Klemens Perner

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Klemens Perner (born August 18, 1889 in monastery grave ; † October 8, 1970 in Bregenz ) was an Austrian music director and composer .

Life

Perner began to learn the violin and snare drum at the age of seven, and later also the flute and viola. At the age of twelve he played in a band. In 1909, as a regimental musician for the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger No. 4, he first came into contact with Bregenz, his later adopted home . After years of hardship abroad, Perner finally settled on Lake Constance in 1927. Only one year later he took over the leadership of the town music there until 1940. After the Second World War , Perner also led the bands Fluh, Andelsbuch, Lingenau and Hohenems for a time.

Perner's compositional activity includes around 30 marches, waltzes, numerous concert pieces and a number of smaller dances. On behalf of the Vorarlberger Harmoniebund, Perner held percussion courses and was also a versatile musician at the Bregenz Festival and other institutions. He died in Bregenz at the age of 81. His compositional legacy is in the Vorarlberg State Archives.

Awards

Perner's most successful work is the waltz “Ballerinnerungen”, for which he received first prize at the Upper Austrian Federal Music Festival in Wels in 1955. The waltz was performed for string orchestras by the Vorarlberg Radio Orchestra.

Works (selection)

  • Professor Westerop March
  • Vorarlberg Federal Banner March
  • High Bregenz, march
  • March pearls on Lake Constance
  • Ball memories, waltzes
  • Spanish waltz intermezzo
  • Grünbeck machine
  • Black and brown girls, march
  • Song high, march
  • Alpine song march
  • Monastery tombs Turnermarsch

literature

  • William H. Rehrig, Paul E. Bierley, Robert Hoe (Eds.): The heritage encyclopedia of band music: composers and their music. Integrity, Nashville 1991, p. 587.
  • E. Schneider: Music in Bregenz, then & now. Bregenz 1993, p. 268ff.
  • E. Schneider (Ed.): Brass music in Vorarlberg. 1986, p. 164.
  • A. Bösch-Niederer: O Vorarlberg, want to remain true to you. Lecture in the series “Old Symbols for a New Land”, held on March 31, 2004 in Bregenz

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personal data
SURNAME Perner, Klemens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Kapellmeister and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Monastery tomb
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1970
Place of death Bregenz