Richard Franck

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Richard Franck (born January 3, 1858 in Cologne , † January 22, 1938 in Heidelberg ) was a German composer and pianist .

Life

Richard Franck is the son of the composer Eduard Franck and the pianist Tony Franck born. Thiedemann.

After graduating from the humanistic grammar school in Berlin, Richard Franck studied music in Berlin at the Stern Conservatory , then at the Leipzig Conservatory with Carl Reinecke , Ernst Ferdinand Wenzel , Salomon Jadassohn , Alfred Richter and Wilhelm Rust , and philosophy at the university. In 1880 he was appointed to the general music school in Basel run by Hans Huber , after which he worked in Berlin ( Kullak Academy ) and in Magdeburg, then again in Basel as a teacher, conductor and composer. From 1903 Franck was the Royal Prussian Music Director in Kassel , and finally from 1910 to 1938 at the Conservatory in Heidelberg .

As a composer Richard Franck cultivated the small (numerous piano pieces) as well as the large forms. Worth mentioning are the piano trios op. 20 and op. 32, the violin and cello sonatas and the overture “Waves of the Sea and Love”, op. 21, first performed by Willem Mengelberg in Lucerne in 1895 , with which Richard Franck had great success. Elegant lines, harmonious differentiation and a preference for contrapuntal insertions are characteristic. Everywhere in Franck's works one recognizes a style based on classical patterns, which at the time was felt to be “moderately modern” and associated with the Romantics. After the First World War he became interested in Grieg and Regersche harmonics. Similar to Max Reger , facets were already recognized in him that indicated the epochal change. The criticism equally attributed grace and harmony, fine sound stimulus and elegant melody to him. As a concert pianist, Richard Franck was said to have an astonishing technique in the broadest and highest sense in terms of dexterity, elasticity of the touch, emphasis and interpretation of the musical ideas. His first publications for piano had earned him sympathy and recognition, although it was not unmentioned that they required an excellent player. He did not shy away from unusual forms: he created a two-movement violin concerto (op. 43), for whose special position as an idiosyncratic structure only a (younger) counterpart from the pen of Siegfried Wagner is known, and in addition to the piano quartet op. 33 a “piano quartet in one movement ”(op. 41). Quite a few of his musical and philosophical ideas and motifs go back to Franck's humanistic orientation, recognizable by the subtitle " Amor und Psyche " of the Liebesidylls op. 40 (tone poem for large orchestra), alluding to the ancient fairy tale .

Richard Franck's works have been re-edited by Pfefferkorn Musikverlag (Leipzig) since 2010 . Previously unpublished works will be presented in the first print.

Works

Orchestral works and concerts

  • Symphony in D major (before 1901), manuscript
  • Concert-Overture Wellen des Meeres und der Liebe op.21, Berlin 1895, published on CD 2008 (Sterling)
  • Suite op. 30, Berlin 1898, published on CD 2008 (Sterling)
  • Symphonic Fantasy op.31, Berlin 1899, published on CD in 2008 (Sterling)
  • Dramatic Overture in C major op.37, Berlin 1903
  • Liebesidyll (Amor und Psyche) op. 40, Berlin 1905, published as CD 2008 (Sterling)
  • Prelude to a romantic play op. 57 (1926), manuscript
  • Piano Concerto in D minor (1880), manuscript
  • Piano concerto in A major, manuscript
  • Serenade for violoncello with orchestra op.24, Berlin 1896, piano version newly published in 2004 Henstedt-Ulzburg (Herm - ISMN M-50123-030-3), the same Hamburg 2010 (music publishers Sikorski), piano version published as CD in 2000 (audite), Orchestra version published as CD in 2008 (Sterling)
  • Serenade for violin with orchestra op.25, Berlin 1896, published as CD in 2008 (Sterling)
  • Violin Concerto in D major op.43, for violin and piano, Berlin 1906
  • Piano Concerto in E minor, Op. 50 (approx. 1907), arrangement for two pianos Berlin 1910

Chamber music

  • Sonata for Pianoforte and Violin in D major op.14, Berlin 1890, critical new edition Leipzig 2010 (Pfefferkorn - ISMN 979-0-50139-403-6), published on CD 2004 (audite)
  • Sonata for Pianoforte and Violoncello in D major op. 22, Berlin 1894, reissued in 2005 Henstedt-Ulzburg (Herm - ISMN M-50123-031-0), also Hamburg 2010 (Musikverlage Sikorski), published on CD 2000 (audite)
  • Sonata for Violin and Pianoforte in C minor op.35, Berlin 1903, critical new edition Leipzig 2010 (Pfefferkorn - ISMN 979-0-50139-403-6), published on CD 2004 (audite)
  • Sonata for violoncello and pianoforte in E flat minor op.36, Berlin 1903, published on CD 1995 (Fermate / audite)
  • Three pieces for flute or violin with piano op. 52, Berlin 1910; critical new edition Leipzig 2012 (Pfefferkorn Musikverlag - ISMN 979-0-50139-167-7); published as CD 2004 (audite)
  • Piano trio in B minor, Op. 20, Leipzig 1894, 2007 reprint by Edition Silvertrust, Riverwoods, IL, USA, published on CD 2003 (audite)
  • Piano trio in E flat major op.32, Berlin 1900, 2007 reprint by Edition Silvertrust, Riverwoods, IL, USA, published on CD 2003 (audite)
  • Piano quartet in A major op.33, Berlin 1901, 2007 reprint by Edition Silvertrust, Riverwoods, IL, USA, published on CD 2007 (audite)
  • Piano quartet in E major op. 41, Berlin 1905, critical Urtext edition 2013 in Pfefferkorn Musikverlag, Leipzig, published on CD in 2007 (audite)
  • Spanish Serenade for String Quartet (1926), manuscript

Piano pieces (selection)

  • Three Piano Pieces, Op. 1, Zurich 1881
  • Impromptu, Barcarolle and Etude for Pianoforte Op. 5, Berlin 1883
  • Concert waltz for the Pianoforte in A flat major op.10, Berlin 1885
  • Three four-hand pieces in canon form op.11, Magdeburg 1886
  • Dance tunes for the pianoforte for four hands op.12, Breslau 1888
  • Minuet for Pianoforte in A major op.13, Leipzig 1890
  • Suite for pianoforte for four hands op.9, Leipzig 1890
  • Four piano pieces op.15, Zurich 1891
  • Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 16, Leipzig 1891
  • Minuet and Mazurka for pianoforte op.17, Leipzig 1891
  • Fantasy on motifs from the music for a festival (Kleinbasler commemoration) by Hans Huber in C major, Leipzig approx. 1893
  • Reveries. Four pieces for the pianoforte op.18, Berlin 1894
  • Children's album op.19, manuscript
  • Three keyboard pieces for the concert lecture op.23, Berlin 1894
  • Three Fantasy Pieces for Pianoforte Op. 26, Berlin 1899
  • Fantasie (n) for Pianoforte op.28, Berlin 1897, published as CD 2007 (audite)
  • Chaconne for the pianoforte in C minor op.29, Berlin 1899
  • Papillon in D major, 1901
  • Eight piano pieces op.34, Berlin 1902
  • Fantasy piece in A major, 1903
  • Forest fantasies for piano op.38, Berlin 1904
  • Lucerne. A memory in happy waltzes op. 39, Berlin 1904
  • Ballad for the Pianoforte op.44, Berlin 1906
  • Two piano pieces for the Salon op.46, Berlin 1907
  • Scherzo for the Pianoforte in A flat major op.47, Berlin 1907
  • Oriental sketches for pianoforte op. 48, Kassel
  • Gavotte and minuet for pianoforte op. 49, Kassel
  • Sonata for Pianoforte in D flat major op. 51, Berlin 1910
  • 12 Variations and Fugue on an Own Theme, Op. 53 (before 1922), Heidelberg
  • Fantasy and Fugue on BACH for one piano and two pianos in D flat major / B flat major
  • Album for piano op.55, Heidelberg 1926
  • Polyphonic sound images for piano op.56, Heidelberg 1926

Vocal music

  • Three songs for a voice with piano op.6, Berlin 1882
  • Liebesgruß, for a voice with piano, Basel until 1900
  • The old stone hammer, for a voice with piano, Berlin 1906
  • Words of Love, for mixed choir with orchestra op.27, Berlin 1898
  • Three songs for male choir op.42, Berlin 1905
  • "When I hardly saw you ..." (poem by Theodor Storm ), for mixed choir, Ms. o. D.

literature

  • Paul Feuchte and Andreas Feuchte: The composers Eduard Franck and Richard Franck. Life and Work, Documents, Sources , Second, completely revised edition, Leipzig (Pfefferkorn Musikverlag) 2010, ISBN 978-3-000316647 .
  • The music in the past and present. 2nd edition. Personal part 6. Family article Franck.

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personal data
SURNAME Franck, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1938
Place of death Heidelberg