Ernst Hilmar

This article is about the musicologist and librarian. For similarly named personalities see Ernst Hilmer .

Ernst Karl Hilmar (born September 20, 1938 in Graz ; † November 23, 2016 in Villach ) was an Austrian musicologist and librarian . He dealt in particular with the work of Franz Schubert , Johann Strauss (son) , Hugo Wolf and the Second Viennese School .

career

After studying musicology at the University of Graz and the Vienna University of Music (PhD: Graz 1962) Hilmar first went to Freiburg im Breisgau and then worked as a research assistant at the RISM headquarters in Kassel . In 1969 he moved to the music collection of the Vienna City and State Library , which was then headed by Fritz Racek (1911–1975). In 1975 he became his successor. In 1987 Hilmar received his habilitation at the University of Vienna with a compilation of his earlier Schubert publications ( Collected Studies on the Life and Work of Franz Schubert ).

In 1979 he founded the Society for the Promotion of Schubert Research , from which the Vienna International Franz Schubert Institute (IFSI) emerged in 1987 , in which he published the periodical Schubert durch die Brille from 1988 to 2003 . His Rororo Schubert monograph has also been translated into Japanese (Tokyo 2000) and Chinese (Beijing 2005). He also initiated the establishment of the Vienna Institute for Strauss Research (WISF) . A long-term collaboration was established with the music antiquarian and publisher Hans Schneider , who edited and sponsored the publications of the institutes founded by Hilmar. In 2003 Hilmar resigned voluntarily from the post of Secretary General of the IFSI, the IFSI had to be dissolved in April 2005.

In 1994 Hilmar had to leave the Vienna Library on suspicion of malversation , in 1997 the suspension was lifted again, and since 1998 he has been retired. He continued to work scientifically (often together with Margret Jestremski, among others). In 2010 Hilmar's role as head of the Vienna Library's music collection (1975–1994) was the subject of public prosecution investigations; the investigation was discontinued in December 2010.

Hilmar also published under the pseudonym "Karl E. Harpf-Harpfenstein".

Publications

About Franz Schubert (selection)

• Directory of Schubert manuscripts in the music collection of the Vienna City and State Library / Ernst Hilmar. Kassel 1978. XV, 144, 105 pp.
• Franz Schubert. [Exhibition […] on the 150th anniversary of the composer's death] ed. together with Otto Brusatti . Vienna 1978. - XXXII, 315 pp.
• Franz Schubert in his time. Vienna / Graz 1985. 143 pp.
• Franz Schubert: Three great sonatas for the pianoforte: D 958, D 959 a. D 960 (early versions); Facsimile based on the autographs […]. Companion Text and Come on. E. Hilmar. First published Tutzing 1987. 28 pp.
• Collected studies on the life and work of Franz Schubert. Habilitation thesis University of Vienna 1987. 478 pp.
• Franz Schubert: The Count of Gleichen: Opera in 2 Acts D (918); First publication of the composer's manuscript from the possession of the Vienna City and State Library. Text by Eduard von Bauernfeld . Ed. U. commented by Ernst Hilmar. With a contribution by Erich W. Partsch. Tutzing 1988. 19 p., 72 p.
• Schubert (pictorial biography). Graz ADEVA 1989 a. 1996. 216 pp.
• Franz Schubert portrayed by Ernst Hilmar. Reinbek 1997. 158 pp.
• Schubert Lexicon, ed. with Margret Jestremski. Graz: ADEVA 1997. 534 pp.
• Building blocks for a new Schubert bibliography, primarily of the writings from 1929 to 2000. Part I: Alphabetical order by authors. In: Schubert durch die Brille No. 25, (2000), pp. 95–303 (additions and indices in Schubert durch die Brille No. 26, 27, collaboration: Werner Bodendorff ).
• Franz Schubert. Documents 1801-1830. First volume. Addenda and comment. Collaboration: Werner Bodendorff (IFSI publications, 10/2), Tutzing 2003.
• Schubert Encyclopedia (2 vols.), Ed. with Margret Jestremski. Tutzing 2004.

To Hugo Wolf

• Hugo Wolf, letters to Frieda Zerny . Vienna 1978. 83 pp.
• Hugo Wolf encyclopedia. 518 individual articles on life and work, environment and reception. Tutzing 2007. XXV, 593 pp.

To the second Viennese school

• Arnold Schoenberg . Memorial exhibition, Vienna 1974. 386 pp.
• Wozzeck from Alban Berg . Origin, first successes, repression (1914–1935). Vienna 1975. 106 pp.
• Thanks to Ernst Krenek : Catalog for the exhibition of the Vienna City and State Library in the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna, May – June 1982. Vienna 1982. 100 pp.
• Anton Webern : 1883–1983; a commemorative publication for the hundredth birthday. With an introduction by Henri Pousseur . Vienna 1983. 296 pp.
• Encounter with Arnold Schönberg: International Music Festival Duisburg "Arnold Schönberg and new music from Germany, Austria and Switzerland" from September 13, 1992 to June 30, 1993; Exhibition in the Museum of Culture and City History Duisburg, February 24 to March 28, 1993. Catalog by Margret Jestremski and Ernst Hilmar. Duisburg 1993. 102 pp.

Other publications as author and editor (selection)

• The Nestroy music in the Viennese collections. In: Maske and Kothurn 18 (1972) 1-2, pp. 38-98.
• 75 years of the Universal Edition (1901–1976). [Catalog for the exhibition of the Vienna City and State Library in the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna December 1976 / January 1977] [Collaboration: Otto Brusatti]. Vienna 1976. 102 pp.
• Richard Wagner : “Schusterlied” from the opera “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”: earliest fair copy (WWV deest); Facs. After the autograph. Tutzing 1988. 20 pp.
• Musician caricatures from Mahler to the present. (Vienna City Hall March 1988-September 1988) Ed. Franz Patzer. Catalog ed. E. Hilmar. Vienna 1987. 61 pp.
• Leoš Janáček : Letters to the Universal Edition. Tutzing 1988. 385 pp.
• International symposium of musicians' autographs: Report 5. – 8. June 1989, Vienna. Tutzing 1990. 236 pp.
• 40,000 musicians' letters at the push of a button: methods of indexing using the UE correspondence - investigations - detailed results. Tutzing 1989. 168 pp.

Web links

• Literature by and about Ernst Hilmar in the catalog of the German National Library
• Michael Lorenz : Reply to Walburga Litschauer's contribution “Perspectives of Schubert Research in Austria”, ( Austrian music magazine , 65th year, issue 9, Vienna 2010, pp. 46–49)
• Michael Lorenz: “Johann Strauss on the Irrfahrt” - A few necessary comments

Individual evidence

1. ^ Requiem for Ernst Karl Hilmar in Stift Viktring ( Memento from January 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Ernst Hilmar: A style-critical examination of Ferruccio Busoni's works from the years 1880–1890 with a biographical outline of the young Busoni's stay in Styria submitted by Ernst Hilmar Graz , Univ. Diss., Graz 1962. (274 sheets).
3. ↑ E. Hilmar with Rowohlt
4. ↑ Minutes of the last board meeting of the International Franz Schubert Institute on April 13, 2005
5. ↑ Ralph Braun: Public prosecutor's investigations into the Johann Strauss autographs (PDF; 4.1 MB) that were allegedly stolen from the Vienna City and State Library and offered to Ralph Braun in 2008 and 2010 to the Cologne auction house Venator & Hanstein (PDF; 4.1 MB) before hiring? - Will the provider get the sketched scores back? In: German Johann Strauss Society e. V. Bulletin. Communications, reports and presentations. Coburg, 37 (2010), pp. 2-29.