Arnold Röhrling

Arnold Röhrling (born May 28, 1893 in Hainfeld (Lower Austria) , † January 24, 1974 in Vienna ) was an Austrian composer and professor at the Vienna III music school.

Life

Röhrling's mother came from Bad Tatzmannsdorf , where he also spent his childhood. From 1909 to 1912 he attended the Francisco Josephinum Agricultural College in Mödling and then the Agricultural Faculty of the University of Halle an der Saale . He also studied at the University of Music in Leipzig a . a. with Max Reger composition. In 1916 he enlisted in the military and was then employed until 1920 in the dissolution of the former War Ministry. After temporary employment at the Allgemeine Verkehrsbank, Röhrling continued his music studies (composition) at the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna after 1924 and worked as a private piano teacher.

Under the chairmanship of Rudolf Theumer, who also wrote the texts for the dream book, the "Arnold Röhrling Association" was founded in Vienna in November 1928 to promote the composer, and it soon began its obviously intensive activity. After 1928, Röhrling achieved initial successes at concerts with his own works such as songs, sonatas, quartets and trios. His use of the saxophone in chamber music works was particularly noticeable. In 1931 his symphonic poem "Pictures from Burgenland" and in 1937 his chamber music opera "Die Traumbuche" were premiered in Vienna.

In 1940 Röhrling was drafted into the military again, but was able to disarm again in 1943. In the same year he took over the management of the Vienna III Music School, a branch of the Vienna Conservatory. In 1952 he was appointed professor. After his retirement in 1963 he retired to Bad Tatzmannsdorf and lived alternately here and in Vienna. After the Second World War he was involved in building up the music school as part of the Volksbildungswerk for Burgenland. In his oeuvre, which comprises more than 100 compositions, the focus is on songs for soprano, tenor or baritone, concert etudes, sonatas and variations for piano, large orchestral works to symphonies, and above all piano works. He died on January 24, 1974 in Vienna and was buried in a grave of honor in Bad Tatzmannsdorf.

After the Second World War, Arnold Röhrling was described in newspaper reports as the “most representative composer of Burgenland” and was considered “the Burgenland composer” in professional circles and his works have been performed several times by the Vienna Philharmonic.

A plaque on his former home in Feldgasse and Arnold Röhrling Platz reminds of him today in Bad Tatzmannsdorf.

Award

• 1952 - Awarded the professional title of Professor
• 1963 - Great Decoration of Honor of the Province of Burgenland

literature

• Gerald Schlag, Burgenland. History, culture and economy in biographies. XX Century, Eisenstadt 1991, p. 263f.
• Franz Renisch, Schnatteratei, Vienna, self-published 1994, pp. 206–208
• Bernhard Habla, composing in Burgenland. Lexicon of musicians of all ethnic groups and styles, Eisenstadt 2006, p. 158ff.

Web links

• Arnold Röhrling's biography