Grete von Zieritz
Grete von Zieritz (born March 10, 1899 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died November 26, 2001 in Berlin ) was an Austrian - German composer and pianist .
Life
Grete von Zieritz, the daughter of an officer who was raised to the nobility in 1918 , grew up in Vienna , Innsbruck and Graz and received her first piano lessons at the age of six. She completed her training with Hugo Kroemer (piano) and Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvár (composition) in 1917 with distinction. In Berlin she continued her training with Martin Krause , a student of Franz Liszt , and with Rudolf Maria Breithaupt . After successfully performing her Japanese songs , she decided to become a composer in 1921.
She stayed in Berlin and was in Franz Schreker's famous master class from 1926 to 1931 . In 1928 she received the Great Mendelssohn Prize for Composition.
In 2009 the Zieritzgasse in Vienna- Donaustadt (22nd district) was named after her.
Awards
- 1928: Mendelssohn Prize
- 1928: Schubert Fellowship from the Columbia Phonograph Company
- 1978: Cross of Merit first class for science and art
- 1979: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 1982: GEMA medal of honor for 50 years of membership
- 1999: Badge of Honor from the Berlin State Music Council
- 1999: German Critics' Award (special award)
- 1999: Great Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
Works
Grete von Zieritz wrote over 250 works for a wide variety of instrumentations.
- 1919: Japanese songs for soprano and piano
- 1924: Prelude and fugue in c for piano
- 1957: Music for clarinet and piano
- 1977: Prelude and Fugue for Organ
- 1995: Organ concert for organ solo
literature
- Rita Aigner: Grete von Zieritz: Life and Work . Ries and Erler, Berlin 1991, OCLC 916110519 (538 pages, dissertation).
- Dagmar Glüxam: Zieritz, Grete (Margarethe) Edle von. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
- Eva Weissweiler : female composers from the Middle Ages to the present . Munich: dtv, 1999 ISBN 3-423-30726-9
Web links
- Literature by and about Grete von Zieritz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Grete von Zieritz. In: FemBio. Women's biography research (with references and citations).
- Short biography with picture
- CV with photo
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.59 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zieritz, Grete von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-German pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 2001 |
| Place of death | Berlin |