Hanns Holenia

Hanns Holenia , actually Johann Baptist Emil Othmar , (born July 5, 1890 in Graz , † November 8, 1972 ibid) was an Austrian composer .

Life

Memorial plaque, Klosterwiesgasse 3, Graz

From 1908 to 1912 Holenia took lessons at the music school of the Musikverein für Steiermark in Graz and completed a degree in philosophy at the university . In 1913/14 he was tutored by Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvár in Graz and Emil von Reznicek in Berlin.

After the First World War he worked as an official in the state government in Graz. In 1922 he became Kapellmeister in St. Gallen and then in Zurich . From 1933 on, Holenia lived in Graz again, teaching instrumentation from 1940 to 1945 at the Graz University of Music Education.

Holenia created operas, orchestral works, chamber music, piano and choral works. His compositions are rooted in post-romanticism and impressionism .

honors and awards

Grand Austrian State Prize for Music, 1937
Professional title Professor , 1959
Ring of Honor of the City of Graz, 1964

Works

Viola , opera, premiered in 1934
Der Schelm von Bergen , opera, premiered in 1936
Summer legend , opera, premiered in 1944
Tyrolean ballad , opera
Gratz 1809 , opera
Sulangi , opera
Europa vacata , oratorio
Symphony for organ and orchestra

literature

Wolfgang Suppan: Hanns Holenia. An appreciation of his life and work . Academic Printing and Publishing Company, Graz 1960. (Festschrift)
Barbara Boisits: Holenia, Hanns (own Johann Baptist Emil Othmar). In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .

Web links

Literature by and about Hanns Holenia in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Barbara Boisits: Holenia, Hanns (own Johann Baptist Emil Othmar). In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .

personal data
SURNAME	Holenia, Hanns
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Othmar, Johann Baptist Emil (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 5, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Graz
DATE OF DEATH	November 8, 1972
Place of death	Graz

[musiklexikon-1] Barbara Boisits: Holenia, Hanns (own Johann Baptist Emil Othmar). In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .