Eduard Schütt (composer)
| Cyrillic ( Russian ) | |
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| Эдуард Шютт / Шитт | |
| Transl. : | Ėduard Šjutt / Šitt |
| Transcr. : | Eduard Schjutt / Schitt |
Eduard Schütt (born October 22, 1856 in Saint Petersburg ; † July 26, 1933 in Obermais near Meran , South Tyrol ) also known under the pseudonyms Arnolde Clairlie and Henri Marling , was a Russian- Austrian pianist , conductor and composer .
Life
Eduard Schütt studied in St. Petersburg with Petersen and Theodor Stein and from 1876 to 1878 in Leipzig with Ernst Friedrich Richter , Salomon Jadassohn and Carl Reinecke . Schütt lived in Vienna since 1879, where he studied with Theodor Leschetizky and from 1881 to 1897 was the conductor of the Vienna Academic Wagner Society.
As a composer he is best known for his paraphrases on waltzes by Johann Strauss and others. a. those about “ On the beautiful blue Danube ”, “ Stories from the Vienna Woods ”, and “ Roses from the South ”, which are also technically very demanding. He also wrote numerous piano works that were very popular at the time.
From 1892 he lived in Obermais near Meran, where he had bought the Villa Mon Repos . Schütt had numerous students there who studied with him. Among his friends were Franz Liszt , Artur Rubinstein , Johannes Brahms , Richard Heuberger and Alfred Grünfeld .
Works (selection)
- Piano concerto in F minor.
- Étude Mignonne Op. 16, 1.
- Scène de Bal Op. 17th
- Five Songs for a Voice Accompanied by a Pianoforte, Op. 18, 1898.
- Cinque Morceaux de Piano Op. 31.
- Prelude in E minor Op. 35, 1.
- Suite No. 1 for piano and violin Op. 44.
- Carnival Mignon Scènes pantomimiques, Op. 48.
- Waltz Tales for Pianoforte, Violin and Violoncello Op. 54.
- Papillons d'amour Op. 59, no. 2 “A la bien aimée”.
- Suite No. 2 for piano and violin Op. 61.
- Silhouette portraits Op. 84.
- Suite No. 3 for piano and violin Op. 86.
- Croquis et Silhouettes Op. 87.
- Opera Signor Formica. Comical opera in 3 acts, based on Hoffmann 's novel of the same name by Franz Keppel. 1892.
literature
- Christian Fastl: Schütt, Eduard. 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 .
- Karl H. Vigl: Eduard Schütt. Sketches for the search for traces of someone missing on the edge of the musical cultural landscape , Merano 2004
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Eduard Schütt in the International Music Score Library Project
- Works by and about Eduard Schütt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary in the Dolomites of July 29, 1933 Digital copy of the state library “Dr. Friedrich Teßmann "
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schütt, Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Amolde, Clairlie; Marling, Henri; Rubble, Eduard; Rubble, Edvard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-Austrian pianist, conductor, composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1933 |
| Place of death | Obermais near Merano |