Fritz Oeser
Fritz Wilhelm Paul Oeser (born May 18, 1911 in Gera / Untermhaus , † February 23, 1982 in Kassel ) was a German musicologist . He was best known for his new editions of the operas Carmen by Georges Bizet in 1964 and Hoffmann's stories by Jacques Offenbach in 1976, each of which he wrote detailed critical reports on.
Life
From 1930 Oeser studied musicology and school music in Leipzig . In 1939 he was with the dissertation The sound structure and their role in Bruckner's symphonies Dr. phil. PhD. In 1939 he married the concert singer Anna Maria Augenstein (1912-2010). The couple had a daughter and two sons, including the translator and editor Hans-Christian Oeser . From 1940 Fritz Oeser was a soldier in World War II and was released from French captivity in 1946. In 1947 he moved with his family and the Bruckner Verlag from Leipzig to Wiesbaden . In 1955 Oeser moved to Kassel; the Bruckner-Verlag was renamed Alkor-Edition and took its seat in the Bärenreiter publishing house.
Oeser edited various compositions by Anton Bruckner , for example the second version of the 3rd Symphony in D minor published in 1950 .
Oeser devoted himself to stage works by Ján Cikker , Christoph Willibald Gluck , Carl Millöcker , Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow , Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky or von , at times also under the pseudonym “Paul Friedrich” - primarily in the role of translator, but also in that of the arranger Gioachino Rossini , whereby in many cases, as with Carmen , he made sure that important directors of his generation such as Walter Felsenstein and Günther Rennert worked with him .
Web links
- Website about Fritz Oeser
- "Carmen" and "Hoffmann". Memories of Fritz Oeser (1911–1982) on his 100th birthday on (t) akte.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oeser, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friedrich, Paul (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gera |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1982 |
| Place of death | kassel |