Ernst Kunz (composer)
Ernst Kunz (born June 2, 1891 on the Ratzenberg farm in the community of Niedermuhlern near Bern ; † January 31, 1980 in Olten ) was a Swiss composer and conductor .
Life
Ernst Kunz first spent his childhood in Mulhouse in Alsace and in Zurich . He had three siblings; his youngest brother was the philosopher, psychologist and botanist Hans Kunz . After the family settled in Trimbach near Olten in Solothurn , Ernst Kunz received his first piano lessons at the age of ten. After attending the teachers' seminar in Wettingen , he studied at the Academy of Music in Munich with Friedrich Klose and Eduard Bach. He then worked as a theater conductor in Rostock and Breslauactive, then in 1917 as a répétiteur under Bruno Walter at the Munich Court Opera . Ernst Kunz returned to Switzerland in 1918 and in 1919 became the city's music director in Olten, where he had good choirs at his disposal (Olten choir, teacher choir, from 1927 also Zurich teacher choir). In Olten he set up permanent symphony concerts with the Winterthur City Orchestra , and later with the Stuttgart Philharmonic .
Works
Kunz composed an operetta with his own text after Carlo Goldoni called Der Fächer , which was premiered in 1929 at the Stadttheater Zürich , as well as many singspiele and oratorios, e.g. Vreneli ab em Guggisberg , premiered at the Volkstheater Basel in 1953, Christmas Oratorio (1920), Madlee (1931, after a text by Hermann Burte ) and Hutten's Last Days (1924). He also wrote many songs, symphonies (e.g. Symphonietta from 1968), concerts and piano music. Kunz also composed stage music and music for festivals .
The music journalist Walter Kläy wrote in the Solothurner Zeitung in 1976 that Ernst Kunz composed "as if there had been no Wagner, no Debussy, no Stravinsky, not to mention the Vienna School". However, once you have come to terms with it, you can "gain some musical poetry" from Kunz 'works. Hans Derendinger , who, as Mayor of Olten, gave a speech at Ernst Kunz's funeral, paid tribute to him as a choir and orchestra conductor, who knew how to inspire, but also had something “relentless” about him.
literature
- Hans Braun: The estate of the Olten music director and composer Ernst Kunz . Solothurn Central Library, Solothurn 2017, ISBN 978-3-9524247-1-1 ( Publications of the Solothurn Central Library . Small series, 4)
- Hugo Meyer: Ernst Kunz In: Oltner Neujahrsblätter , Vol. 10, 1952, pp. 5–12.
- Brigitta Köhl: Homage to Ernst Kunz In: Oltner Neujahrsblätter . Vol. 49, 1991, pp. 73-75.
- Hans Braun: Ernst Kunz - Olten music director and composer . In Oltner Neujahrsblätter, Vol. 75, 2017, pp. 82–85.
Web links
- Works by and about Ernst Kunz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ernst Kunz . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1054.
- Estate of the composer Ernst Kunz (PDF) in the Solothurn Central Library (PDF file; 183 kB)
- Works by Ernst Kunz in the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b H.W .: music director Ernst Kunz eighty . In: Solothurner Zeitung . No. 125 , June 2, 1971.
- ↑ a b Walter Kläy: Where a wine blooms ... LP with works by the Olten composer Ernst Kunz . In: Solothurner Zeitung . May 4th 1976.
- ↑ Hans Derendinger: An important musician. Farewell to composer and music director Ernst Kunz . In: Solothurner Zeitung . February 8, 1980.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kunz, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niedermuhlern |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1980 |
| Place of death | Olten |