Karl Heinz Füssl

Karl Heinz Füssl (born March 21, 1924 in Gablonz , Czechoslovakia ; † September 4, 1992 in Eisenstadt , Burgenland ) was an Austrian composer and musicologist .

career

Füssl went to Berlin to study and began his training with Konrad Friedrich Noetel (composition), Gerd Otto (piano) and Hugo Distler (choir director). After the Second World War he settled in Vienna and began his studies with Alfred Uhl (composition), Erwin Ratz (analysis), and Hans Swarowsky (conducting). Füssl also worked as a music critic and worked as an editor for Universal Edition . On the one hand, he was entrusted with the Urtext editions, and he was also involved in the publication of works by Haydn , Mozart and Johann Strauss . The International Gustav Mahler Society entrusted Füssl with the publication of the Gustav Mahler Complete Edition . He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Works (selection)

• The Mask (Libretto: Alexander Randolph ), Ballet op.6 (1954; 1966 Kiel Opera House )
• Dybuk (Helmut Wagner after Anski), Opera 3 acts op.11 (September 26, 1970 Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe )
• Celestina ( Herbert Lederer after Fernando de Rojas ), Opera 2 acts op.14 (1976 Karlsruhe; new arrangement for smaller cast 1987)
• Cain (Herbert Lederer), Geistliches Spiel op.37 (1986 Ossiach , Carinthischer Sommer )
• Resurrexit (Mystery Plays op. 60), A Musical Play from The Chester Mystery Cycle of (1993 Rom )

Awards

• 1953: Prize at the composition competition of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
• 1962: Promotion Prize of the City of Vienna
• 1970: Austrian State Prize for Music
• 1976: Prize of the City of Vienna for Music
• 1984: Gold Medal for Services to the State of Vienna
• 1990: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art

literature

• Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz: Karl Heinz Füssl. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .

Web links

• Entry on Karl Heinz Füssl in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Karl Heinz Füssl in the literary archive of the Austrian National Library
• Karl Heinz Füssl in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
• Karl Heinz Füssl in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl Heinz Füssl grave site , Vienna, Zentralfriedhof, Group 74, Row 10, No. 89.
2. ^ Curia for Science and Art . Retrieved October 30, 2015.