Karl Sczuka
Karl Sczuka (born June 15, 1900 in Schillersdorf in the Hultschiner Ländchen , † May 23, 1954 in Baden-Baden ) was a German composer .
Life
Sczuka's father was a cantor , and so he also tried his hand at composing. In Breslau he studied chemistry, physics and mineralogy, but lived from 1923 as a freelance artist in Wroclaw.
In 1929 Sczuka received his first composition commission from the station Schlesische Funkstunde and from then on worked regularly for the station. He had the greatest success with his Silesian cantatas, but he also wrote operas and arranged folk songs.
During the Second World War he was captured by the Soviets. In 1946 Friedrich Bischoff , who had been the director of the Silesian Radio Lesson and was now director of the newly established Südwestfunk , appointed him as a “house composer” with the title of music director in Baden-Baden. Sczuka remained so until his untimely death in 1954.
Honors
The Karl Sczuka Prize for Radio Play as Radio Art is named after Sczuka and is awarded annually by Südwestrundfunk .
literature
- Andrea Arnoldussen: Karl Sczuka (1900-1954), life and work , Nomos Verlag 1995, ISBN 978-3-7890-3435-0
- Hermann Naber : The birth of the radio play from the spirit of the operetta. Karl Sczuka and the pioneers of radio art . in acoustic game forms. From radio play music to radio art. The Karl Sczuka Prize 1955-1999 , SWR series of publications 2000
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Sczuka in the catalog of the German National Library
- biography
- On the 100th birthday of Karl Sczuka
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Sczuka deceased , accessed on September 30, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sczuka, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schillersdorf , Hultschiner Ländchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1954 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |