Emil Schennich
Emil Anton Schennich (born November 29, 1884 in Rattenberg ; † April 12, 1928 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian music director and composer .
Life
The son of a lawyer and an alto attended elementary school in Reutte , where he received his first piano lessons from school teacher Lutz. He then graduated from high school in Innsbruck and studied piano, organ and music theory with Josef Pembaur the Elder at the school of the Musikverein . From 1903 he studied piano at the Leipzig Conservatory with Josef Pembaur the Younger , Robert Teichmüller and in the master class of Alfred Reisenauer and conducting with Arthur Nikisch . He also studied philosophy at the University of Leipzig . After a private year of study in Munich , he taught piano at the Conservatory in Königsberg from 1908 and led the Conservatory Orchestra and the Königsberg Singers' Association. With his future wife, the violinist Hedwig Braun, he founded a successful chamber music ensemble. From 1916 to 1918 he was director of the conservatory in Barmen-Elberfeld and gave concerts as a pianist and conductor in the Rhineland and Westphalia .
In 1918 he was succeeded Josef Pembaur the Elder. Ä. Director of the Innsbruck Music Association and head of the music school, where he taught piano, conducting and music theory. In the choir and symphony concerts of the municipal orchestra he directed, contemporary "Tyrolean modernism" (Josef Pembaur, Ludwig Thuille , Karl Senn ) played an important role alongside classical and romantic works . Schennich invited internationally renowned orchestras and soloists to guest performances in Innsbruck, but also promoted performances by local artists. He tried to promote the audience's understanding of art through lectures and journalistic articles on music. He exchanged ideas with other artists in intellectual circles in Innsbruck such as the Brenner Round or with Brother Willram .
Emil Schennich is buried in a municipal grave of honor on the Protestant part of Innsbruck's Westfriedhof . In 1962 the (no longer existing) Schennichgasse in the Innsbruck district of Höttinger Au was named after him.
Works
- Piano sonatas, op.10 and 11, 1913
- Resurrection Symphony
- Sermon on the Mount for choir and orchestra
- Chamber music for strings
- Piano and organ pieces
- Serenade for orchestra
- around 60 songs based on texts by Christian Morgenstern , Rainer Maria Rilke and Hermann Hesse
literature
- H. Herrmann-Schneider: Schennich, Emil Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 84 f. (Direct links on p. 84 , p. 85 ).
- Christian Fastl: Schennich (Schennig), Emil Anton. 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 .
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Innsbruck: Honorary graves of the city of Innsbruck (PDF; 223 kB)
- ↑ Renaming of streets and paths in the Höttinger Au. In: Official Journal of the State Capital Innsbruck, No. 9, September 1962, p. 4 ( digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schennich, Emil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schennich, Emil Anton (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rattenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1928 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |