Karl Maria Löbl
Karl Maria Löbl (born September 1, 1911 in Vienna , † February 3, 1942 near Moscow ) was an Austrian composer of late Romanticism and Viennese Modernism .
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Karl Maria Löbl was born as the first of two sons into the family of Karl Löbl, engineer, and Maria Löbl, née Schneider. Living in Vienna, 11th district , Rautenstrauchgasse 11, he attended elementary and junior high school and studied after completing the final examination for eight semesters Philosophy at the University of Vienna . Here he also attended musicological courses for four semesters. He took piano and organ lessons from Louis Dité and found a friend and mentor in his teacher. In addition, Löbl acquired knowledge of composition and instrument theory, counterpoint , cello and singing.
Karl Maria Löbl's compositional activity began at the age of 14 with small pieces. The composer came from a musical house that regularly hosted house orchestra and chamber music evenings with his mother, brother Franz and friends. Interested in poetry , he maintained friendly relations with poets, whose works he liked to set to music.
His musical activity ended in August 1941 when he was drafted into the Wehrmacht at the beginning of the German offensive against the Soviet Union . This confiscation was the second after a brief military service in the spring of 1940. He was reported missing in the Battle of Moscow on February 3, 1942 , and reported as having fallen after his body had been found after the snow melted.
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Karl Maria Löbl composed works of chamber music , songs, orchestral works and masses . The instrumentation of the chamber works mainly includes piano, organ, string and wind instruments . Its use of the saxophone in suites and other compositions is unusual . Due to his untimely death, the works did not find a broad response and are only now being taken up again by individual performers, for example Michael Grube . The following table contains selected works by the composer.
| plant | year | instrumentation |
|---|---|---|
| Bagatelles (6 no pieces) | 1933 | piano |
| Violin Sonata in E flat major | 1933 | Violin and piano |
| Purr (6 small cheerful pieces) | 1934 | piano |
| Capriccio | 1934 | Violin and piano |
| String Quartet I in A minor, "Garden Music" | 1934 | 2 violins, viola and cello |
| Two pieces: 1) Chaconne in B minor 2) Fugue | 1935 | violin |
| Mass in G major | 1936 | Solo part or unison choir, violin and organ |
| Wind quintet in A major | 1938 | Flute, oboe, horn A, clarinet A and bassoon |
| Second saxophone suite | 1939 | Saxophone Eb and piano |
| Sonata II in D minor | 1940 | Viola and piano |
| String Quartet IV "Quartetto Gregoriano" | 1940 | 2 violins, viola and cello |
| serenade | 1941 | Clarinet A, viola and cello |
| Songs based on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke , Heinrich Suso Waldeck , Christian Morgenstern , Georg Trakl , Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti , Heinrich von Schullern and others | Various | Various |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Michael Grube: Live in Vienna . Vienna: GEMA, March 23, 2009 4MG1001LiV.Ec.
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- Archives of the Austrian National Library (ÖNB F140 KM Löbl 1911–1942).
- Private archive Otto Karl Wagner (* 1921, died 2016), Vienna.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Löbl, Karl Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1942 |
| Place of death | Moscow , Soviet Union |