guests in the Salon of Mahler's widow, Alma Mahler -Werfel.
Specht was married three times: in 1912 with pianist Vera Schapira ( 1891-1930 ), from 1920 with Wanda Maria Halban ( 1894-1986 ), the niece of gynecologists Josef von Halban, from 1927 to actress Alexandrine Pagin ( 1894-1953 ).
His honorary devoted grave is on Grinzing Cemetery (Group 13, Series 2, No. 7).
Works (selection)
Literary works
- Poems. In 1893.
- The Banquet of Plato. Drama. In 1895.
- Pierrot bossu. Drama. E. Pierson, Dresden / Leipzig / Wien 1896.
- Ten years Burgtheater. A Study. Rosner, Vienna 1899.
- Critical sketchbook. Wiener Verlag, Wien 1900.
- Mozart. Twelve poems., 1914.
- Florestan Kestner's success. A story from the Vienna days of March. With an afterword by Stefan Zweig. Reclam, Leipzig 1929 ( Loeb Classical Library. No. 7038-7039 ).
- The nose of Mr. Valentin Berger. Tragicomedy of a Viennese film actor. Phaidon, Vienna 1929.
Musical Works
- Gustav Mahler. Gose & Tetzlaff, Berlin around 1900. ( Modern Essays. No. 52).
- Johann Strauss. Marquardt, Berlin 1909 ( The Music. Band 30).
- The Vienna Opera Theater. From Dingelstedt to Schalk and ostrich. Memories from 50 years. Knepler, Vienna 1919.
- Richard Strauss and his work. Volume 1: The artist and his way, the composer of instrumental music. Volume 2: The Vocal composer, the playwright. E. P. Valley, Leipzig 1921.
- Julius Bittner. A Study. Three masks Verlag, Munich 1921.
- Arthur Schnitzler. The poet and his work. A Study. S. Fischer, Berlin, 1922.
- Wilhelm Furtwängler. A study of the conductor. Wila, Vienna / Leipzig 1922.
- Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek. A preliminary study. E. P. Valley, Leipzig 1923.
- Franz Werfel. Attempt at a time mirroring. Zsolnay, Berlin / Vienna 1926.
- Johannes Brahms. Life and work of German champions. Avalun, Hellerau 1928.
- Giacomo Puccini. The life of the human being, the work. Hesse, Berlin- Schöneberg 1931.
- Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1. A thematic analysis. Universal Edition, Vienna, undated
- Gustav Mahler. Sixth Symphony. Subject leaders. Kahnt, Leipzig 1906.
- Gustav Mahler's Eighth Symphony. A thematic analysis. With an introduction, biographical information and a portrait of Mahler. Universal Edition, Leipzig / Wien 1912.
- Gustav Mahler's Symphony II. A thematic analysis. Universal Edition, Leipzig / Wien 1916.
- Die Frau ohne Schatten - Introduction to Music. , 1919.
- The treasure hunter. Opera by Franz Schreker. Introduction to Music. Universal Edition, Vienna / Leipzig 1920.
- Gustav Mahler. III. Symphony in D minor. Thematic analysis. Universal Edition, Leipzig about 1920.
- Gustav Mahler. Posthumous tenth symphony. Introductory remarks. Zsolnay, Berlin / Vienna 1924.
- Cornelius Czarniawski. Second Symphony in E minor, Op 31 a thematic introduction. Waldheim -Eberle, Wiesbaden, Germany around 1930.
- Full list of books published in print works by Richard Strauss. With portrait, biographical data and an introduction. Universal Edition, Vienna, undated
Publisher
- Friedrich Hebbel. Selected Works in 6 volumes. Cotta, Stuttgart 1903/ 04 release.