Josef Rixner
Josef Rixner (* 1. May 1902 in Munich , † 25. June 1973 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) was a German composer and conductor , whose works today in the blowing and popular music are present.
Life
Rixner, who was born in Munich's artists' quarter Schwabing , attended elementary and middle school and received piano and violin lessons . As a composer, he was largely self-taught . From 1919 he worked as a violinist , violist and pianist in various orchestras before moving to Berlin in 1932, encouraged by the success of his composition Bagatelle . There he worked as a pianist and conductor, but above all as a freelance composer.
He wrote music for operettas, revues and dance theater. His works have been performed on the radio and in Berlin revue theaters such as the Admiralspalast and the Deutschlandhalle built in 1936 . Many of them also found their way onto the record. Here they were interpreted in recordings with the salon orchestra of the violinist Barnabás von Géczy . His Ouverture Bagatelle , his Tango Blauer Himmel (both 1936) and his Suite Frohes Wochenend ' (1940) with the Spanish March , a brisk Paso Doble, became famous . His tango ballad Night Guitars (1940) with the text by Willy Dehmel was also a hit .
When the air raids on Berlin increased in the Second World War , he returned to his Bavarian homeland in 1944. On May 1, 1952, he celebrated his 50th birthday there. Until his death, Rixner lived in Garmisch-Partenkirchen at Brauhausstrasse 19. Rixner was buried in the Garmisch cemetery in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
His works, which were published and played in Germany even after the war, are among the standard works of upscale popular music . They have been arranged for brass music as well as for various other ensembles such as accordion or mandolin orchestras. They also found their way into the media. So functioned in the 1950s his Feierabend Polka in HR as a theme song for the radio series family Hesselbach . The Spanish March from his suite Happy Weekend ' often loosened up the sports programs of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation moderated by Josef Kirmaier .
Josef Rixner should not be confused with his older namesake, who was also a composer and was born in Ellingen on April 14, 1825, the horn player at the Royal Bavarian Jäger Battalion "König" , Joseph Rixner, who died on March 7, 1913 in Munich. Its Gendarmerie-March op. 90 Landjägermarsch is still known and loved today.
Compositions
Works for orchestra
- 1937: Spitzbub , Polka
- 1937: Tango poetry
- 1938: Caramba , Spanish March
- 1940: Nocturnal guitars , tango ballad (Text: Willy Dehmel )
- 1940: Spanish March, from the suite "Happy Weekend '"
- 1940: Suite "Happy Weekend" "
- 2. Rhapsody - Hungarian , for orchestra
- Evening lights
- Ready, Set, Go!
- From a good time . Waltz op.362
- Caprioles - Rondo capriccio
- Nonsense , intermezzo for orchestra
- Fripon
- Golden Lyre - Yale Blues
- Goldner Becher , Intermezzo for trumpet and orchestra
- Hopsassa , concert polka
- Italian overture
- Children's wishes and dreams
- Melodies of joy
- O, most beautiful you! tango
- Pony - Foxtrot
- Red roses , tango
- Dance of the Mask , serenade capriccio for orchestra
- Vision , tango
Works for brass orchestra
- 1936: Bagatelle , Overture
- 1936: blue sky , tango
- 1938: Malaga , Spanish March (Text: Kurt Feltz )
- 1940: Bavarian wedding , waltz in the country style
- 1940: Spanish March
- European march
- After work polka
- Italian serenade
- Clarinet duo , for two clarinets and wind orchestra
- Martini March
- Trumpet Waltz
- Rhapsody No. 1
- Werdenfelser Länders
Musical theater
Operettas
| Composed in the year | title | file | premiere | libretto |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Dear Augustine | 3 acts | Bruno Hardt-Warden , Rudolf Koeller | |
| 1942 | The vagabond of Vienna | 1942 , Berlin | ||
| The musician from Vienna | ||||
| State child |
Edits
Ballets
| Written in the year | title | file | premiere | libretto | choreography |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The colored and the white feather |
revue
- 1938: Ki sua heli , subtitle: At 300 hours / km through the tropics - Premiere: February 19, 1938 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Deutschlandhalle at the radio tower
- 1939: A kiss travels around the world - Libretto: Aldo von Pinelli , contributors included Aribert Mog , Hilde Seipp and Rudolf Platte , as well as the vocal quartet “Die Melodisten ”. Premiere: February 19, 1939 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Deutschlandhalle at the radio tower
Republication
A radio recording of poor Jonathan with the Hamburg radio orchestra under the direction of Wilhelm Stephan , the choir of the NWDR Hamburg and the actors: Adolf Meyer-Bremen , Consul General Lindt. Lore Hoffmann , Helma. Karl Friedrich , Frank Holsten. Hans Herbert Fiedler , Maximilian Sanden. Rupert Glawitsch , Jonathan. Anneliese Rothenberger , Franzi. Otto Albrecht , Wendig, was released on CD in Hamburg in 2008 by MAT Music Theme Licensing .
Web links
- Works by and about Josef Rixner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Josef Rixner in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Josef Rixner at Discogs (English)
- Josef Rixner at music sack
- After-work polka as a signature melody of the radio series "Familie Hesselbach" (with audio sample)
literature
- Paul E. Bierley, William H. Rehrig: The heritage encyclopedia of band music: composers and their music. Integrity Press, Westerville, Ohio 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7 . Vol. 2, pp. 635, 896, 898.
- Heiko Bockstiegel: 'Schmidt-Boelcke conducts' .: A musician's life between art and the media landscape. Grimm Musikverlag, 1994, pp. 103, 107.
- Burgenland folk song work (ed.): Village dance music in Lutzmannsburg and Strebersdorf: The collection. Part 2, Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-205-77265-2 .
- Bogusław Drewniak: The theater in the Nazi state. Verlag Droste, 1983, ISBN 3-7700-0635-6 .
- Hans Erman: Winged Melodies. Horst Erdmann Verlag, Tübingen 1968, p. 353.
- Paul Frank, Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner (eds.): Kurzgefasstes Tonkünstler Lexikon - Second part: Additions and extensions since 1937. Volume 1: A – K. 15th edition. Heinrichshofen, Wilhelmshaven 1974, ISBN 3-7959-0083-2 ; Volume 2: L-Z. 1976, ISBN 3-7959-0087-5 .
- Paul Frank, Wilhelm Altmann : Concise Tonkünstler Lexicon: for musicians and friends of music. Gustav Bosse, Regensburg 1936.
- Axel Jockwer: Popular music in the Third Reich. Dissertation . University of Konstanz, 2005, pp. 173, 182. (PDF online)
- Hans-Michael Körner (Ed.): Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2005, p. 122.
- Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in the past and present: general encyclopedia of the music. Volume 4, Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1955, p. 1339.
- Andreas Masel: Brass music composers in Upper and Lower Bavaria. In: The large Upper and Lower Bavarian brass music book. with contributions by Stephan Ametsbichler, Stefan Hirsch and Heinz Wohlmuth; Honor roll of the Upper and Lower Bavarian brass bands, published by the Upper and Lower Bavaria Music Association. Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-85447-291-9 , p. 178.
- Hedwig and Erich Hermann Mueller von Asow (eds.): Kürschner's German Musicians Calendar 1954 - Second edition of the German Musicians Lexicon. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1954
- William Osborne: Music in Ohio. Kent State University Press, Illustrated Edition. Verlag 2004, ISBN 0-87338-775-9 , p. 597.
- Jozef Robijns, Miep Zijlstra: Algemene muziekencyclopedie. De Haan, Haarlem (1979) -1984, ISBN 90-228-4930-9 .
- Michael Schramm (ed.): Hans Felix Husadel: work, work, effect. Documentation for the symposium; [Documentation volume for the symposium of the same name from October 20 to 22, 2004 in Bonn] (= Military Music in Discourse. A series of publications by the Bundeswehr Military Music Service. Volume 1). Publisher: Military Music Service of the Bundeswehr, 2006, ISBN 3-00-020320-6 , pp. 77-78.
- Wolfgang Suppan, Armin Suppan: The New Lexicon of Brass Music. 4th edition. Blasmusikverlag Schulz, Freiburg-Tiengen 1994, ISBN 3-923058-07-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ "which still belongs to the iron stock of every coffee house chapel", cf. Bock crucible p. 103.
- ↑ report the GEMA Nachrichten, issue 16, 1953, published by Adolph Fürst und Sohn, on p. 49.
- ↑ cf. BMLO and Horst Seeger : Musiklexikon Personen AZ / Deutscher Verlag für Musik Leipzig (1981)
- ↑ cf. Potpourri from the Josef Rixner compositions Caramba, Blauer Himmel, Malaga, Poesie und Spanischer Tanz for modern wind orchestras at ewoton.de ( Memento of the original from January 26th 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (West Ton Verlag GmbH. Frankfurt / Main) or the arrangement for mandolin orchestra at Schott Music Distribution ( memento of the original from January 4, 2016 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.
- ↑ After-work polka as the signature melody of the "Hesselbach family" (with audio sample)
- ↑ cf. Joseph Rixner in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- ↑ Notes shown. at Stammtischmusik.at
- ↑ Video on YouTube , played by the Eugen José Wolff Orchestra on Odeon
- ↑ played by the Rolf Schanz Salon Orchestra on Siemens-Polydor on YouTube
- ↑ Video played on YouTube by the Dajos Béla orchestra on Odeon
- ↑ played by the Géczy Barnabás Orchestra on Electrola on YouTube
- ↑ played by the Géczy Barnabás Orchestra on Electrola on YouTube
- ↑ Video on YouTube , played by the Alfred home orchestra on Polydor
- ↑ played by the Géczy Barnabás Orchestra on Electrola on YouTube
- ^ Spanish March (composer: Josef Rixner, arranger: Wolfgang Birtel - Wilhelm Lutz) from the suite "Frohes Wochenend" - scoring: piano trio. Edition: score and parts. Series: Souvenir Musical - Issue 8. Order no .: ED 9913. Description: “Volume 8 of the popular series" Souvenir musical "contains the well-known" Spanish March "in an arrangement for piano trio. A brilliant, effective "paso doble". The edition is aimed at amateur ensembles, friends of salon music and professional piano trios. " See schott-musik.de
- ↑ “Ki Sua Heli with 300 hours / km through the tropics in the Deutschlandhalle. Revue February 19 - March 6, 1938. Performing artists with: The solo dancer Maria Sazarina / Paul Westermeier / Hans Heßling / Aut Leumann / Oskar Ballhaus / The 4 melodists / Negro singers Louis Brody-Mpessa / The orchestra of the Deutschlandhalle, Kapellmeister Karl Stäcker / The exotic animals from the zoo Carl Hagenbeck, Stellingen - as well as FLIGHT CAPTAIN HANNA REITSCH with helicopter in the hall! ” Program booklet, publisher: Selbstverlag Deutschlandhalle Berlin [printed by Otto Meusel Berlin], 1938, cf. ZVAB (accessed 3.01.16) and photo at luftarchiv.de
- ↑ cf. luise.berlin , 1939, February 19th: The revue "A kiss travels around the world" with Rudolf Platte, Hilde Seipp and Aribert Mog, among others, premieres in the Deutschlandhalle at the radio tower (Charlottenburg). The music was composed by Josef Rixner.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rixner, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1973 |
| Place of death | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |