Karl Luze

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Karl Luze , also Carl Luze (born August 4, 1864 in Altenmarkt an der Triesting , † February 8, 1949 in Vienna ) was an Austrian choir conductor and the last court conductor.

Life

Luze was born the son of a senior teacher , from whom he received his first musical training as a child. At the age of ten he first came to the Heiligenkreuz Abbey as a choir boy , and shortly afterwards to the Vienna court music band as a court choir boy . From 1874 he attended the Löwenburgkonvikt (today Piaristengymnasium ) and studied from 1879 to 1882 at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde organ and music theory with Anton Bruckner and piano with Wilhelm Schenner .

From 1882 he worked as a bassist in the choir of the Vienna Hofmusikkapelle and the court opera , before he became solo répétiteur by Hans Richter in 1883 and choir conductor of the court opera under Gustav Mahler in 1898 , where he worked for 42 years. From 1898 to 1926 and 1929 he was the choir director and from 1903 to 1933 first conductor of the court orchestra and thus the last titular court conductor.

From 1899 to 1910 he led the orchestra of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna and from 1905 to 1908 was director of the opera evenings and ensemble exercises at the Vienna Conservatory.

In 1913 Luze became choirmaster of the Vienna Men's Choir, alongside Viktor Keldorfer and Ferdinand Grossmann , a position he held until 1934. From 1922 to 1929 he was also, alongside Keldorfer and Carl Führich, national chorus master of the Ostmärkischen (Lower Austrian) Singers Association.

After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, together with the rector of the Hofburgkapelle , Josef Schnitt , he succeeded in reactivating the chapel, which had already been closed and which was taken over by the federal government in 1923 and which still serves as a performance venue for the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna Boys' Choir .

Karl Luze's grave at the Vienna Central Cemetery

Karl Luze is buried in a grave of honor in the Vienna Central Cemetery (grave group 33H / 4/4).

Honors, awards and titles

  • Franz Joseph Order
  • Albrechts Order
  • Bavarian Order of St. Michaels
  • Gold Medal of the Republic of Austria
  • 1924: Honorary member of the Vienna Men's Choir Association
  • 1927: Honorary Choirmaster of the Vienna Male Choir Association
  • 1927: Honorary citizen of Altenmarkt an der Triesting
  • 1933: Title "Hofrat" on the occasion of his resignation from the management of the court orchestra
  • Honorary member of the Ostmärkischer Sängerbund
  • professor
  • Government Council

memorial

  • "Luzegasse" in Kaiserebersdorf

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Karl Luze in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
  2. ^ Karl Luze in the Austrian Biographical Lexicon , accessed on July 26, 2017
  3. ↑ Carl Luze in the Austrian Music Lexicon , accessed on July 26, 2017
  4. ↑ Order of Merit of St. Michael , accessed July 27, 2017
  5. ^ List of street names in Vienna
personal data
SURNAME Luze, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luze, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian choir conductor and last court conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Altenmarkt an der Triesting
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1949
Place of death Vienna