Franz Schnopfhagen

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Franz Schnopfhagen (born March 10, 1888 in St. Veit im Mühlkreis , † November 9, 1967 in Linz ) was an Austrian doctor and composer .

Live and act

Schnopfhagen was a son of Hans Schnopfhagen . He studied medicine at the Universities of Vienna and Innsbruck . In 1914 he was drafted into military service and was taken prisoner by Russia , from which he returned in 1921 and completed his medical studies.

From 1923 he was a community doctor in Altenfelden . On May 1, 1932, he joined the NSDAP (membership number 903973). In 1938 he moved from Altenfelden to Linz , where he lived with his family in an Aryanised house at 12 Scharitzerstraße. He was head of the student council for composers in the Reichsmusikkammer and acted as a municipal advisory board for music care and concerts.

Until his retirement in 1953, he worked in the health sector a. a. active as chief physician of the local health insurance fund Linz. In his function as director of the Upper Austrian Folk Song Works , he collected Landler and other folk dances . Schnopfhagen was u. a. Member of the Mühlviertel Artists Guild and the Innviertel Artists Guild .

Works as a composer

More than one hundred settings, including a string quartet, 2 sonatas, a chamber symphony and several German dances and numerous songs to texts by well-known writers.

Awards

  • Music Prize of the City of Linz (1944)
  • Honorary Ring Bearer of the City of Linz (1958 or 1959)

literature

  • Rudolf Pfann : In memoriam Dr. Franz Schnopfhagen. In: Mühlviertler Heimatblätter . Magazine of the Mühlviertel artists' guild in Upper Austria. Volksbildungswerk. 7th year, 11/12, Linz 1967, p. 209, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  • Emanuel Scherbaum: Dr. Franz Schnopfhagen - a seventy-five man. In: Mühlviertler Heimatblätter. Magazine of the Mühlviertel artists' guild in Upper Austria. Volksbildungswerk. 3rd year, issue 3/4, Linz 1963, p. 71, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  • Alexander Jalkotzy (edit.): Franz Schnopfhagen, a humanist in difficult times. From the memories of the daughter Ilse Greutter-Schnopfhagen. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets . Linz 2009, pp. 257–269 (selected works p. 269), PDF on land-oberoesterreich.gv.at

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Regina Thumser: Franz Schnopfhagen. Linz 2008, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  2. ^ Music in Upper Austria at the time of National Socialism in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  3. ↑ Schnopfhagen, family. In: Austrian Music Lexicon . Retrieved February 8, 2020 .
  4. ^ Franz Kienzl : The first honorary ring bearer among the composers - Franz Schnopfhagen. In: New Time. No. 55, 1959.
personal data
SURNAME Schnopfhagen, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian doctor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Veit im Mühlkreis , Austria
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1967
Place of death Linz