Karl Schnürl
Karl Schnürl (* 19th November 1924 in Wördern , † 3. June 2011 in St. Andrä-Wördern ) was an Austrian music writer, composer and music educator.
education
Schnürl was the son of the publisher of the same name, Karl Schnürl, and his wife Maria. As a child he received piano, ear training and music theory lessons from Anny Hartmann. After he graduated from high school, he was drafted into military service and injured himself. From 1940 he went to Vienna , where he studied the piano and horn at the Vienna Conservatory . At the University of Vienna , he studied musicology and German studies , which he completed in 1949 with a dissertation on Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and a doctorate in philosophy. In addition to his university education, Schnürl studied composition with Otto Siegl at the Music Academy, today's University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna .
Teaching
After having worked for his father's publishing house after completing his studies, Schnürl became a music teacher in St. Pölten , Krems an der Donau and Klosterneuburg . Eventually he became a teacher of music history at the Vienna Music School .
From 1963 Schnürl taught music psychology at the Vienna University of Music and until 2002 notation studies at the Institute for Musicology at the University of Vienna. At the same time he was teaching music psychology and music education at the educational academies in Vienna and Lower Austria .
Functions
Schnürl worked on the official textbooks for schools. We learn music and the world of sound - world sound and held numerous functions. He was the chairman of the Niederösterreichisches Volksliedwerk, which is now called the Niederösterreichisches Volksliedarchiv , and a member of the board of the Association of Music Educators in Austria (AGMÖ). Schnürl, who composed numerous choral works, songs and fanfares, played the organ in the parish church of St. Andrä in front of the Hagental for over 70 years .
His wife Maria Schnürl (born December 22, 1923 in St. Andrä), who had studied piano at the Vienna Conservatory, also worked as a music teacher.
Awards
- 1984 professional title senior teacher
- 1990 Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 1994 Gold Medal for Services to the State of Lower Austria
- 1994 Ring of Honor of the market town of St. Andrä-Wierter
- 1999 Medal of honor from St. Hippolytus in bronze of the diocese of St. Pölten
- Golden doctoral degree from the University of Vienna
Works
- New music pocket dictionary 1947
- The old music archive of the parish church St. Stephan in Tulln 1964
- Three Lower Austrian Bruckner organs. Tulln - Langenlois - Krems . In O. Wessely (ed.): Bruckner studies 1975
- On the history of choral music in church services - Diocese of St. Pölten. In J. Trummer (ed.): Kirchenchöre Österreichs, 2 vols. 1987
- 2000 years of occidental music writings. An Introduction to Notation Studies 2000
Compositions
- The Savior is born. Songs for Christmas mass 1953
- From the mountain that let the woman go to the wedding: Small cantata for children's voices and instruments 1962
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Schnürl in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data from the Austrian Music Lexicon
- ^ Karl Schnürl: The variation technique in the choral cantus firmus works of Palestrina , Diss. Vienna 1949
- ↑ K. Schnürl, G. Schwertberger, H. Wieninger: Klangwelt – Weltklang. Music textbook for high school . 2 volumes 1991/93
- ^ Biography of Karl Schnürl by Richard Böhm accessed on December 21, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schnürl, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer, musicologist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Words |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 3, 2011 |
| Place of death | St. Andrä-Wordern |