Fritz Neff

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Fritz Neff (born November 20, 1873 in Durlach , † October 3, 1904 in Munich ) was a German composer.

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After studying law for a few semesters in Heidelberg and Munich, Fritz Neff decided to embark on a musical career under the strong impression that the world premiere of Max von Schillings ' opera Ingwelde had made on him. He studied composition with Felix Mottl and finally with Ludwig Thuille , who also performed Neff's first larger work, “Ein schön teutsch Reiterlied”, for the first time with the Münchner Liederhort.

Neff achieved success above all through choral compositions with orchestral accompaniment, such as the "Choir of the Dead" (based on Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ), which caused a sensation at the 38th Tonkünstlerfest in Krefeld in June 1902 and from Richard Strauss, whom he met there, was performed in December 1902 in the 1st Gürzenich Concert. Neff also wrote operetta libretti together with Josef Kellerer. The completion of an opera, the libretto of which the literarily gifted Neff himself wrote and whose composed fragments were still available in 1904, thwarted his early death. In 1905 his last work "The consecration of the night" was performed in a concert of the "Munich Orchestra Association" under the direction of Hermann Abendroth, the conductor who later became very famous.

Otto Julius Bierbaum dedicated "The Ballad of Death and the Drinker" to him.

Catalog raisonné

  • Der pious Tobias (operetta), text by Josef Kellerer and Fritz Neff, music by Rudolf Groß
  • Mirri-Marri (operetta), text by Josef Kellerer and Fritz Neff, music by Rudolf Groß
  • Three songs for 1 middle voice with pianoforte: No. 1. They could not come together: "I have not heard a word from you". No. 2. Schilflied: "On a secret forest path". No. 3. Evening mood: "The summer day tends to calm down"
  • Three songs for 1 voice with pianoforte: No. 1. Oh, that I would be a proud prince. No. 2nd dream: "Dive out of the gray of the twilight hour". No. 3. Malice: "You are the loveliest creature"
  • Song for 1 voice with pianoforte: Awakening: "The dream of light flutters softly"
  • A beautiful German equestrian song in a new tone ("Sanct Jörg, der frumme reitersman" by Ottokar Kernstock) for four-part male choir and orchestra, op. 4
  • Chor der Toten (“We dead, we dead are larger armies” by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer) for mixed choir and orchestra, op. 5
  • Blacksmith pain (“The pain is a blacksmith” by Otto Julius Bierbaum) for mixed choir and orchestra, op. 6
  • The consecration of the night (“Nocturnal Silence! Holy Fulness”, poem by Friedrich Hebbel ) for mixed choir with orchestra, op. 7

literature

  • Rudolf Louis: Obituary for Fritz Neff, Neue Musik-Zeitung, XXVI. Vintage. No. 2, p. 35 (1904)
  • Karl Lüstner: Obituary for Fritz Neff, monthly books for music history, vol. 37, p. 98 (1904)
  • NN: Obituary for Fritz Neff, Die Musik, 4th vol., 1st Q., Vol. XIII, p. 200 (1904)
  • NN: Obituary for Fritz Neff, Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, 71st year, p. 724 (1904)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mottl was the conductor of the world premiere of Ingwelde (Karlsruhe, 1894)
  2. ↑ Thuille and Schillings were close friends. Both are considered to be the main representatives of the Munich School.
  3. ^ Hofmeister monthly reports, October 1896
  4. ^ Hofmeister monthly reports, February 1897
  5. ^ Hofmeister monthly reports, November 1897
personal data
SURNAME Neff, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Durlach
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 1904
Place of death Munich