Fritz Jahoda
Fritz Jahoda (born May 23, 1909 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died December 20, 2008 in Concord (Massachusetts) ) was an Austrian-American pianist and conductor.
Life
Fritz Jahoda was the fourth child of the businessman Karl Jahoda and Betty Propst. The biologist Rosa Kürti and the social researcher Marie Jahoda were his sisters.
Jahoda studied musicology at the University of Vienna and received piano training from Eduard Steuermann and music theory from Josef Polnauer . He was the leader of a choir of the Socialist Youth and worked musically in the Volksheim .
From 1930 to 1933 he was an assistant conductor at the Düsseldorf Opera and was also a guest conductor at the Cologne Opera . After the transfer of power to the National Socialists , he had to return to Austria, where from 1934 he became conductor and choir director at the Graz City Theater . In 1935 he married the psychologist Hedwig Kramer (1911–1961). After the annexation of Austria , they emigrated to England in May 1938, where he twice conducted as a representative with the London Philharmonic Orchestra . In August 1939 they managed to enter the USA with the help of the composer Mark Brunswick .
Jahoda taught music at Spartanburg College in 1939 , at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville from 1940 to 1946 and at City College of New York (CUNY) from 1946 to 1975 , where he also directed the college orchestra. At the invitation of the Austrian government, he appeared as a guest conductor in the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Volksoper in 1947 , but did not want to return.
In addition to teaching, he was active as a solo pianist, in a trio and other chamber music ensembles, and has performed as a conductor in the USA and Europe. He has conducted the American premieres of Arnold Schönberg's Kol Nidre op. 39, Gustav Mahler's Das Klagende Lied and Hector Berlioz ' Lélio .
From their own music collections, he, Mary Gould and Marcia Chapman founded the Bagaduce Music Lending Library in Blue Hill in 1983 , which he used from then on.
literature
- Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933–1945 . Volume 2.1. Saur, Munich 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 421
Web links
- Literature by and about Fritz Jahoda in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Uwe Harten: Jahoda, Fritz . In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online ; accessed on January 14, 2018
- Jahoda, Fritz . Concord funeral; obituary
- AHC interview with Fritz Jahoda . Center for Jewish History (cjh)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Claudia Wurzinger: Kuerti, Rosi. In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , p. 416f.
- ↑ Ursula Weitzel: Jahoda, Hedwig, born. Chandler. In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , p. 329.
- ^ What is the Bagaduce Music Lending Library? Website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jahoda, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-American pianist and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 2008 |
| Place of death | Concord, Massachusetts |