Frederick C. Schreiber

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Frederick Charles Schreiber (born January 13, 1895 in Vienna , † January 15, 1985 in New York City ; former name: Fritz Schreiber ) was an American composer , organist and choir director of Austrian origin.

Life

Schreiber received his first piano lessons at the age of eight. After attending a humanistic grammar school, he studied at the Vienna Music Academy and graduated in composition, conducting, piano and cello. His composition teacher was Franz Schreker . During the First World War he fought on the side of Austria-Hungary on the Italian front . After the war he married Lucy Ehrenreich († 1968). Schreiber was a conductor at the Klagenfurt City Theater from 1920 to 1921 . From 1924 he headed the Evangelical Reformed Choir Association at the Reformed City Church in Vienna. In 1927 he became professor of composition, music theory and instrumentation at the New Vienna Conservatory .

In early 1939, Schreiber and his wife emigrated to New York City . You became a US citizen in 1945. Frederick C. Schreiber continued to teach piano and composition in the United States. Until 1958 he was organist and choirmaster at the German Evangelical Reformed Church on East 68th Street, then until his retirement in 1972 musical director of the Broadway Presbyterian Church on 114th Street.

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Frederick C. Schreiber composed over 400 works, only a small part of which were performed publicly during his lifetime. Between 1945 and 1956 he won ten composition competitions, with Schreiber's award-winning compositions being played by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Fritz Reiner . Schreiber's estate in the New York Public Library includes numerous orchestral works, including nine symphonies, sacred music, songs and arrangements of works by other composers.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alfred Baumgartner: Music of the 20th Century . Kiesel, Salzburg 1985, p. 347.
  2. ^ Klaus Hehn: Music in the Reformed City Church . In: Peter Karner (Hrsg.): The evangelical community HB in Vienna . Deuticke, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-7005-4579-7 , p. 122.
  3. ↑ Frederick C. Schreiber Papers , 1901–1985 (PDF; 352 kB). New York Public Library website, accessed September 6, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Schreiber, Frederick C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schreiber, Frederick Charles (full name); Schreiber, Fritz (former name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, organist and choir director of Austrian origin
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1985
Place of death New York City