Joseph Laboratory
Josef Labor (born June 29, 1842 in Horowitz , Bohemia , Austrian Empire , † April 26, 1924 in Vienna ) was an Austrian composer, organist and pianist .
Life
Josef Labor was the son of the father of the same name, who worked as an ironworks administrator in Horowitz, and his wife Josefa nee. Wallner. The family was German-speaking and Protestant. Labor fell ill with peeling in 1845 and subsequently went blind. After the family moved to Vienna in 1848 , he received his education at the local institute for the blind. His musical education took place at the music conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde u. a. with Simon Sechter and the pianist Eduard Pirkhert. Concert tours to France, England, Russia and Scandinavia took him early on and brought Labor into contact and later friendship with the - also blind - King George V of Hanover.
As early as 1865 he was appointed Royal Chamber Pianist of the Hanoverian Court, after the occupation of Hanover by Prussia in the Austro-Prussian War , in which the Kingdom of Hanover fought on Austria's side, Labor moved into exile with King Georg V in Vienna in 1866. Here he worked as a piano teacher, u. a. by Arnold Schönberg , Julius Bittner and Paul Wittgenstein , and was close friends with many, also younger, musician colleagues, a. a. with Franz Schmidt . 19-year-old Alma Schindler (later Alma Mahler-Werfel) was also a student of Josef Labor.
His piano playing was praised by contemporary critics because of its not only technical perfection and "plastic beauty"; his comprehensive understanding of art was also emphasized. In 1875 he was trained as an organist in Gmunden by the church musician Johann Evangelist Habert . In 1904 he was awarded the title "kuk court organist". At the instigation of his pupil Paul Wittgenstein, Universal Edition published a selection of his works in 1912 at the expense of the Wittgenstein family. Part of his estate is in the Vienna City Library.
He rests in an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (15E-16-17). In 1936 the Laborweg in Vienna- Ottakring (16th district) was named after him.
Works
(Selection from his printed compositions)
- Sonata for violin and piano op.5
- Piano quartet op.6
- Sonata for violoncello and piano in A major op.7
- Theme and variations for horn or violoncello and piano op.10
- Quintet for clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello and pianoforte op.11
- Organ Sonata in B minor op.15
- Big Ben Capriccio for two pianos four hands
- Quintet for piano, violin, viola, violoncello and double bass
- Concerto for violin and orchestra in G major
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Lábor, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, p. 450 f. ( Digitized version ).
- P. Kundi , Josef Labor. His life and work, his piano and organ works. In addition to a thematic catalog of all compositions. 2 parts. Diss. Vienna 1963.
- Antonicek – Wanecek: Labor Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 391.
- Paul Kundi: Laboratory, Josef. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 366 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Works by and about Josef Labor in the catalog of the German National Library
- CV and catalog raisonné of Josef Labor
- Josef Labor Memorial in Vienna
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz47279.html
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laboratory, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer, organist and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Horowitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1924 |
| Place of death | Vienna |