Friedrich Wilckens (composer)

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Friedrich Wilckens (born April 13, 1899 in Liezen , Styria , † July 27, 1986 in Munich ) was an Austrian composer and pianist .

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Friedrich Wilckens was the son of Friedrich Wilckens and Hedwig von Perissutti. He studied philosophy and musicology at the University of Vienna . In 1916 he went to Franz Schreker at the Vienna Music Academy . In 1920 he followed him to Berlin , where Schreker was appointed director of the music college . In 1921/1922 he was a répétiteur at the Nationaltheater Mannheim . There he met Rudolf von Laban , whom he accompanied through Germany with his dance ensemble . In 1921 the epic dance sequence based on the music by Friedrich Wilckens and the choreography by Rudolf von Laban premiered in Mannheim .

In 1923 he met the dancer and choreographer Harald Kreutzberg , with whom he had a lifelong collaboration as a piano accompanist, manager and friend. After a joint appearance in 1925 with the solo dance Aufruhr at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin, the first major success of the collaboration was the ballet Don Morte by Edgar Allan Poe , which was staged in 1926 at the Staatstheater Berlin by Max Terpis . Harald Kreutzberg danced the role of court jester to the music of Friedrich Wilckens. To do this, he shaved his head, which later became his trademark.

From 1933 Friedrich Wilckens lived in Seefeld in Tirol near Harald Kreutzberg. He moved to Bern in 1962, so that contacts became less frequent. Friedrich Wilckens was appointed executor of Harald Kreutzberg's will after the death of Harald Kreutzberg in 1968 .

Friedrich Wilckens was born around 1920 with Lotte. Clewing (born January 5, 1900) married. They had a daughter Marita (1924-2008), who was married to Otmar Suitner .

Works

Friedrich Wilckens wrote several ballets, dances, piano pieces and around 20 film music, including:

Film music:

  • 1956: It started 100 years ago , directed by Erich Menzel
  • 1958: Rockets , documentary short film, directed by Erich Menzel

literature

  • Klaus Sator : Wilckens, Friedrich. In: Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller (Ed.): Man for man. Biographical lexicon on the history of love for friends and male-male sexuality in the German-speaking area. Part 2: Council – Z. Lit, Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10693-3 , pp. 1262-1264 ( Google books ).
  • Marita Suitner-Wilckens: The dual system Kreutzberg-Wilckens. In: Frank-Manuel Peter (ed.): The dancer Harald Kreutzberg. Ed. Hentrich, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-89468-109-8 , pp. 198f.
  • Matthias Henke : Friedrich Wilckens (1899-1986). In: Dietmar Schenk (ed.): Franz Schreker's pupils in Berlin (= writings from the archive of the Berlin University of the Arts. Volume 8). Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89462-109-5 , pp. 132-135.
  • Matthias Henke: “Inaudible continuing to work…” The music of Friedrich Wilcken (1899–1986). In: New magazine for music . Issue 5. Schott, Mainz 2005, pp. 38–43 ( beginning of article ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schrifttanz - A quarterly magazine. Olms, Hildesheim 1991, ISBN 3-487-09537-8 , p. 74 ( Google books )
  2. ^ Gregor Herzfeld : Poe in music. A versatile alliance. Waxmann, Münster 2013, ISBN 978-3-8309-7923-4 , p. 196 ( Google books )
  3. ^ Entry in the Basel State Archives
  4. ↑ Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller (Ed.): Man for man. Biographical lexicon on the history of love for friends and male-male sexuality in the German-speaking area. Part 2: Council – Z. Lit, Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10693-3 , p. 1580 ( Google books )
personal data
SURNAME Wilckens, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Liezen , Styria
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 1986
Place of death Munich