Arnold Rosé

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Arnold Josef Rosé (born October 24, 1863 in Jassy ; † August 25, 1946 in London ; actually Arnold Josef Rosenblum ) was an Austrian violinist and music teacher.

Arnold Rosé (1922). Etching by Ferdinand Schmutzer

Life

Arnold Rosé studied violin from 1874–1877 at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna with Karl Heissler . Concert tours took him to Germany, where he made his debut with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in 1879 , and to Paris. From 1881 to 1938 he was concertmaster of the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra and a member of the Vienna Philharmonic . In the years 1888 to 1896 he also appeared several times as concertmaster in the orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival and was a member of the Vienna court orchestra from 1903 .

From 1893 to 1901 he taught at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna and from 1908 to 1929 at the Vienna Music Academy . He went on numerous concert tours with the Rosé Quartet , which he and his older brother Eduard Rosé founded . The quartet became one of the most famous of its time and, in addition to the classical repertoire, also dedicated itself particularly to the works of contemporary composers such as Brahms , Korngold , Schmidt , Schönberg and Webern . In 1902 Schönberg premiered the string sextet Transfigured Night op. 4 and the first two string quartets in 1907 and 1908.

From 1902 Rosé was married to a sister of Gustav Mahler , Justine (1868–1938). His son Alfred (1902–1975) was a pianist, conductor, composer; his daughter Alma (1906–1944) was also a violinist and died in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp . She was the conductor of the orchestra from 1943 to April 1944 . Prisoner in Auschwitz concentration camp (girls' orchestra) . As a Jew , Arnold Rosé had to flee to London after the annexation of Austria on March 12, 1938. There he worked at the Austrian Academy and performed with his quartet; the last public concert took place in 1945.

Tomb of Justine, Arnold and Alma Rosé in the Grinzing cemetery

His honorary grave is in the Grinzinger Friedhof (group 20, row 5, number 6); In 1976 a memorial plaque was unveiled on his former home in Vienna 19, Pyrkergasse 23.

Awards

literature

Web links

Commons : Arnold Rosé  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alfred Rosé directed the first performance of Das Klagende Lied by his uncle Gustav Mahler in Brno in 1934 .
personal data
SURNAME Rosé, Arnold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosé, Arnold Josef (full name); Rosenblum, Arnold Josef (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian violinist, concertmaster and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Iassy
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1946
Place of death London