Wilhelm Kienzl

Wilhelm Kienzl ( born January 17, 1857 in Waizenkirchen, Upper Austria, † October 3, 1941 in Vienna) was an Austrian composer.

Life

Wilhelm Kienzl moved in 1860 with his family to Graz, where he received violin lessons from Ignaz Uhl and piano lessons with Johann Buwa and from 1872 at the Chopin pupil Louis Stanislaus Mortier de Fontaine. From 1874 he studied composition in Vienna with Wilhelm Mayer- Rémy, music aesthetics Eduard Hanslick and music history at Friedrich von Haus Egger. He continued his studies in 1876 continued in Prague with Josef Krejčí, then in 1877 in Leipzig and briefly on Franz Liszt in Weimar. In these years, also began his visits to the Bayreuth Festival, and he remained a lifelong admirer of the music of Richard Wagner. So Kienzl founded in 1873 together with Dr. Friedrich von Haus Egger and Friedrich Hofmann the " Grazer Richard -Wagner -Verein " (today: "Austrian Richard Wagner Society, Graz seat ").

After completing his doctorate, he traveled from 1879 as pianist and conductor throughout Europe. In 1883 he became director of the Deutsche Oper in Amsterdam, but soon returned to Graz, where in 1886 he lead the Styrian Musikverein and tasks took over at the conservatory. In the season 1890-91 he was obliged by Bernhard Pollini as Kapellmeister at the City Theater in Hamburg, but already in January 1891 he was dismissed because the reviews about it were very bad ( and was succeeded by Gustav Mahler ), and soon afterwards in Munich. In 1894, he wrote his third and most famous opera The Evangelimann whose success he could not repeat with Don Quixote ( 1897). Only The Kuhreigen - premiered on 23 November 1911 in the Vienna Volksoper - was relatively frequently replayed.

1917 moved to Vienna Kienzl. In Bad Aussee died in 1919 his first wife, the Wagner singer Lili Hoke, and was buried at the local cemetery location. He married in 1921 Henny Bauer, the librettist of his last three operas.

In 1920 he composed the melody to a letter written by Dr. Karl Renner poem " German Austria, you wonderful country ", which lasted until 1929 as an unofficial national anthem of the First Austrian Republic.

Under the influence of modern musical trends, he wrote no major works from 1926 and gave more in 1936 composing of illness altogether. In 1937 he was awarded the Honorary Ring of the City of Vienna.

His autobiography " My Life Hike" he published in 1926 in Stuttgart.

Besides Engelbert Humperdinck and Siegfried Wagner, the composer of operas fairytale, Wilhelm Kienzl is the most important opera creator of romantic Wagner succession. Although the Evangelimann, contains known by the aria Blessed are those who suffer persecution, already elements of the emerging realism, but are Kienzl strengths rather popular scenes. In recent years, his extensive song-writing is again attention.

He is buried in a grave of honor in Vienna's Central Cemetery (Group C 32, Number 20). Named after him are, inter alia, the Wilhelm Kienzl Park in Vienna Leopoldstadt, the. Wilhelm Kienzl streets in Graz, Seiersberg and Leibnitz, Dr. Wilhelm Kienzl Street in Vöcklabruck Wilhelm Kienzl museums are located in Paudorf and Kienzl 's birthplace in Waizenkirchen. The Austrian Post has issued a 75 cent postage stamp with a portrait of the artist in 2007 on the occasion of his 150th birthday.

Works

Operas:

  • Urvasi op.20 (1884, UA 1886)
  • Heilmar the Fool, Op 40 (1891, UA 1892)
  • The Evangelimann op 45 (1894, UA 1895)
  • Don Quixote, Op 50 (1897, UA 1898)
  • In Knecht Ruprecht workshop. Christmas Pantomime Op 75 (1907 )
  • The Kuhreigen op 85 (1911 )
  • The Testament, Op 90 (1916 )
  • Hassan the dreamer, Op 100 (1921; UA 1925)
  • Sanctissimum. Melodramatic allegory, Op 102 (1922: UA 1925)
  • Hans Kipfel. Singspiel, Op 110 (1926)

Melodramas:

  • The bride ride op 9
  • 2 melodramas, Op 97
  • The Virgin and the nun, Op 98
  • Marie A Ballad of François Villon, Op 119

Orchestral works:

  • Evening scenes for string orchestra and harp, Op 53 (originally for piano 4hd. )
  • Symphonic Variations on the Strasbourg song from the opera The Kuhreigen op 109a ( piano version as Opus 109b)

Chamber music:

  • 3 Fantasy Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op 7
  • Piano Trio in F minor op 13
  • String Quartet No. 1 in B flat minor, Op 22
  • String Quartet No. 2 in C minor, Op 99
  • String Quartet No. 3 in E major, Op 113
  • Forest moods for 4 Horns, Op 108

Piano Works:

  • Sketches, Op 3
  • Kahn op scene 5
  • Colorful Dances op 10
  • From old fairy tale, Op 12
  • From my diary, Op 15
  • 30 Dance Tunes, Op 21 (1881 )
  • Scherzo in A minor op 29
  • Children und-leben, Op 30
  • Romantic music, Op 34
  • Dance Pictures, Op 41
  • Home! op 43
  • Poets travel op 46
  • Carnaval, Op 51
  • Pictures of the Folk Life, Op 52
  • New Piano Pieces, Op 62
  • O beautiful youth days! op 80
  • 20 pieces in the form Landler, Op 95

Songs:

  • 2 Songs, Op 1
  • 4 Songs op 2
  • 2 Poems (A. Green) Op 4
  • 9 Songs in Folk Style, Op 6
  • 8 Songs of Love, Op 8 (1877 )
  • Love spring. Cycle (F. Whitman) Opus 11
  • Sweet Refrain. Cycle Op 16
  • Lovers oblivion. Cycle Op 18
  • 3 Album Leaves, Op 24
  • 3 Songs, Op 25
  • Farewell, Op 27
  • Curious History op 28
  • 3 Folk Songs, op 31
  • 3 Songs, Op 32
  • Spring Songs op 33
  • 2 songs from the east op 35
  • Each 2 Songs, op 37, op 38, op 39, op 42
  • 4 Songs, Op 44 (1894 )
  • 4 Japanese songs op 47
  • Bonaparte's return, Op 48 (1896 )
  • Woodruff, Op 49
  • 6 Lieder Op 55
  • Withered roses, Op 56
  • 4 folk songs, Op 57
  • 4 Songs op 61
  • Pamphilische Hirtenlieder, 3 Songs, Op 66
  • 3 Songs, Op 69a
  • Modern Poetry, Op 71
  • From uncle's songs folder, Op 73 (1906 )
  • Christmas op.74
  • 5 Lieder, Op 81
  • 5 Lieder, Op 82
  • A Christmas Song, Op 83
  • 3 Duets, Op 84
  • Nachsommerblüten op 87
  • The song of World War II, Op 91
  • 7 Songs op 94
  • From the people Wunderhorn, Op 96 (1919)
  • 7 Songs, Op 106 (1926 )
  • 6 songs of happiness, Op 111
  • 6 Songs, Op 114 (1930 )
  • 7 Songs, Op 120
  • 3 Songs, Op 121
  • 4 Songs, Op 123

Choral works:

  • 2 Songs, Op 14
  • 3 pieces for male chorus, Op 17
  • 3 Songs for female chorus, Op 19
  • 5 Dances for female chorus, Op 21b
  • Landsknecht song for male chorus and orchestra, Op 23
  • At the wedding ceremony, Op 26
  • 3 Songs for Male Chorus, Op 36
  • 3 pieces for male chorus, Op 54
  • Five folk songs for female chorus, Op 58
  • 6 folk songs, Op 59
  • 6 popular male choirs, Op 60
  • 5 Songs for female voices and harp or piano op 63
  • Awake up, my people! for male chorus and orchestra, Op 64
  • The folk song for male chorus, Op 65
  • Carnival for tenor, baritone, bass, male chorus and orchestra, Op 67
  • 4 songs for male chorus, Op 68
  • 6 songs for male chorus, Op 72
  • 8 Songs for female chorus, Op 76
  • 3 pieces for male chorus, Op 78
  • 2 Images of History for male choir and orchestra, Op 79
  • German Knights Songs for Male Choir and Orchestra, Op 86
  • The Song of Emperor Arnulf for male chorus and orchestra, Op 88
  • 3 pieces for male chorus, Op 89
  • In the battle thunder for male chorus, Op 92
  • Ostara for male chorus and orchestra, Op 93
  • German - Austria. National Anthem, Op 101 (1918)
  • 5 Pieces for Male Chorus, Op 103
  • Workers' song for male chorus, Op 104
  • 4 songs for male chorus, Op 105
  • 2 Pieces for Male Chorus, Op 107
  • 5 Songs for male chorus, Op 112
  • Savings anthem for mixed choir and orchestra, Op 115
  • Choir of the Dead for mixed choir and orchestra, Op 118
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