Edmund Schuëcker

Edmund Schuëcker , also Schuecker, Schüecker or Schuöcker (born November 16, 1860 in Vienna ; died November 9, 1911 in Kreuznach ) was an Austrian harpist and composer .

Live and act

Schuëcker studied harp playing and harmony with Robert Fuchs , Franz Krenn and Anton Zamara from 1871 to 1877 at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. He then embarked on a career as a solo harpist and worked in various orchestras. Among other things, from 1877 to 1882 in the Amsterdam Orchestra, from 1882 to 1883 in the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Albert Parlow or from 1883 to 1884 in the Royal Saxon State Orchestra Dresden . From 1884 he played in the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig and taught at the local conservatory . In 1890 he received the honorary title of chamber virtuoso from Duke Ernst von Sachsen-Altenburg . In 1891 he joined the newly formed Chicago Symphony Orchestra .

In June 1900 he was appointed to the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra by Gustav Mahler . Already in 1902 he had to give up this position for health reasons, moved to Kreuznach and devoted himself to composition. From 1903 to 1904 he played in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra , changed from 1904 to 1909 to the Philadelphia Orchestra and in 1910 was active in the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Schuëcker published under the title The most important passages for harp from Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and Parsifal an aid organization for the execution of difficult harp passages in the operas of Richard Wagner and was active in 1903 and 1906 in Wagner performances at Covent Garden Opera in London with.

Carl Reinecke dedicated his concert for the harp with orchestra accompaniment to him in 1884 .

family

Schuëcker's younger brother Heinrich (1867–1913) also studied with Anton Zamara. In 1885 he joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as first harpist and taught at the New England Conservatory there . He has also appeared as a soloist at music festivals in Worcester (Mass.), Paris and London.

He had a son Joseph E. Schuëcker, who was born on May 19, 1886 in Leipzig and died on December 9, 1938 in Los Angeles. Like his father and uncle, he had studied with Alfred Zamara and was employed as solo harpist in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1904 to 1905 and again from 1908 to 1909. He then took over from his Varer at the Philadelphia Orchestra. From 1911 to 1913 he was a harpist with an opera company in Boston, and from 1915 to 1920 he taught at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. In 1926 he rejoined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and stayed there until 1930.

Works (selection)

Fantasia de bravura. For harp, Op. 11 . Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1890 ( archive.org ).
Mazurka for harp, op.12 . Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1890 ( archive.org ).
Remembrances of Worcester: fantasia for 2 harps; op. 40 . In: For harp . 242b. Jul. Heinr. Zimmermann, Berlin / Leipzig 1902 ( archive.org - scores for two harps, copyright 1902 Carl Giessel jun., Bayreuth).

literature

H. Reitterer: Schuëcker (aka Schuöcker), Edmund. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 286 f. (Direct links on p. 286 , p. 287 ).
Barbara Boisits: Schuëcker (own Schuöcker), family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
Schuecker, Edmund in the German biography

Web links

Works by Edmund Schuëcker in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Works by Edmund Schuëcker on archive.org

Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians List stokowski.org (English, with an illustration by Edmund)

Individual evidence

↑ Edmund Schuëcker: The most important passages for harp from Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and Parsifal: with exact fingering and pedal designation . B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1900 ( archive.org ).
↑ ^a ^b Schuëcker, Edmund; actually Schuöcker . In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon and Biographical Documentation . tape 11 , volume 53, 1998, p. 286 f . ( biographien.ac.at ).
^ Carl Reinecke: Concert for the harp with accompaniment of the orchestra, op.182 . Bartholf Senff, Leipzig 1884 ( archive.org archive.org - Score Pr.M 10; for harp with orchestra accompaniment, Pr.M 15; for harp solo Pr.M 5.).
↑ ^a ^b Schuëcker, Edmund . In: Don Michael Randel (Ed.): The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music . Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1996, ISBN 0-674-37299-9 , pp. 809 ( books.google.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Schuëcker, Edmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schuöcker, Edmund (real name); Schuecker, Edmund; Schüecker, Edmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian harpist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 16, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	November 9, 1911
Place of death	Kreuznach

[1] Edmund Schuëcker: The most important passages for harp from Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and Parsifal: with exact fingering and pedal designation . B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1900 ( archive.org ).

[ÖBL-2] Schuëcker, Edmund; actually Schuöcker . In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon and Biographical Documentation . tape 11 , volume 53, 1998, p. 286 f . ( biographien.ac.at ).

[3] Carl Reinecke: Concert for the harp with accompaniment of the orchestra, op.182 . Bartholf Senff, Leipzig 1884 ( archive.org archive.org - Score Pr.M 10; for harp with orchestra accompaniment, Pr.M 15; for harp solo Pr.M 5.).

[Familie-4] Schuëcker, Edmund . In: Don Michael Randel (Ed.): The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music . Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1996, ISBN 0-674-37299-9 , pp. 809 ( books.google.de ).