Hans Commenda junior

Hans Commenda (born February 5, 1889 in Linz , † January 25, 1971 there ) was a local researcher and is considered the most important Upper Austrian folk music collector and researcher.

Live and act

Commenda attended the Academic Gymnasium in Linz and passed his matriculation examination in 1907, after which he studied philosophy in Vienna and Dijon . After receiving his doctorate in 1911, he acquired the qualification to teach German, French and Latin in 1912. At first he was employed at the State Realschule in Steyr , from 1919 to 1936 at the State Realschule in Linz, and in 1936 he was appointed director of the Bundesrealgymnasium Linz. In 1945 he was appointed Federal Public Education Officer for Upper Austria; he held this office until his retirement at the end of 1954.

Commenda was a co-founder of the Austrian Folk Song Society , where he worked for around fifty years, and from 1946 to 1954 chairman of the Stelzhamer Association .

A street in Linz-Dornach ( St. Magdalena ) has been named after him since 1972 .

Works (selection)

Upper Austrian folk dances. Provide dance styles with dance descriptions. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1928.
Boys dances. Provide dance styles with dance descriptions. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1934.
The history of the Upper Austrian Singers Association. Upper Austrian Singers' Association, Linz 1934.
Cheerful dance games. Provide dance styles with dance descriptions. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1934.
Stories about Anton Bruckner . Muck, Linz 1946.
Franz Stelzhamer . Life and work. Upper Austrian Provincial Publishing House, Linz 1952.
Memories of a Linz folk artist. Upper Austrian Provincial Publishing House, Linz 1961.

honors and awards

Raimund Zoder Medal

literature

Ernst Burgstaller : Hans Commenda. A life in the service of science. Upper Austrian regional publisher in commission, Linz 1959.

Web links

Literature by and about Hans Commenda junior in the catalog of the German National Library
The new honorary members of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Councilor Dr. Hans Commenda. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Year 114, Linz 1969, pp. 27–29 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
Entry on Hans Commenda junior in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

↑ Monika Kornberger, Barbara Boisits: Commenda, Hans. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . March 23, 2016, accessed April 7, 2020 .
↑ Arnold Blöchl: Melodiarium to Wilhelm Paillers Christmas and Krippenlieder collection, part 1 . Ed .: Upper Austrian Folk Song Works . Böhlau Verlag , Vienna 2000, ISBN 978-3-205-99123-6 , Dr. Hans Commenda ( limited preview in Google Book Search - USA ).

personal data
SURNAME	Commenda, Hans junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Commenda, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian homeland researcher
DATE OF BIRTH	February 5, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH	Linz
DATE OF DEATH	January 25, 1971
Place of death	Linz

[oeml-1] Monika Kornberger, Barbara Boisits: Commenda, Hans. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . March 23, 2016, accessed April 7, 2020 .

[2] Arnold Blöchl: Melodiarium to Wilhelm Paillers Christmas and Krippenlieder collection, part 1 . Ed .: Upper Austrian Folk Song Works . Böhlau Verlag , Vienna 2000, ISBN 978-3-205-99123-6 , Dr. Hans Commenda ( limited preview in Google Book Search - USA ).