Gerhard Schedl
Gerhard Schedl (born August 5, 1957 in Vienna ; † November 30, 2000 in Eppstein ) was an Austrian composer.
Life
Gerhard Schedl initially studied violin and guitar from 1967, played in various bands before turning to composition (relatively late) in 1972. Between 1976 and 1980 he studied musicology at the University of Vienna without completing a degree, and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (at that time still the University of Music and Performing Arts ) composition with Erich Urbanner , composition and counterpoint as well as im Minor in conducting with Otmar Suitner . He completed this training path in 1980 with a diploma “with distinction”.
In 1980 Schedl came out with a total of three works, including the children's opera The Swineherd based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen , for which he received 2nd prize at the Carl Maria von Weber Competition of the city of Dresden. In 1982 he received the second price for the chamber opera II. Double bass there .
From 1981 he held a teaching position at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main , and from 1982 also at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz . From 1987 to 2000 he led the Frankfurt Courses for New Music together with Claus Kühnl .
Schedl created three commissioned works for the Salzburg State Theater . This made him one of Austria's most important composers of music theater works in the 1990s.
Due to depression, Gerhard Schedl committed suicide at the age of 43. He rests in an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 40, number 97).
Works
A detailed list of Gerhard Schedl's works can be found at the music information center austria (see web links).
student
Were composition students from the very beginning
- Klaus Wiede
- Dieter Hermsdorf
- Stefan Thomas
- Andreas HH Suberg
The last students of Gerhard Schedl were Daniel Hensel and Roman Pawollek. Hensel wrote the first dissertation on Schedl's work. Together with the musicologist Christian Heindl, both are committed to the performances of Schedl's music, which resulted in a cooperation between the Viennese association for contemporary music il rilievo and the Alte Schmiede (Vienna) as well as the Studio for New Music Würzburg eV.
Gerhard Schedl Music Theater Prize
In recognition of Gerhard Schedl's achievements, the Neue Oper Wien awarded the Gerhard Schedl Music Theater Prize for the first time in 2009 for a full-length stage work.
literature
- Daniel Hensel: On unity in diversity or the desire for the subjective: Gerhard Schedl's music, depicted in his instrumental music . Ibidem, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8382-0278-5 .
Web links
- Works by and about Gerhard Schedl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gerhard Schedl at the music information center austria
- Portrait of the music publisher Doblinger, Vienna-Munich (PDF; 880 kB)
- Gerhard Schedl in musicology-online, Directory of the School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
- “Private reasons”: composer Gerhard Schedl shot himself in the forest . In: Spiegel Online , December 4, 2000.
Individual evidence
- ^ Official website of Roman Pawollek
- ^ Program of the concert Musiksalon Schedl in the Austrian National Library, in which Heindl participated as moderator, Pawollek and Hensel as composers
- ↑ Program of the cooperation concert in Vienna ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Program of the cooperation concert in Würzburg ( Memento from December 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Neue Oper Wien announces music theater award . In: Kleine Zeitung , May 5, 2009. Accessed April 19, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schedl, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th August 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 2000 |
| Place of death | Eppstein in the Taunus |