Ernst Ludwig Uray

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Memorial plaque on Ernst Ludwig Uray's birthplace in Schladming

Ernst Ludwig Uray (born April 26, 1906 in Schladming , Styria , † April 6, 1988 in Tamsweg , Salzburg ) was an Austrian composer .

Life

After studying music as a student of the composer Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvár from Graz , Uray worked as a music consultant at Radio Wien from 1938 to 1945, after which he was head of the music department of the ORF regional studio in Styria from 1946 to 1971 . 1961–1979 he was President of the Styrian Tonkünstlerbund . Until the end of his life he was in charge of the “Schladminger Musiksommer” and in this role supported young Austrian composers such as Johannes Kern and Alexander Wagendristel .

Works

Uray wrote mainly over 60 songs, piano and chamber music, as well as a symphony, cantatas, orchestral and choral works, melodramas, masses, radio plays, arrangements of folk songs, and film music.

Piano music

Sonata breve I in D major for piano (1947)
A melodic-harmonic study for piano (1951)
Sonata breve II in E minor (1953)
Sonata breve III in F major (1973)

Chamber music

Suite in A major for violin and piano (1932)
Sonata in F minor for violoncello and piano (1932)
Variations on an old melody ("O you cheerful") for 2 violins (1934)
Rondo in E flat major for flute and piano (1934)
Variations and fugue on a folk song ("Dat du min Leevsten büst") for 2 guitars (1937)
Variations in F minor for violin and piano (1948)
"Minnelied" - Variations for violin and piano (1957)
Music for wind quintet in 2 movements (1962)
"Schladminger Tänze" for wind quintet (1966)
"Schladminger Tänze" for violin and piano (1966)
"Hommage à Johann Strauss" for wind quintet (1967)
"Fanfare for Feasts and Celebrations" for brass instruments (2 trumpets and 2 trombones) (1970)
"Alpenländische Spielmusik I" - Eight Little Pieces for Wind Quartet (1979)
"Alpenländische Spielmusik II" - 9 small pieces for wind quartet (1979)
“Suite Globale” for flute, violin and guitar

Concerts and orchestral music

"Dance piece" for orchestra (1937)
Duo for 2 violins and string orchestra, also for 2 violins and piano (1941)
"Viennese Ballet Waltz" for orchestra (1942)
Lyric Andante for violin, violoncello and orchestra (1955)
Concertante music for viola, piano and orchestra (1965)
Concerto grosso for string orchestra (1968)
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (1975)
Hungarian dances for orchestra
Symphony for large orchestra (1962/63)

Vocal music

Six songs for medium-high voice and piano (1935)
Five songs for medium voice and piano (1935)
A Christmas cantata . Compiled from pious words and for speakers, solos, mixed choir, small orchestra and organ (1935)
"The Martyr Dostoevsky" (Text: Stefan Zweig), melodrama (1945)
"Four songs of the dead from St. Lambrecht" for mixed choir (1953)
O joy, joy, happy time! - 14 old shepherd and crib songs for two-part and polyphonic singing with instrumental accompaniment (1958)
"Rabensteiner Schloßkantate" for solos, children's choir, mixed choir, narrator and small orchestra (1959)
"Wenn am Abend late" - Heimatlied for mixed choir or male choir (1959)
"Christmas" for voice and piano (1970)
"Back then an year" for mixed choir (1977)
“It's all together with dancing” for mixed choir
“Music of the Night” for male choir

membership

  • Austrian Society for Contemporary Music
  • President of the Styrian Tonkünstlerbund
  • 1950 to 1958 and 1975 to 1978 chairman of the Austrian Richard Wagner Society (Graz)

Awards

literature

  • Erwin Schrempf: Career and work of the Styrian composer Ernst Ludwig Uray , Graz 2002 (577 pages, numerous images and music examples)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Hubmann: Styrian Tonkünstlerbund. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
  2. ↑ http://www.music.at/oegzm/
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stb.kultur.at
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personal data
SURNAME Uray, Ernst Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Schladming
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1988
Place of death Tamsweg