Ernst Triebel

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Ernst Triebel (born November 8, 1932 in Graz ; † June 11, 2017 there ) was an Austrian organist , conductor and composer . He was a professor at the Art University Graz as well as a church musician and choirmaster of the Graz parish church .

Life

family

Ernst Triebel was the oldest child of the Styrian organist, choir director and elementary school director Ferdinand Triebel (1907–1992). He grew up with four siblings in Preding and St. Stefan ob Stainz .

He entered the state of marriage in 1956 with Juliana Gradl (1929–1998) and in 2009 with Adolfine Nürnberger (1925–2013). With his first wife, who studied singing ( soprano and soloist ), he had a son ( violinist ) and a daughter ( cellist ). In the early years up to the birth of the first grandchild in 1984, the entire family often performed.

Elementary school teacher

He attended the Realgymnasium in Graz up to the fifth grade and then entered the second year of teacher training. After graduating from the teacher training college in Graz in 1952, he got his first job at the beginning of 1953 in Schwanberg and then held various positions as a primary school teacher in the Deutschlandsberg district .

Education

During his training as a teacher, Ernst Triebel studied from 1948 with Franz Illenberger at the Styrian State Conservatory in Graz. In 1957 he passed the state examination in the major organ in Vienna and in 1962 the artistic maturity examination (today diploma examination) in Graz. From 1956 he took part in various organ conferences. From 1965 he completed masterclasses with Fernando Germani in Siena and Rome and with Anton Heiller in Vienna, and from 1966 to 1972 he studied with Michael Schneider at the Cologne University of Music .

Organist, choir director and violist

From 1955 to 1966 he was organist and choirmaster in Deutschlandsberg . There he led u. a. at Easter 1958, the "Fifth Exhibition" by Anton Faist on, on 25 and 26 October 1958 Haydn's oratorio The Creation occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death, with the solo parts of Juliana Triebel, Walter Greiner and Walter Schellauf were sung, and on the 30th And May 31, 1962 the seasons , with Juliana Triebel, Robert Behan and Harald Hermann as vocal soloists.

Ernst Triebel also played the viola . As a violist he also took part in the string quartet of the municipal music school in Deutschlandsberg.

As a church musician, Ernst Triebel took over the construction of the new cathedral choir in Graz in 1972/1973. After a little more than six months he was able to go public with Bach's St. John Passion . When Albert Anglberger was able to take up his post as cathedral music director after a year, Ernst Triebel had already laid the solid foundation for a cathedral choir that could develop further.

From 1981 to 1998, when his wife Juliana died, Triebel was organist and choirmaster at the city parish church in Graz. I.a. on October 20, 1985 he was also the inauguration organist of the new Rieger organ of the Johannes Bosco Catholic Church .

professorship

From April 1st, 1963, Ernst Triebel was an organ teacher at the Department of Church Music at the University of Art in Graz and from 1967 a professor. In 1974 he was appointed associate professor and in 1982 full professor. From 1991 to 1996 he was also the director of the church music institute at the art university. He retired on September 30, 2001.

Ernst Triebel was there from the very beginning, after Philipp Harnoncourt founded the Church Music Department of the Academy for Music and Performing Arts of today's Graz University of Art in 1963. He had made a significant contribution to the development of the church music department, to the expansion of the full academic course that had been set up from the beginning, to the expansion of the infrastructure with suitable instruments, in the selection and design of which he was decisively involved. He has organized or supported many courses at the institute, such as with Josef Friedrich Doppelbauer , Petr Eben , Hans Haselböck , Peter Planyavsky , Michael Radulescu , Daniel Roth , Michael Schneider , Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini and others. Most of all, however, the prosperous development of the students was important to him, whom, in addition to the profound training in organ playing, he widened their eyes in a variety of ways. I.a. Johann Assinger, Herbert Bolterauer , Franziska Hammer-Drexler, Johannes Ebenbauer , Peter Frisée, Otto Kargl, Eduard Lanner, Klaus Murauer, Wolfgang Pichler, Franz Karl Praßl , Armando Salarzar, Wolfgang Riegler-Sontacchi, Szabolcs Szamosi and Karin Tausch were students at Triebel .

Badge of honor

With a resolution dated June 19, 1998, the state capital awarded him the gold medal "in recognition of special services to the city of Graz". In the relevant report from the municipal authorities it was said: "Ernst Triebel ... initiated a fixed point in Graz's cultural life with the weekly concert performances in July and August."

Act

Organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach's entire organ works , which are listed in the Bach Works Directory under the numbers 525–771, 1090–1120 and 1128, he performed twice in Graz in 1963 and 1973/1974 on ten and 14 evenings on. In 1975 he played the art of fugue in the Graz parish church.

The style-appropriate reproduction of old music , the possibilities of which he has dealt with, was just as important to him as the presentation of the great works of the Romantic period .

Triebel was also the interpreter of the organ works by Max Reger and Johann Nepomuk David, which are also represented with the complete works. Waldemar Bloch in 1970 and Viktor Fortin in 2008 composed organ pieces for Ernst Triebel:

  • Wake up, the voice calls us, variations and fugue for organ (1970)
  • Roccata for organ, Allegro non molto (2008)

repertoire

His extensive repertoire included large chorale variations and / or works, especially by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ernest Bloch , Johann Nepomuk David, Josef Friedrich Doppelbauer , Maurice Duruflé , Hermann Grabner , Jean Guillou , Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter , Franz Liszt , Felix Mendelssohn , Dietmar Polaczek , Max Reger , Franz Schmidt , Friedrich Schröder and Charles-Marie Widor .

Concerts

Ernst Triebel made a name for himself in Graz through extraordinary performances at the time, for example at the age of twenty-three in 1955 with Reger's BACH , in 1959 and on the occasion of the founding of the Academy with Reger's Variations in F sharp minor on the organ in the Stefaniensaal and other works by Reger, such as chorale fantasies “Wachet up, the voice calls us ”,“ Hallelujah! To praise God ”and“ How beautifully the morning star shines ”.

During his introductory concert on March 1, 1961, Ernst Triebel played works by Johann Sebastian Bach , Olivier Messiaen and Johann Nepomuk David . On June 6, 1963, during the festivities of the Styrian State Conservatory in Graz for the Academy for Music and Performing Arts, he was the soloist on the organ. On May 10, 1966 Triebel played on the 50th anniversary of Max Reger's death. The “Neue Zeit” acknowledged him on May 12, 1966 as follows: “... who played four of the most important (and also most difficult!) Works. ... His great empathy with the spirit of the works and his mastery of the enormous technical difficulties (which often make your hair stand on end even in a purely pianistic discussion, that is, without playing the pedal and working out a registration appropriate to the work) demand the greatest respect. ... "

Many of his concerts took him beyond the borders of Austria. a. to Pécs , Helsinki , Trondheim and Minsk .

In 2008 Triebel played ten concerts with David's Chaconne in A minor, Reger's Variations in F sharp minor and the Toccata by Jean Guillou , in 2009 concerts a. a. with Regers BACH, Schmidt's Toccata in C major and the organ concerto by Francis Poulenc accompanied by a string orchestra. In the same year, during his concert in Graz Cathedral, he also premiered the organ rock toccata from 2008 by the Austrian composer Viktor Fortin (Roccata for organ, Allegro non molto, organ solo piece dedicated to Ernst Triebel). In 2011 he gave a. a. a concert on the largest organ in Switzerland in Engelberg.

Radio and vinyl recordings

Triebel also made a name for itself beyond Austria's borders through radio and vinyl recordings. I.a. The record "Historische Orgeln" (Christophorus Freiburg im Breisgau) appeared in 1970 , with Ernst Triebel playing on the organs in Trofaiach , Adriach , St. Erhard and Birkfeld . In 1980 the record "The Organ in Graz Cathedral" was released, on which Ernst Triebel, Emanuel Amtmann and Hans Trummer can be heard with works by Franz Schmidt, Joseph Haydn, Johann Joseph Fux , Girolamo Frescobaldi , Johann Sebastian Bach and Franz Liszt. In 1985 the record and cassette “Christmas in the City Parish Church Graz” appeared, on which Triebel directs the choir of the City Parish Church Graz and also plays the organ. There are u. a. also his wife Juliana as (soprano) and his son as violinist.

swell

  • OLM (Open Music Library), Ernst Triebel on the occasion of his 80th birthday , Johann Trummer, 2012
  • Ars Organi , March 2008, organist Ernst Triebel, terrific evening concert, undisputed highlight of the conference
  • Neue Westfälische Zeitung , May 8, 2003, A great evening for the tower organ, Ernst Triebel made a guest appearance in the High Cathedral
  • Luzerner Tagblatt , July 16, 1987, varied program at the 8th court church concert in Lucerne, Austrian master organist Ernst Triebel, the program was loosened up with three chants for soprano (Juliana Triebel, wife of the organist)
  • Kleine Zeitung , Graz, July 20, 1985, clear lines, "host" Ernst Triebel, wife Juliana Triebel (soprano)

Web links

Commons : Ernst Triebel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Deutschlandsberg in: Musiklexikon, publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
  2. ↑ From Deutschlandsberg's cultural past, Deutschlandsberg in September 2008
  3. ↑ Rieger-Orgel Catholic Church Johannes Bosco , accessed on June 18, 2017.
  4. ^ Church music in: Musiklexikon, publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
  5. ↑ O. Univ. Prof. Ernst Triebel in memory, Franz Karl Praßl, Mariatrost, June 22, 2017
  6. ^ Kargl, Otto in: Musiklexikon, publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
  7. ↑ Viktor Fortin, Chamber Music - Solowerke , accessed on August 4, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Triebel, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian organist, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 2017
Place of death Graz