Franz Schütz (organist)
Franz Schütz (born April 15, 1892 in Vienna ; † May 19, 1962 there ) was an Austrian organist , university professor and director.
Career
Schütz did his military service from 1912–1913 and then studied at the Music Academy of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, where he studied piano, music theory and organ from 1913 and with the war-related interruption from 1914 to 1916 until the end of the war. His professors included the music theorists Richard Stöhr , Rudolf Dittrich and Joseph Marx . From 1918 until Dittrich's death in 1919, Schütz was his intern. From 1920 he taught at the church music school , from 1929 as an associate professor. From 1918 onwards, Schütz briefly attended lectures by Guido Adler and Wilhelm Fischer at the University of Vienna .
From 1938 to 1945 Schütz was director of the music academy and president of the Society of Friends of Music. In these years he also gave organ concerts in which he often performed late Romantic works, including many by Max Reger and Franz Schmidt . Schmidt also wrote the respective organ part for Schütz in his book with seven seals and German resurrection. A festive song .
One of his students was the organ researcher Egon Krauss .
literature
- Christian Fastl : Franz Schütz. 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 .
- Reiner Schuhenn : "Franz Schmidt's oratorical works", Vol. VIII of the series "Studies on Franz Schmidt", Doblinger publishing house ; Vienna 1990.
- Ders .: "Franz Schmidt and the organ reform", in: "Die Orgelwerke Franz Schmidt", ed. by Carmen Ottner in the series “Studies on Franz Schmidt” Vol. IX; Verlag Doblinger; Vienna 1992.
- Hartmut Krones : The concert policy of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna from 1938 to 1945 , in: Otto Kolleritsch (Hg), The Vienna School and the Hakenkreuz , Vienna 1990, pp. 189–203.
Web links
- Entry on Franz Schütz in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schütz, Franz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian organist and music teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1892 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 1962 |
Place of death | Vienna |