Josef Garovi
Josef Garovi (born March 7, 1908 in Sachseln ; † October 17, 1985 in Locarno ) was a Swiss composer .
Life
Garovi came from an old family of builders and architects from Ticino, who are related to Francesco Borromini and Carlo Maderno . He studied at the Lucerne School of Organists ( Franz Josef Breitenbach and Josef Breitenbach), at the Conservatoire de musique de Neuchâtel (Georges Humbert, Charles Faller), at the Academy of Music in Munich (church music with Domkapellmeister Ludwig Berberich and composition with Reger's students Gottfried Rüdinger and Joseph Haas ) as well as organ and improvisation with Marcel Dupré and piano with Vlado Perlemuter in Paris . He also attended a composition course with Arthur Honegger .
1934–1956 Garovi was a music teacher at the Sarnen College and teacher of organ playing and theory at the Lucerne School of Organists, whose director 1948–1956. 1956–1972 he worked as a choir director, organist and music teacher in Valais, Lucerne and Zurich. 1973–1985 he lived in Ticino.
His son Angelo Garovi also became a composer, but also a Germanist, historian and musicologist.
Works
From 1932 to 1950 he mainly composed church music as a composer . 1950–1955 an examination of the twelve-tone technique followed , some of which he even used freely in liturgical works . After a phase with organ works and church music that were not linked in series, he took up the serial technique again in 1966 and integrated it mainly into demanding concertante works (Inventiones for string orchestra 1969 also with quarter tones). In the last compositions he went back to tradition in the spirit of postmodernism .
Awards
In 1977 Josef Garovi received the Lasso Medal of the General Cecilia Association for the German-speaking countries in Lucerne and the Central Swiss Culture Prize in 1978 .
literature
- Beat A. Föllmi and Angelo Garovi : Garovi, Josef. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 7 (Franco - Gretry). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2002, ISBN 3-7618-1117-9 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- Roland Sigrist: Josef Garovi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 20, 2006 , accessed April 2, 2020 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garovi, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sachseln |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th October 1985 |
| Place of death | Locarno |