Franz Schöggl

Franz Schöggl (born May 21, 1930 Langenwang / Styria ; † September 22, 1982 ibid) was an Austrian musician and composer .

Life

Franz Schöggl was born the son of a sawmill. He received violin lessons at the age of 6 . In his free time he mainly occupied himself with music and learned the piano , cello , trumpet and drums in self-study . Since his youth he has been musically active in the field of brass music and choral singing . At the age of 15 he worked in the church choir and at the age of 17 in the Langenwang music association. His schooling - despite great financial difficulties the family he visited after the elementary school , the high school in Bruck an der Mur - was often through work assignments when people storm interrupted.

From 1949 Schöggl worked as a commercial clerk in an industrial company. The music association promoted the young musician. He was able to complete several Kapellmeister courses and in 1956 took over the Kapellmeister position, which he held until 1967. He had previously founded a salon orchestra . In 1962 he was appointed district music director. From 1965 he was director of the church choir in Langenwang, which he was instrumental in founding in 1964.

Working as a composer

As a composer Schöggl was self-taught . He has written popular pieces for wind orchestras (especially marches such as Prince Johann's hike and riding march ) and choir (mass chants and secular choral songs ). His most popular piece is The Whimsical Trout. These are ten joking variations on the art song Die Forelle by Franz Schubert , set for four-part mixed choir, with borrowings from the style and works of other well-known composers. The sheet music was published by Doblinger Verlag in Vienna. There is now an English-language version of the text (Trout As You Like It) , which z. B. in the USA, Japan and Australia is common.

In 1981 the composer and conductor Hans Werner Henze premiered Eight Attempts on a March as part of the Styrian Autumn. Topics from the Federal March were played by the Hönigsberg factory band and a Hamburg avant-garde ensemble.

Gerd Kühr wrote a "Collage based on marching motifs by Franz Schöggl" for orchestra under the title Marsch Marsch 1981.

Works (selection)

Choral music

• The moody trout
  • Franz Schubert's trout
  • Mozart: A small night trout
  • Beethoven: In honor of the trout
  • Weber: The free fish
  • Wagner: fishing choir
  • Mountain trout in the late evening
  • Viennese style trout
  • Forella Italiana
  • Volga trout
  • Fishing with Lis (z) t
• Dear Mürz Valley (words: Karl Skala ; wise and phrase: Franz Schöggl)

Brass music

• Prince Johann's hike. Rondo Humoroso about Archduke Johann Jodler.
• Horse march
• Federation of marching bands march
• Waldheimat Overture
• Heimat Langenwang (for wind quintet)

Web links

• Works by and about Franz Schöggl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Musikverein Langenwang - Franz Schöggl