Wilhelm Zobl
Wilhelm Zobl (born January 9, 1950 in Vienna , † March 21, 1991 in Hanover ) was an Austrian composer, musicologist and translator.
Life
education
Guitar, Musikhochschule Wien : composition (Erich Urbanner, Friedrich Cerha ), drums (Richard Hochrainer), piano (Erwin Christian Scholz); University of Vienna: musicology, mathematics, 1972/1973 Warsaw: composition ( Włodzimierz Kotoński ), Humboldt University Berlin / GDR: musicology, aesthetics, doctorate to Dr. phil. with a dissertation on Hanns Eisler in 1978.
activities
1969–1972 MHS Vienna: work at the Institute for Electroacoustics, founder and percussionist of the improvisation group Spiegelkabinett, 1972/1973 experimental studio of the Polish Radio Warsaw, music critic, translator of Henrik Ibsen (together with the Norwegian composer Synne Skoven), 1976–1983 managing director, 1983 –1988 Vice-President and from 1988 President of the IGNM Section Austria, 1985 University of São Paulo : visiting professor, Rio de Janeiro : Lecturer at the Cursos Latinoamericanos de Musica Contemporanea, 1987–1991 MHS Vienna: teaching assignment for electroacoustic music .
Wilhelm Zobl was buried on April 11, 1991 in the Vienna Central Cemetery in an honorary grave (group 40, number 164).
Works
Compositions
- Change the world, it needs it (1973) Instructional piece for composer and listener
- Bohemia is by the Sea (1976) Musical theater for actress, violoncello and tape, text by Pablo Neruda and Ingeborg Bachmann
- The Song of the Scorpion (1978) for voice and chamber ensemble, based on texts by Heinz Rudolf Unger
- Heine-Lieder (1979) for 2 voices, flute, viola, double bass and piano
- Death fugue (1980) for mixed choir and two pianos, after Paul Celan
- Jura Soyfer-Lieder (1981) for the birthday of Dr. Bruno Kreisky for actress, actor, piano, viola and double bass / electric bass
- The end of the world (1983) opera in 6 scenes for 9 soloists, choir and chamber orchestra, text by Peter Vujica
- Donaulieder , chess waltz No. 2 for chamber ensemble (1984), dedicated to the Hainburg occupiers
- Sueño (1986) for chamber ensemble, inspired by Francisco de Goya , Capricho No. 43: The sleep of reason gives birth to monsters
- Aria Brasileira (1987) for piano
- Nach Dachau… (1988) for large orchestra
- Escada da Vida (1990) for choir, wind ensemble and percussion
Translations
- A doll's house , play in 3 acts by Henrik Ibsen , together with Synne Skoven
- Master builder Solness , play in 3 acts by Henrik Ibsen
- An enemy of the people , play in 5 acts by Henrik Ibsen , together with Synne Skoven
- Gespenster , a family drama in 3 acts by Henrik Ibsen , together with Synne Skoven
Fonts
- Materials for the sociology of music (1972), with Elfriede Jelinek and Ferdinand Zellwecker
- The dispute over Hanns Eisler's Faustus (1978), with Wolfgang Fritz Haug and Klaus Völker
Prizes and awards
- Karl Sczuka Prize of Südwestfunk 1973
Film portrait
- Wilhelm Zobl - or: The art of inheriting . WDR Cologne, 1981; Script & direction: Hansjörg Pauli
Julius Bittner (1926–1933) | Anton Webern (1933–1938) | Forced dissolution (1938–1945) | Anton Webern (1945) | Hans Erich Apostel (1946–1949) | Friedrich Wildgans (1949–1961) | Josef Polnauer (1961–1968) | Friedrich Cerha (1968–1975) | Peter Keuschnig (1975–1983) | Dieter Kaufmann (1983–1988) | Wilhelm Zobl (1988–1991) | Lothar Knessl (1992-2000) | Wolfgang Liebhart (2000–2004) | Maria Skodak (2004–2008) | Bruno Strobl (since 2008)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zobl, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer, music critic, translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1991 |
| Place of death | Hanover |