Heinrich von Kralik

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Heinrich von Kralik (until 1919 Heinrich Ritter Kralik von Meyrswalden ; born January 27, 1887 in Vienna ; † September 26, 1965 ibid) was an Austrian musicologist and writer from the Kralik von Meyrswalden family . Heinrich von Kralik was the son of Richard Kralik von Meyrswalden (who called himself Richard Kralik as a writer ) and brother of Dietrich Kralik . For the peculiarities of name spelling in Austria, reference is made to the contribution Austrian nobility .

Life

Vienna Central Cemetery - honor grave of Richard and Heinrich von Kralik

In the inter-war period Heinrich von Kralik worked as a music critic for the “Neue Wiener Tagblatt” and as a music writer. His opera introductions in the “Tagblatt-Bibliothek” became very popular, of which around a hundred volumes were published between 1924 and 1950. His work on the Vienna Philharmonic , published in 1937, was forbidden during the National Socialist era . He himself was banned from any journalistic work because he did not separate from his “non-Aryan” wife.

In 1945, when Austria was resurrected, he was appointed head of the music department of RAVAG (Österreichischer Rundfunk). One of his main achievements there was the first renaissance of the works of Gustav Mahler, who had been ostracized in the years before . Soon he was also employed as a music critic by the newly founded newspaper “ Die Presse ”. In the following years he published a number of important works, most of which have also appeared in English and French translations.

His standard work on Richard Strauss (1963) was the result of many years of friendly contact with the composer. His circle of friends also included numerous other important musicians and writers, from his childhood friends Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Stefan Zweig up to Furtwängler, Böhm and Karajan .

Appreciation

“From the struggle for Anton Bruckner's assertion to the struggle for Boulez, Kralik's life span spanned, he stood on Gustav Mahler's side as he stood on Karajan's side, fifty years ago he was for the foundation of the Salzburg Festival, as yesterday, against hers Commercialization "(Peter Weiser, obituary, see" Literature ")

Works

  • The Vienna Philharmonic, monograph of an orchestra, Vienna-Leipzig 1937
  • The book of music lovers, Zurich-Vienna 1951
  • The great orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic and their conductors, Vienna 1952
  • The Opera House on the Ring, Vienna 1955
  • The Vienna Opera, Vienna 1962
  • Richard Strauss - world citizen of music, Vienna-Munich-Basel 1963
  • Gustav Mahler, Verlag Elisabeth Lafite, Vienna 1968

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Inscription Deutschordenshof, Singerstraße: Heinrich v. Kralik 1952 (accessed June 11, 2014)

literature

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Kralik, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kralik von Meyrswalden, Heinrich Ritter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian musicologist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1965
Place of death Vienna