Ernst Schandl
Ernst Schandl (born January 6, 1920 in Hoheneich / Gmünd ; † August 12, 1997 in Krems an der Donau ) was an Austrian composer , music teacher , choir director and singer. He achieved national fame primarily through his so-called Wachau songs .
Life
Schandl studied theology and served in the German armed forces . Ernst Schandl received musical training in Zwettl Abbey , in the Melk Abbey High School and from 1950 to 1953 at the Vienna Academy for Music and Performing Arts . At the age of 15 Schandl composed the Missa in honorem Beatae Mariae Virginae , a revised version of which was premiered in his hometown in 2007.
From 1947 to 1973 Schandl was a music teacher at the elementary and secondary school in Stein an der Donau and later also at the Kremser BORG , where he and his Schandl Hot Boys laid the foundation for the later founded BORG Big Band . He also held the office of Kapellmeister of the town band, was organist in the Steiner parish church and in Zwettl Abbey, as well as head of the Wachau Schrammel Quartet and choir director of the Krems choir. Schandl had guest appearances with his Wachauer Sing- und Spielgruppe in Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Hungary. He also devoted himself to researching folk music from the Waldviertel .
In 1980 Schandl retired.
He was a member of the student association Austria Krems in the MKV.
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Schandl composed many Wachau songs and choirs that sing about this landscape and its people. The following should be emphasized:
- Between Krems and Stein
- Last request
- Wachauer Hauerlied .
In addition, there are four masses in his work, including the Christophorus Mass and the Missa in honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis , two cantatas and some smaller works. He recorded the folk song “Wachau, du Träumerin”, popular in the Wachau.
Awards
For his Christophorus Mass he was awarded the silver medal for compositional work by the state of Lower Austria, and he also received the gold coat of arms plaque and the golden badge of honor from the city of Krems. In 1995, a park in Stein an der Donau, where he worked for a long time, was named after him, and in 1997 he became an honorary citizen of Krems posthumously.
Web links
- Works by and about Ernst Schandl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of the composer
- Biography on the portal of the city of Krems
Individual evidence
- ↑ Austrian Kommersbuch, 1965, p. 87
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schandl, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer and singer, especially of Wachau songs |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hoheneich , Lower Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1997 |
| Place of death | Krems at the Donau |