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Emmerich Schwach (* 1880 in Lugos , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary ; † 1959 ) was a Romanian-German composer , violinist , conductor and choir director .
Life
The son of the composer Wilhelm Schwach gave concerts as a violinist in Lugosch as a child. With the conductor Wenzel Josef Heller he performed in Szeged , Eszék , Temesvár and other cities. In 1906 he was the soloist in a performance of Beethoven's violin concerto. At the Landeschortreffen in Temesvár in 1903, he conducted his own orchestra, which was recruited from members of the Lugos Hungarian Singing and Music Association. Until the outbreak of the First World War he was also the conductor of the Lugoscher Gewerbegesangverein.
After the war, Schwach became the conductor of the Karansebescher Philharmonic Association and at the same time Regens chori (choir director) of the Roman Catholic Church of Caransebesch . This is where compositions such as the Csárdás based on old Hungarian folk songs , Pro Patria! “Tricolorul” , Mars Triumfal Român , the March Banat Sounds and Six Jewish Songs for choir and orchestra. In 1927 he became music director of the 1st gendarmerie regiment in the Romanian Altreich . He also took over the leadership of the Petroșani mine chapel . From this time came u. a. the sounds from the Jiul valley , the potpourri with Romanian motifs and two marches for military music .
Schwach spent his last years after World War II in Periam . Here he led the choir of the municipal cultural center and composed socialist propaganda works such as a children's cantata for Stalin and a workers' march , a potpourri of Russian and Romanian songs , as well as several choral works, including Banateanca .
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| SURNAME | Weak, Emmerich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian-German composer, violinist, conductor and choir director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lugoj , Kingdom of Romania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1959 |