Ferdinand Piesen

Ferdinand Piesen (born March 17, 1909 in Krakow , † September 26, 1994 in Paris ) was a German composer and translator .

Life

He received piano and organ lessons at an early age and first attended the federal teaching and research institute for the textile industry . He then studied at the New Vienna Conservatory with Carl Lafite and Ernest Kanitz. He also completed his studies with Josef Polnauer (analysis). He made his first public appearance as a composer on January 28, 1930, when two of his works for violin and piano were performed by violinist Hilde Rings in the Wiener Konzerthaus - Cantilene and Elegie . From 1934 Piesen composed literature for the Viennese cabaret on the Naschmarkt and wrote the music for so-called “middle pieces” by authors such as Lothar Metzl, Hans Weigel , Rudolf Weys, Jura Soyfer and Friedrich Torberg . After the “Anschluss” of Austria , he was persecuted by the National Socialists and in 1938 emigrated to Paris. There he worked as a pianist for the Jean Weidt Ballet and as a private teacher. He also took lessons from Max Deutsch , a student of Arnold Schönberg . During the German occupation he was imprisoned and interned in various camps, first in the Colombes stadium , then in the Meslay-du-Maine and Damigny camps , where he met the composers Max Deutsch and Marcel Rubin , who were also interned .

After the war he stayed in France and earned his living as a translator. He translated the first five volumes of the science fiction novel series ZBV by Karl-Herbert Scheer into French, as well as 10 Perry Rhodan books, which were published in France as volumes 38 to 42.

Works (selection)

Incidental music

• Joshua Graham, or wealth, is a burden; Pimperloper (Text: Lothar Metzl), 1934
• Marie or The Dream a Film (Text: Hans Weigel), 1935
• The Vienna Festival Week of the Good Soldier Schwejk (Text: Rudolf Weys), 1935
• Penguins. A polar night's dream (Text: Walter West alias Jura Soyfer, Fritz Tann alias Friedrich Torberg), 1936

Chamber music

• Cantilene for violin and piano 1930
• Elegy for violin and piano 1930

literature

• Alexander Rausch, Christian Fastl: Piesen, Ferdinand. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 . As of March 21, 2005

Web links

• Bibliography on nooSFere.com
• Ferdinand Piesen in the Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians from the Nazi Era (LexM), as of August 3, 2016
• Ferdinand Piesen, photo 1934 . In: Austrian literature in exile

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Alexander Rausch, Christian Fastl: Piesen, Ferdinand. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 . As of March 21, 2005
2. ^ Concert with Hilde Rings on January 28, 1930. In: Performance database Wiener Konzerthaus
3. ^ Artists' Academy of Cabaret Literature on the Naschmarkt on February 17, 1935. In: Performance database Wiener Konzerthaus
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Cabaret and Satire in the Resistance 1933–1945. (PDF) In: IWK. Communications from the Institute for Science and Art, No. 1/2. 1985, pp. 4, 10 , accessed October 26, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Jura Soyfer - Performances 1934–1945
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Hartmut Krones: Marcel Rubin in the French emigration . In: Michael Cullin, Primavera Driessen Gruber (Ed.): Douce France? Music exile in France 1933–1945 . Böhlau, Wien, Köln, Weimar 2008, ISBN 978-3-205-77773-1 ( full text in the Google book search [accessed October 26, 2019]).
7. ↑ Biography on perrypedia.proc.org
8. ↑ ^{a b} Perry-Rhodan-Traducteur: Ferdinand Piesen ( memento of July 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) as a translator. On: perry-blary.eu (French)
9. ^ Marie or The Dream a Film , Romantic Life Picture with Music by Ferdinand Piesen, on: Quotes by Hans Weigel