Felix vom Rath

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Felix Emil August Oskar vom Rath (born June 17, 1866 in Cologne , † August 25, 1905 in Munich ) was a German composer.

Live and act

He came from the wealthy Rhenish industrialist family vom Rath , his father was the secret commercial councilor Emil vom Rath. In 1884 he graduated from the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium (Cologne) . After completing his law degree, he first took courses in composition and piano with Max von Pauer and Carl Reinecke in Leipzig and Giovanni Sgambati in Rome. Through the mediation of Max von Schillings he received private composition lessons from Ludwig Thuille in Munich. He lived there from 1893 and met regularly with the circle around Alexander Ritter , to which Richard Strauss , Ludwig Thuille and Max von Schillings also belonged. He was also friends with Albert Langen (editor of Simplicissimus ) and Alfred Walter Heymel (founder of Insel Verlag) as well as with Alexej von Jawlensky and Otto Julius Bierbaum . Together with Richard Strauss and Max von Schillings, he planned the founding of the Liszt Newspaper, whose correspondents from all music metropolises were to report on the performances of pioneering new compositions. However, this project did not come to fruition. The piano concerto op. 6, which premiered on February 15, 1901 in Munich in a "Modern Evening" of the Kaimorchester under Bernhard Stavenhagen with the outstanding soloist and dedicatee Anna Langenhan-Hirzel, attracted the greatest attention within his narrow work . The most popular was his Piano Quartet, Op. 2, which was the first of his compositions to be christened in December 1898 by Heinrich Schwartz and the Miroslav Weber Quartet, was advertised intensively by its publisher Forberg in several music magazines and had numerous performances. He also wrote a piano version of the song Ständchen (op. 17, No. 2) by Richard Strauss. He tragically died in Munich six days after an inherently harmless varicose vein operation of paralysis , but was buried by his father in Cologne. A few weeks after his death, a memorial ceremony with chamber music works and songs by the deceased took place in Munich.

Felix vom Rath is the dedicatee of Thuille's Cello Sonata and Max von Schillings' Rhapsodie Dem Verkliegen (op. 21, 1905) for mixed choir, baritone and large orchestra. Under the impression of his early death, Ludwig Thuille composed the piano piece Threnody, op. 37, no. 1. After his death, his father founded the "Felix vom Rath Foundation" to promote talented musicians.

Catalog raisonné

  • Sonata for violin and piano, op. 1, dedicated to Ludwig Thuille
  • Quartet for violin, viola, violoncello and piano, op. 2, dedicated to Max von Schillings
  • Three songs for a voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte, op.3: No. 1 Where high you live above the sea (Text: Alberta von Puttkamer ), dedicated to Ida Schulze-Solbrig, No. 2 Spring (Text: Rudolf Alexander Schröder ), Dedicated to Clementine Mayr-Schoenfield, No. 3 in May (text: Gustav Falke ), dedicated to Pauline Strauss-de Ahna (wife of Richard Strauss)
  • Drei Lieder, op.4: No. 1 The Sound (Text: Gustav Falke), No. 2 In the Twilight (Text: Rudolf Schröder), No. 3 Evening (Text: Rudolf Schröder)
  • Three songs for a voice with accompaniment of the piano, op. 5: No. 1 Towards evening (text: Otto Julius Bierbaum ), dedicated to Hertha Ritter-Hausegger (wife of Siegmund von Hausegger , daughter of Alexander Ritter and great-niece of Richard Wagner ) , No. 2 In the Lord's Garden (text: Otto Julius Bierbaum), dedicated to Auguste Vollmar, No. 3 Abendlied (text: Otto Julius Bierbaum), dedicated to Marie Kremer
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra, op. 6, dedicated to Anna Hirzel-Langenhan
  • Songs for voice and piano, op.7: No. 1 Wiegenlied (text: Detlev von Liliencron ), dedicated to Margarethe von Schirach (wife of Friedrich von Schirach ), No. 2 Peregrina (text: Eduard Mörike ), Emma Thuille (wife of Dedicated to Ludwig Thuille), No. 3 Junge Liebe (text: Anna von Droste), dedicated to Caroline Schillings (wife of Max von Schillings)
  • Three songs for a singing voice with piano accompaniment, op.8, No. 1 self-weighting (text: Achim von Arnim ), dedicated to Minna Schulze, No. 2 in the deep night (text: Rudolf Alexander Schröder ), dedicated to Josephine Vogel, No. 3 Evening serenade (text: Clemens Brentano ), dedicated to Laura Grisar
  • Three dance idylls for pianoforte, op.9
  • Pieces for piano, op. 10: No. 1 Capriccio alla polacca, No. 2 Serenade, dedicated to Hedwig Meyer
  • Pieces for violin and piano, op. 11: No. 1 Pastorale, dedicated to Joseph Miroslav Weber , No. 2 Improvisation, Dr. Dedicated to Gustav Schulze
  • Three songs for a voice with piano accompaniment, op.12: No. 1 summer evening (text: Wilhelm Weigand ), dedicated to Luise Höfer, No. 2 night (text: Felix von Fuchs-Nordhoff), dedicated to Marie Henke, No. 3 prayer ( Text: Friedrich Hebbel ), dedicated to Anna Weisman-Hecker (wife of Julius Weismann )
  • Pieces for piano, op. 13: No. 1 Mazurka, No. 2 Reigen, No. 3 Capriccio, dedicated to Vera Maurina
  • Festival march for piano, op.14
  • Pieces for piano, op.15: No. 1 Danza Malinconica, No. 2 Devozionale, No. 3 Burla, dedicated to Guillaume de Lallemand
  • Night piece, symphonic poem based on a poem Alberta by Puttkamers, o.op.
  • Schwermuth for piano, o.op.

Recordings

  • Three dance idylls on Themodist Roll No. 21102

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical file of the families of manufacturers, merchants and bankers in the Rhine and Ruhr regions
  2. ↑ Die Musik , illustrated half-monthly publication, fifth volume, first quarterly volume, Berlin and Leipzig (1905/06)
  3. ↑ Alexej von Jawlensky mentioned in his notes that he had seen a painting by Paul Gauguin for the first time with the riders on the red beach in Rath's Munich villa .
  4. ↑ Felix vom Rath is one of the addressees of Otto Julius Bierbaum's travel reports from Italy, which were published as A Sensitive Journey in an Automobile .
  5. ^ The Orchestrelle Company: Catalog of all 65 and 88 note pianola & piano pianola including Metrostyle and Themodist rolls, Composers Section, p. 419
personal data
SURNAME Rath, Felix from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rath, Felix Emil August Oskar from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1905
Place of death Munich