Ernst Ludwig Uray
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
- 1954 Austrian State Prize (for his songwriting)
- 1955 Awarded the professional title of professor
- 1973 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art
- 1984 honorary citizen of the city of Schladming
literature
- Erwin Schrempf: Career and work of the Styrian composer Ernst Ludwig Uray , Graz 2002 (577 pages, numerous images and music examples)
Web links
- Works by and about Ernst Ludwig Uray in the catalog of the German National Library
- Photo by Ernst Ludig Uray
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 .
- ↑ http://www.music.at/oegzm/
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2006 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.
personal data | |
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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 |