Ludwig Rochlitzer

Ludwig Rochlitzer (born August 25, 1880 in Voitsberg / Styria , † March 12, 1945 in Vienna ) was an Austrian composer and lawyer.

Life

As the son of the general director of the Graz-Köflacher Railway Joseph Rochlitzer and Laura Rochlitzer (née Failhauer), he lived his early childhood in Graz . In 1890 he met his parents' friend Johannes Brahms . During his high school years at the Seitenstetten Abbey (1890–1898) he was already the conductor of the student band and organist. It was there that Anton Bruckner (1895) visited him , who, after his audition, advised him to study music with him in Vienna and not, according to his father's advice, to pursue a legal career. Nevertheless, he studied from 1898 to 1902 at the University of Graz Jus (1903 . Doctor of Law of the same time at the school -), but could be - contrary to the will of the Father Music Association for Styria at Erich Wolf Degner in harmony and counterpoint , as well as (train the now almost forgotten Styrian composer Guido Peters , 1866–1937) to play the piano.

From 1902 to 1903 he was appointed répétiteur for Ernst von Schuch at the Dresden Court Opera . In 1903 he moved to Vienna, studied music from 1904 to 1907 with Karl Nawratil (1836–1914) in counterpoint and completed his legal internship at the Vienna Regional Court . From 1913 Rochlitzer was an independent lawyer in Vienna. From 1914 to 1918 he was a war volunteer in Hussar Regiment No. 13 and, with only a short interruption, was in the field as a front officer (lieutenant) until the end of the First World War . He was awarded the Karl-Troop-Cross, signum laudis with sword and war decoration.

Ludwig Rochlitzer was married from 1929 to 1943 (divorce). From this marriage there was a daughter in 1930.

In the field of music he emerged as a fruitful song composer , but especially with his operas (based on his own libretto ) and operettas , which were premiered in Prague, Vienna and Graz , whose counterpoint work and rich melodies were praised by critics. From 1926 to 1937, Ludwig Rochlitzer was also head of the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers (AKM), whose board members included his close friend and companion at the time, Joseph Marx , as well as in the management of the Austrian Composers ' Union, Chamber Councilor of the Austro-Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Board of Directors of the “Bureau International des Musiciens a Vienne”.

His varied work as a lawyer and, above all, the legal representative of the Society of Authors and Composers repeatedly brought him into serious distress during the Nazi era, as he helped many of his Jewish colleagues in music and literature to flee Austria. He was taken into protective custody on April 25, 1941 at the request of the Vienna Customs Investigation Office and on May 5, 1941, the Gestapo Vienna recorded him for identification. He was suspected of "helping to move valuable jewelry abroad and thwarting the official act that had been initiated" (source: Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance , photo)

Ludwig Rochlitzer died on March 13, 1945 as a result of the last Allied bombing raid on Vienna. With him - he lived at Führichgasse 10/3 near the Albertina at the time - most of his musical works were destroyed.

Catalog raisonné

Operas

• "Marietta" op. Unknown, opera based on Felix's Dahn's "Ein Kampf um Rom", libretto L. Rochlitzer, publisher: Jos. W. Stern & Co. -New York, missing [piano reduction a. Text book found in the holdings of the Art University Graz, Nov. 2014]
• "Myrthia" op. Unknown, 1906, opera in 2 acts, libretto L. Rochlitzer, based on Felix Dahn " A Battle for Rome ", world premiere in 1907 in Prague and Graz
• "Frater Carolus" op. 1, 1910, opera in 3 acts, libretto L. Rochlitzer, world premiere in 1911 in Prague and Graz

Operettas

• “The First Kiss” op. 4, 1914, operetta, text: Wilhelm Otto and Wilhelm Frieser , world premiere: Carltheater , Vienna, January 31, 1914
• “Goldmädel” op. 2, 1921, operetta, text: Wilhelm Frieser , excerpts were sent by RAVAG on May 11, 1928 on the occasion of the “Austrian composers ' evening” , have been lost
• “Love marriage” op. 3, operetta in 3 acts, text: L. Rochlitzer, notes lost, publisher: Jos. W. Stern & Co.-New York, text available

Orchestral works, sound recordings

• “The Alcazar” Fantasia for orchestra, op. Unknown, orchestral recording on February 9, 1938 by the Leipzig Symphony Orchestra , conductor Curt Kretschmar , production: Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft RRG , Reichssender Leipzig , source: German Broadcasting Archive , archive number: 4325893, inventory : Sound carrier DRA Frankfurt, catalog number: 6511

Instrumental works

• “Forest Fairy Tales” op. 6; 1897, sound image for piano
• “Dreaming” op. 7; 1897, sound image for piano;
• “Joyful and Sorrowful” op. 10, 1898, salon waltz
• “Fruehlingshoffen” op. 11, 1898, musical sketch
• “Wiegenlied” op. 24, 1899, song for piano, text: Julius Wolff , dedicated to Mrs. Ella Pennarini-Appelt
• “Thesa-Walzer” op. 33, 1899, waltz for piano, dedicated to Fräulein Thesa von Hebra
• "Faschingsmusik" op. 5, waltz for piano, lost (one copy since May 2015 in the holdings of the Kunstuni. Graz)

• "Ver Sacrum" op. 15, 1898, waltz for piano, dedication to the spring ball 1898 Uni-Graz (one copy, with personal dedication, since May 2015 in the holdings of the Kunstuni. Graz)

• “Jy pense” op. 30, 1899, waltz for piano
• “Student Blood” op. 10; 1897, waltz for pianoforte
• “Jeka Waltz” op. 42, lost
• “Das Automobil” op. 47, couplet, lost
• “Viola Concerto” op. 48, lost
• “Student Ball” op 37, 1899, Polonaise, dedicated to the German University Ball 1899–1900
• A prelude to Friedrich Schiller “ Die Räuber '” op. 32, piano 4 hands
• "Jahreszeiten" op. 54–57, four character pieces for piano, lost (one copy - with autograph dedication - found in the holdings of the Graz University of Art, Nov. 2014)
• "Gypsy Music" op. 59, lost
• “Black-Yellow” op. 8, 1898, march pianoforte, dedicated to the officer corps of the K&K Uhlan Regiment
• “Stets grad aus” op. Unknown, military march pianoforte, dedicated to Major Franz Grünebaum , lost
• “Belzazar” op. 63, was broadcast by RAVAG , has been lost
• "Perce Neige" German snowdrop, dance poem in two pictures by Dr. O. Meissl , missing

Vocal works

• "Sturmlied" op. 12, 1898, song pianoforte, text: Guy Bromeissl
• "Disappointment" op. 13, 1898, song pianoforte, text: Hugo Rochlitzer (brother of L. Rochlitzer)
• "Wie Wundersam" op. 16, 1898, song piano, text: Karl Stieler (from "Wanderzeit")
• "Your" op. 17, 1898, song piano, text: Karl Stieler (from wandering days)
• "Greetings from Love" op. 18, 1898, song piano, text: Karl Stieler (from wandering time)
• "Am Bache" op. 43, 1898, song pianoforte, text: Karl Stieler (from hiking time)
• "Liebesahnung" op. 19, 1898, song piano, text: Karl Stieler (from wandering time)
• "Vom Scheiden" op. 20, 1898, song piano, text: Karl Stieler (from wandering time)
• "Did you already forget? “ Op. 21, 1898, Lied piano, text: Karl Stieler (from hiking time)
• "Geigenklänge" op. 21,1898, song piano, text: Karl Stieler (from wandering time)
• "Jahreszeiten" op. 23, 1898, song piano, text: Karl Stieler (from Wanderzeit)
• “Past” op. 40, 1900, song piano, text: Marie Eugenie delle Grazie , dedicated to Ms. Adele Diermayer
• “Lehn Deine Wang'an meine” op. 41, 1900, song pianoforte, text: Heinrich Heine , dedicated to Mrs. Ilka von Rohden
• “Post Ludium” op. 53, 1901, organ
• “Erdenglück” op. 61, 1901, song piano, text: Marie Eugenie delle Grazie
• "Verweht" op. 71,1, 1903, song piano, text: Wilhelm Wolters
• “Abendstunde” op. 71,2, 1903, song piano, text: Karl Stieler
• "Abendgang" op. 71,3, 1903, song piano, text: Karl Stieler
• “Once” op. 71,4, 1903, song piano, text: Karl Stieler
• "You have put me off" op. 71,5, 1903, song piano, text: Karl Stieler
• "Wiegenlied" op. 71,6, 1903, song piano, text: Karl Stieler
• “Christmas” op. 24, piano song, lost
• “Magic of Love” op. 38, song pianoforte, text: Marie Eugenie delle Grazie
• “My darling you!” Op. 46, song piano, text: L. Rochlitzer, lost
• “Das Lied vom Lenze” op. 70, Lied piano, text: Adolf Graf zu Stolberg Wernigrode
• “Ein Spielmann” op. 68,1, 1908, song piano, text: Karl Stieler , dedicated to Ms. Betty Fischer
• “Dedication” op. 68,2, 1908, song piano, text: Karl Stieler , lost
• "Desire" op. 68,3, 1908, song piano, text: Karl Stieler , lost
• “Message” op. 68,5, 1908, song piano, text: Karl Stieler , lost
• “In Regen Stunden” op. 68,6, 1908, song piano, text: Karl Stieler , lost
• “Without consolation” op. 68,8, song pianoforte, text: Karl Stieler , lost
• “Don't cry” op. Unknown, 1913, song piano, text: Hans Dietrolf , dedicated to director Edgar Callé
• “You my sweet Viennese girl” op. Unknown, 1921, Wienerlied piano, text: L.Rochlitzer, dedicated to Ms. Betty Fischer
• “Young people ahead” op. Unknown, marching song for brass music small B, text: Franz Allmeder , lost
• “A musician is playing in the courtyard” op. Unknown, 1937, Wienerlied, text: Franz Allmeder , lost
• “Abu Nuvas” op. 49, lost
• “S'Fensterln” op. 50, song for male choir, text: Joseph Pischof
• “On the Edge of the Wide Haide” op. 51, song piano, lost
• “That's what the nightingale does” op. 52, song pianoforte, text: Theodor Storm , dedicated to Ms. Ilka von Rohden
• "Verklungen" op. 55, song piano, lost
• "From the beautiful days of lieutenant" op. 60, lost
• “That is probably an old teaching” op. 68,4, piano song, text: Karl Stieler , lost
• “I should greet you from the lake” op 68.7, piano song, text: Karl Stieler
• “Alone” op. 26, song pianoforte, text: Franz Evers , dedicated to Camilla von Ettner
• “I cried in a dream” op. 64, piano song, text: Heinrich Heine , lost
• “Frauengesang” op. 67, song piano, text: Karl Stieler , lost
• “Schlummerlied” op. Unknown, song piano and violin, text: L.Rochlitzer, dedicated to Ms. Nena Antoinette Urban , lost
• “Was ist Liebesglück” op. 66, song pianoforte, text: Julius Wolff from “The Flying Dutchman”, lost
• "Spring Blossoms" op. 14, piano song cycle, "Dedication", "Snowdrop", "Violet", "Cowslip", "Forget-me-not", "Anemone and Seidelbast" , all lost [one copy since May 2015 in the holdings of the University of Art. Graz]

• “In Rain Hours” op. 68, 1908, song piano, text: Karl Stieler , lost
• "Herzeleid" op. 71 1903, piano song cycle, text: Wilhelm Wolters and Karl Stieler
• “I love you” op. 29,1, 1899, song piano, text: Friedrich Rückert
• “Look into my eye” op. 31, 1899, song piano, text: Ludwig Rochlitzer
• “Oh, don't we?” Op. 34, 1899, song pianoforte, text: Karl Stieler
• “It must be a wonderful thing ” op. 35, 1899, song piano, text: Oskar von Redtwitz , dedicated to Frau Ilka von Rohden
• "Marienblume" op. 36, 1899, song piano, text: L.Rochlitzer
• “Twilight hour” op. 39, 1899, song piano, text: Karl Stieler
• “I love you” op. 29.2 (version of op. 29.1) 1899, text: Friedrich Rückert

swell

• Diaries of Ludwig Rochlitzer
• Manuscripts Ludwig Rochlitzer
• Letters to Josef Marx, Austrian National Library

literature

• H. Reitterer:  Rochlitzer, Ludwig. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 192.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Austrian Association of Composers, Festschrift (PDF; 205 kB)
2. ↑ Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance, photo Ludwig Rochlitzer ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Ludwig Rochlitzer's "The First Kiss". Premiere matinee in the Carl Theater. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 17758/1914, February 1, 1914, p. 15, top left. (Online at ANNO ). ,
   From the theater. (...) Carl-Theater: An afternoon premiere (...). In:  The interesting sheet / Wiener Illustrierte , No. 7/1914 (XXXIIIth year), February 12, 1914, p. 15 center. (Online at ANNO ). .