Karl Wiener (composer)

Karl Wiener (born March 27, 1891 in Vienna ; † July 22, 1942 in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp ) was an Austrian composer , conductor , pianist and music writer.

Life

Karl Wiener, born in Vienna, studied at the music academy in his hometown primarily with Robert Fuchs , as well as with Eusebius Mandyczewski , Richard Heuberger , Franz Schalk and Franz Schreker . After graduating, he became Kapellmeister in Katowice and Breslau . During the First World War he was seriously injured by a shot in the head, which resulted in right-sided paralysis. Nevertheless, he continued his musical activity as a conductor and répétiteur in Saarbrücken and Stettin . Since 1923 he lived in Berlin and performed, among other things, as a left-handed pianist in concerts. In 1924 he became a musical adviser to the Berliner Funkstunde . After the National Socialists came to power , he had to give up this position in 1933. By then he had composed almost 30 pieces of music, including many songs based on Hölderlin's poems . In 1936 the Jewish Cultural Association appointed him music advisor and music dramaturge. In 1940, for example, Wiener composed the incidental music for the performance of Molière's The Imaginary Sick there . The Kulturbund was dissolved in September 1941 and Wiener was deported to Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1942, where he was murdered on July 22, 1942.

Descriptions Opus 7

“The chamber piece for twelve instruments, Opus 7, is treated symphonically, despite its small instrumentation, it has a soft, merging sound (instead of a linear, split one as in Schönberg's Chamber Symphony), while preserving the tonality . Wiener is lyrical, entangled, enthusiastic, never bold and spiritual. "

- Hans Nathan : Jüdische Rundschau , 1936

"Karl Wieners Kammerstück op. 7, entitled In memoriam , an early occasional work, presents itself as a rhapsody and shows the struggle for a language of its own in the diversity of the individual stylistic features, such as the juxtaposition of harp glissandis and harshly layered sounds."

- Hans Freyhan : CV newspaper , 1937

literature

Barbara Boisits: Wiener, Karl. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .

Web links

Short biography at musica reanimata - Association for the rediscovery of Nazi persecuted composers and their works
Karl Wiener (composer) in the dictionary of persecuted musicians of the Nazi era (LexM)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hans Nathan: Karl Wiener . In: Jüdische Rundschau . September 30, 1936.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d biography of Karl Wiener (1891–1942). In: flutepage.de. February 8, 2013, accessed May 31, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Karl Wiener (1891-1942). In: musica-ranimata.de. musica reanimata. Association for the Rediscovery of Nazi Persecuted Composers and their Works, accessed on May 31, 2017 .
^ Hans Freyhan: Concerts and lectures . In: CV newspaper . Sheets for Germanness and Judaism. Organ of the Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith eV Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums. No. 14/1937 . Berlin April 8, 1937.

personal data
SURNAME	Wiener, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian composer, conductor, pianist and music writer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 27, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	July 22, 1942
Place of death	Sachsenhausen concentration camp

[Nathan-1] Hans Nathan: Karl Wiener . In: Jüdische Rundschau . September 30, 1936.

[flutepage-2] biography of Karl Wiener (1891–1942). In: flutepage.de. February 8, 2013, accessed May 31, 2017 .

[reanimata-3] Karl Wiener (1891-1942). In: musica-ranimata.de. musica reanimata. Association for the Rediscovery of Nazi Persecuted Composers and their Works, accessed on May 31, 2017 .

[4] Hans Freyhan: Concerts and lectures . In: CV newspaper . Sheets for Germanness and Judaism. Organ of the Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith eV Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums. No. 14/1937 . Berlin April 8, 1937.