Hermann Josef Ullrich

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Hermann Josef Ullrich (born August 15, 1888 in Mödling near Vienna ; † October 16, 1982 in Weidling near Vienna) was an Austrian lawyer , composer , music critic and historian .

Hermann Ullrich at the age of about 30 years

Life

Coming from a family of lawyers, Ullrich completed his law studies in Vienna, received his doctorate in 1911 and worked there as a judge until 1918. At the same time music theory studies and a. with Josef Bohuslav Foerster . 1918 to 1927 judge in Salzburg, he also studied at the Mozarteum a. a. with Bernhard Paumgartner , F. Peytrek and FF Frischenschlager. It was during this time that his friendship with Franz Ledwinka began . From 1922 he worked as a music critic for a Salzburg newspaper and from 1925 freelance for the " Neue Freie Presse ". From 1934 to 1938 he worked full-time as a critic and journalist for the same newspaper in Vienna.

From 1939 to 1946 Ullrich emigrated to Great Britain and worked there a. a. participated in the émigré magazine "Free Austria" under the pseudonym "Eusebius" and was general secretary of the Free Austrian Movement around 1942 until it was dissolved , after which he returned to Austria.

He became Vice-President of the Supreme Court in Austria (until 1958) and music critic of the daily newspaper " Neues Österreich " until it was discontinued in 1967. In the 1960s, he worked intensively on Maria Theresia Paradis , and in the 1970s he published several articles on the Circle of Friends Beethoven's.

Hermann Josef Ullrich received the Cross of Honor for Science and Art 1st Class and the Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna in silver. He was buried in the Hietzingen cemetery . His estate is in the Austrian National Library.

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Compositions (selection)

  • Hanneles Himmelfahrt (opus 5,1922), symphonic poem based on a motif by Gerhart Hauptmann
  • The first ball (1923), ballet
  • Variations on a separate theme for chamber orchestra (opus 16, date to follow)
  • Trio-Phantasie for violin, horn and piano (opus 20, date to follow)
  • Overture to a puppet show (opus 22, date to follow)
  • String quartet (dating follows)

Literature (selection)

  • WA Mozart, In Commeration of the 150th Anniversary of his death (published under the pseudonym "Eusebius"), Free Austria (Monthly Review of the Austria Office), Vol. 2, No.3, London, December 1941
  • Progress and tradition - 10 years of music in Vienna 1945 - 1955 , Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna 1956
  • The register of the blind musician Maria Theresia Paradis , Bonner Geschichtsblätter Vol. 15, Bonn 1961, pages 340ff.
  • Julius Bittner , Verlag Elisabeth Lafite, Vienna 1968
  • The blind glass harmonica virtuoso Marianne Kirchgeßner and Vienna. An artist of the sensitive time , Verlag Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1971
  • Alfred Julius Becher . The minstrel of the Viennese Revolution , Studies on the History of Music in the 19th Century, Volume 40, Regensburg 1974
  • Franz Oliva - a forgotten friend of Beethoven , special print from the yearbook of the Association for the History of the City of Vienna, Volume 36, Vienna 1980
  • Ludwig van Beethoven's last oratorio plans - a study , Verlag Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1982
  • Memories from my life - Do-re-mi. , Vienna, November 1980, not published

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Riemann Musiklexikon, Volume II (personal section LZ), B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1961, page 825
  2. ↑ Ullrich, Hermann: "Well, I often think of my past life", Wiener Figaro (Mitteilungsblatt der Mozartgemeinde Wien), 45th year, Vienna May 1978, pages 30ff.
  3. ↑ Reinhard Müller : Some Austrian refugees in Great Britain. (PDF; 407 kB) p. 21 , accessed on December 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ For the list of publications in Great Britain cf. Reinhard Müller: "Publications of Austrian Exile Organizations in Great Britain", 1998
  5. ↑ Musikverlag Doblinger - Entry: Hermann ULLRICH. Retrieved December 29, 2009 .
  6. ↑ Ullrich's works and essays on Maria Theresia Paradis under Archived Copy ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ Largely complete literary catalog raisonné on the website of the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn.
  8. ^ Kratochwill, Max: Hermann Ullrich on his 90th birthday, Wiener Geschichtsblätter, published by the Association for the History of the City of Vienna (33rd year 1978, issue 1), Vienna 1978
personal data
SURNAME Ullrich, Hermann Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ullrich, Hermann; Ullrich, Hermann J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer and music critic, composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Mödling
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1982
Place of death Vienna