Fritz Leitermeyer
Fritz Leitermeyer (born April 4, 1925 in Vienna ; † February 8, 2006 there ; actually Friedrich Alfred Leitermeyer ), was an Austrian composer and violinist. From 1946 to 1985 he was first violinist with the Vienna Philharmonic .
Life
Leitermeyer was born in Vienna, the son of violinist Friedrich Leitermeyer, from whom he had his first violin lessons. After attending school, he studied violin with Franz Mairecker and Willi Boskovsky at the Vienna Music Academy from 1942 .
In 1943 he began with the Vienna Philharmonic and the State Opera Orchestra, where he became principal violinist from 1946. In addition, Leitermeyer was second violinist in the Weissgärber Quartet and Samohyl Quartet as well as a member of the Vienna Court Music Band. He has worked with the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra , ORF -Sinfonieorchester, Alban Berg Quartet , Herbert von Karajan , Ludwig Streicher , Christian Altenburger and Wolfgang Schulz .
In the early 1940s he wrote his first own compositions.
Fritz Leitermeyer was buried at the Baumgartner Friedhof (group 20, number 192) in Vienna.
Awards
- 1963: Promotion Prize of the City of Vienna
- 1963: Austrian State Prize
- 1967: Third place at the Prix Italia (behind Luigi Nono and Krzystof Penderecki )
- 1967: Awarded the title of Professor
- 1971: Ring of Honor of the Vienna Philharmonic
- 1973: Prize of the Vienna Art Fund
- 1978: Cross of Honor for Science and Art
- 1978: Prize of the City of Vienna
- 1981: Gold Medal of Merit of the State of Salzburg
- 1984: Prize of the II International Music Festival in the Soviet Union
- 1985: Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna in silver
Works (selection)
- 1961: Polyphony, op.16, for orchestra
- 1961: Rhapsodic sketches, op.18, for orchestra
- 1965: Concerto for violin and 21 wind instruments (violin concerto)
- 1978: 12 dialogues for violin and violoncello op.59
- 1983: Mutations in honorem JSB for large orchestra op.82
- 1990: Three Studies for Nonet op.90
Quotes
- “I compose because every musician who has the talent to compose is committed to this gift and has to compose. I think this is the only way to protect our cultural soil from karstification, which a future genius will hopefully need as a basis. " (Fritz Leitermeyer - without reference)
Web links
- Works by and about Fritz Leitermeyer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Compositions by Fritz Leitermeyer
Individual evidence
- ^ Mica - Fritz Leitermeyer died at the age of 80 . Article dated March 1, 2006, accessed July 8, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leitermeyer, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leitermeyer, Friedrich Alfred (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer and violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 2006 |
| Place of death | Vienna |