Franz Zelwecker
Franz Ferdinand "Ferry" Zelwecker (born January 8, 1911 in Vienna ; † August 16, 1998 there ) was an Austrian composer and conductor .
Life
Zelwecker received his training in the boys' seminar of the Archdiocese of Vienna in Hollabrunn . He studied law at the University of Vienna , but he soon followed his musical talent and studied music at the Vienna Conservatory . First he studied church music and choral singing with Franz Kosch and music theory with Joseph Marx .
In 1934 he became an assistant at the radio station RAVAG. In addition to Charly Gaudriot and Max Schönherr , he was a conductor with the Vienna Radio Orchestra. He also had his own band.
From 1950 to 1957 he was music director at the court of Emperor Haile Selassie in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia . There he founded the Ethiopian National Theater, of which he was the first artistic director, and also a circle of music lovers. For the opening ceremony, which took place on the same day as the emperor's silver wedding anniversary, Zelwecker David and Uriah wrote a musical production with then Prime Minister Mekonnen Bitweded Endalkatchew. He made a great impression in Ethiopia and did a lot for the musical development in that country.
In 1957 he returned to Austria and worked again for ORF . He remained in this position until 1976, when he retired and was nearing the end of his career at Radio Niederösterreich as head of the popular music department.
He wrote plays, works for orchestra, chamber music, songs and also chansons for his wife Minja Petja .
He found his final resting place in the Grinzinger Friedhof in Vienna
Compositions
Works for orchestra
- 1955 Ethiopian Rhapsody
- May i ask - Waltz
- Lilac from Schönbrunn , waltz
- mazurka
- Night Owl Waltz , op.466
- Permettete? waltz
- Such dear cookies
- Théodoros, Hannibal
Works for harmony orchestra
- 1951 hussar gallop
- 1974 Faithful at all times , march
- Babenberg March
- A bouquet of flowers from Vienna
Sound music
- David and Uriah , musical on the occasion of the opening of the National Theater in Ethiopia.
operetta
- 1943 Viennese sweets
- 1968 - 1972 Waltz Congress , two parts - Libretto: Hugo Wiener
Music for the radio
- The Alpine King and the Misanthrope (partly based on Wenzel Müller )
Publications
- Siegfried Lang: Lexicon of Austrian light music composers in the 20th century . Austrian Association of Composers (ÖKB) / U-Music Working Group, Vienna. 1987. 248 p.
Awards
- He was awarded the great gold medal of Ethiopia, the star of Ethiopia, the gold medal of the Imperial Guard, the gold medal of the state of Lower Austria.
- Awarded the professional title of professor
- 1975: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art
Web links
- Entry on Franz Zelwecker in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Christian Fastl: Franz Zelwecker. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
- Works by and about Franz Zelwecker in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of winners of the Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved June 21, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zelwecker, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zelwecker, Franz Ferdinand (full name); Zelwecker, Ferry (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1998 |
| Place of death | Vienna |