Alois Reckendorf

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Alois Reckendorf

Alois Reckendorf (born June 10, 1841 in Trebitsch , † April 11, 1911 in Leipzig ) was a German pianist , music teacher , university teacher and composer .

Life

After graduating from school in Brno , Reckendorf enrolled at the Vienna Polytechnic Institute . He then studied philosophy at the University of Heidelberg and finally completed a degree at the Royal Conservatory in Leipzig , where he later taught from 1877 until his death.

His best-known student was the pianist Wilhelm Backhaus , whom he had trained musically since 1891. From 1894 - at the age of ten - Backhaus was taught for five years by Alois Reckendorf directly at the Conservatory in Leipzig.

“When I was shown to him for the first time, I played him all the ballet music for Puppenfee by Josef Bayer by heart , which was a great success in Leipzig at the time. It shows that the actual elementary lesson could be skipped and he dismissed me by giving me one of the little Beethoven sonatinas to prepare for the next (first) lesson. "

- Wilhelm Backhaus : Arnold Heinz Eichmann: Wilhelm Backhaus, 1953

In addition to Backhaus, Else Gipser, Johan Halvorsen , Alfred Hill , Oswin Keller, Johann Otto Leonhardt, Karl Net, Maud Powel , Alfred von Sponer, Gustav Strube and Edith Robinson studied with him .

In addition to his teaching activities, Alois Reckendorf composed small piano pieces, song cycles and arranged piano reductions for concerts.

Works (selection)

Alois Reckendorf is the author of numerous songs and piano pieces.

  • Op. 1: Two nocturnees for pianoforte
  • Op. 2: Waltz for the piano for four hands
  • Op. 3: Small pictures for the pianoforte
  • Op. 4: Seven songs for baritone with piano accompaniment
    • I'm not going to the green grove.
    • Homesickness. Oh that I was lying outside.
    • Summer blessing. The world is so warm and wonderful.
    • Unfathomable. I hardly kissed her on the forehead.
    • Duet. A bird sat in the lilac bush.
    • So I wander into the wide world.
    • Wrong, but cute. Come on fake whore.
  • Op. 5: Five piano pieces
  • Op. 6: Six songs and chants for mixed choir
    • The rose leaves a red leaf
    • Separation. He rode through the forest so lonely.
    • Homecoming. And again he rode through the forest.
    • With gentle wings the night falls.
    • Through rustling trees in the moonlight.
    • Come on in the field, lively boys.
  • Op. 7. Dances for four hands pianoforte.
  • Op. 8. 24 etudes in all major and minor keys for pianoforte
  • Op. 24. Two sonatinas

Reckendorf worked on numerous compositions, including by Johan Svendsen , for his Carneval in Paris. Episode for large orchestra , op. 9. and the concerto for violin and orchestra, op. 6 artistically implemented the piano reduction.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arnold Heinz Eichmann: Wilhelm Backhaus . In: The great performers . R. Kister, Geneva 1957, p. 17 .
  2. ^ Alfred Einstein: Das neue Musiklexikon , Berlin 1926, p. 226.
  3. ↑ Charlotte Fetherston: Alfred Hill's Viola Concerto: Analysis, Compositional Style and Performance Aesthetic , Dissertation, Sydney 2014, p. 32.
  4. ^ Alfred Einstein: Das neue Musiklexikon , Berlin 1926, p. 324
  5. ^ Alfred Einstein: Das neue Musiklexikon , Berlin 1926, p. 376
  6. ^ Alfred Einstein: Das neue Musiklexikon , Berlin 1926, p. 442.
  7. ^ Alfred Einstein: Das neue Musiklexikon , Berlin 1926, p. 502
  8. ^ Alfred Einstein: Das neue Musiklexikon , Berlin 1926, p. 613
  9. ^ Alfred Einstein: Das neue Musiklexikon , Berlin 1926, p. 630.
  10. ↑ Alois Reckendorf . In: Alfred Remy: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians , 3rd Edition, New York, Boston, 1919, p. 746.
personal data
SURNAME Reckendorf, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist, composer and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Trebitsch
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1911
Place of death Leipzig