Karl Wisoko-Meytsky

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Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Wisoko-Meytsky (born October 7, 1885 in Meidling , † March 11, 1965 in Vienna ) was an Austrian civil servant and administrative lawyer. He was also the general director of the Kunsthistorisches Museum .

Life

Karl Wisoko-Meytsky, son of a noble civil servants and military family and studied at the University of Vienna Law (PhD 1908), by the way, English and French as well as uA violin with Franz Maire thickener and Theory at Hermann Graedener (Composer) . His grandfather, Ludwig Wenzel Peter von Wisoko-Meytsky (1824–1910), was the kk Oberpolizeirath and head of the police commissioner in Sechshaus, his sister married Hans Lauda , the grandfather of Niki Lauda . At the age of 59 Karl married the widowed singing teacher Berta Geller, a daughter of the singing professor at the State Academy for Music Minna Singer-Burian . At a young age he is active in sports and is e.g. B. Member of the Union Yacht Club Vienna, on the board of the Austrian Ski Association or touring rowers

Karl entered the civil service as a legal trainee in 1908 and was a trainee at the kk Finanzprokuratur from 1909 to 1915 (at the end an adjunct). In 1915, after the Landsturm draft, he joined the Imperial and Royal Army and took part in the First World War as an officer in Field Howitzer Regiment No. 2 (later No. 25) (last lieutenant in the reserve). There he was awarded three medals of bravery. During a home leave he is involved in the Food Office, a newly created section in the Ministry of the Interior (see also History of National Nutrition (Austria) ) and remains there as Ministerial Vice-Secretary until 1921. This is followed by a year as a section councilor in the State Office for Agriculture and Forestry and in 1922 switched to the federal theater administration where he remained as councilor until 1931. He then switched to the Federal Ministry of Education and became head of the department responsible for art and culture.

After the annexation of Austria he was retired and only rehabilitated in 1945 and returned to the Ministry of Education. During the Nazi era, he worked as a music journalist and production manager at Zeichenfilm GmbH

During the first post-war years, Karl Wisoko-Meytsky played a key role in rebuilding the art and cultural scene. Wisoko took the last step in his career when he was appointed General Director of the State Art and Cultural and Historical Collections and administrative director of the cultural and historical collections in 1950.

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Karl Wisoko-Meytsky was a great supporter of the music and art scene in Vienna during the 1st Republic and also after the 2nd World War at a time when public funds for the promotion of art and culture were scarce. Among other things, he was active in the development of Austrian film (competition for film prizes for international understanding), was jointly responsible for the organization of the University of Music and Performing Arts, and was also involved in the reconstruction of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra (board member of the Association of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra 1948)

Works

  • The Hofmusikkapelle and the Hofburgkapelle in Vienna Hofmusikkapelle, Vienna, 3rd edition 1965, ISBN
  • Wisoko-Meytsky, Karl: Bruckner and the Wiener Hofmusikkapelle, Austrian music magazine vol. 11 (Vienna 1956) pp. 326–327
  • Wisoko, Karl: The Salzburg Festival, the Hofmusikkapelle and Anton Bruckner. Austrian music magazine vol. 5 (Vienna 1950) pp. 155–156
  • Karl Wisoko-Meytsky: Monsignore Josef Schnitt, Austrian music magazine | Volume 10: Issue JG DOI: https://doi.org/10.7767/omz.1955.10.jg.390b
  • K. Wisoko-Meytsky, “State and Music in the Last 100 Years”, in 100 Years Ministry of Education 1848–1948. Festschrift of the Federal Ministry for Education in Vienna, E. Loebenstein Vienna: ÖBV, 1948, pp. 321-332

Awards

  • 1916 Silver Medal of Bravery 2nd Class
  • 1916 Bronze Medal of Valor
  • 1916 Karl Troop Cross
  • 1917 War Cross for Civil Merit III Cl.
  • 1929 Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
  • 1955 professional title 'Professor'

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The 1909 yearbook
  2. ^ Illustrated (Austrian) sports paper October 21, 1911
  3. ↑ Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung 1912
  4. ↑ on austriaca.at
  5. ^ Wiener Kurier October 6, 1945
  6. ^ Museum
  7. ^ Austrian Film Newspaper April 4, 1931
  8. ↑ Wisoko-Meytsky, Karl in the Austrian music lexicon
  9. ^ Die Weltpresse December 17, 1948
personal data
SURNAME Wisoko-Meytsky, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wisoko-Meytsky, Karl Wilhelm Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil servant and administrative lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Meidling
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1965
Place of death Vienna