Ludwig Streicher

Ludwig Streicher (right), 1988

Ludwig Streicher (born June 26, 1920 in Vienna ; † March 11, 2003 ibid) was an Austrian double bass player and music teacher.

Life

Ludwig Streicher, son of the innkeeper, composer and music teacher Franz Xaver Streicher (1891–1965) in Ziersdorf , first studied violin, then from 1934 at the Vienna Music Academy cello and double bass and graduated in 1940 with a diploma. Subsequently he was solo double bass player and from 1943 also solo cellist in the Cracow State Orchestra. From 1946 to 1973 Streicher was first double bass player with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna Court Music Orchestra .

Streicher was awarded the title of professor in 1962 . From 1966 he taught at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts , then in 1992 he accepted a teaching position in Madrid at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía. He gave a double bass school and a number of lecture pieces ( transcriptions ) in the music publishing house Doblinger and held numerous master classes. He also began an international solo career and toured around the world.

Streicher used his own bow position, with which he could reproduce difficult pieces by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf or other compositions of the 18th century with a special expression. Because of his outstanding playing technique, he was also called “Paganini of the double bass” or “Thousand fingers”. Paul Angerer , Gottfried von Eine , Paul Walter Fürst , HK Gruber , Fritz Leitermeyer , Marcel Rubin and Erich Urbanner dedicated compositions to him.

His grave is in the Hietzinger Friedhof in Vienna (group 60, row 1, number 15).

Awards and honors

• Ring of Honor of the Vienna Philharmonic (1971)
• Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art
• Gold medal for services to the State of Vienna
• Encomienda de Alfonso X (2000)
• Honorary citizen of the community of Ziersdorf
• Ludwig Streicher Hall in the Weinviertel Concert Hall in Ziersdorf (2005)

Publications

• Scales for double bass (No. 03 969)
• My making music on the double bass. Instructions and advice for the beginning and the advanced double bass player . Doblinger Verlag
  • Issue 1 (No. 03 914)
  • Issue 2 (No. 03 915)
  • Issue 3 (No. 03 916)
  • Issue 4 (No. 03 917)
  • Issue 5 (No. 03 918)

As editor

• Giovanni Bottesini : Capriccio di bravura in A major, Doblinger Edition No. 03 967
• Franz Schubert : Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D 821, for double bass and piano, Doblinger Edition No. 03 970
• Giovanni Bottesini: Elegia in D major, Doblinger Edition No. 03 979
• Fritz Leitermeyer : 12 essays for double bass and piano Op. 33, Doblinger Edition No. 03 936
• Jenő Takács : Old Hungarian Court Ball Music Op. 115, Doblinger Edition No. 03 937
• Fritz Leitermeier: Concerto for Double Bass and Strings Op. 44, Doblinger Edition No. 03 952
• Marcel Rubin : Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra, Doblinger Edition No. 03 953
• Erich Urbanner : Double Bass Concerto, Edition Doblinger No. 03 956
• Paul Angerer : Quicquam for Strings Double Bass and Strings, Doblinger Edition No. 03 958
• Georg Friedrich Handel : Andante for double bass and piano, Doblinger Edition No. 03 975
• Francois Couperin : Gavotte for double bass and piano, Doblinger Edition No. 03 977
• Ludwig v. Beethoven : Sonatina for double bass and piano, Doblinger Edition No. 03 976

Discography (selection)

• Musical rarities for double bass / Amadeo - Österreichische Schallplatten Aktiengesellschaft AVRS 5061 St (1967)
• Ludwig Streicher - Walter Berry / Amadeo - Österreichische Schallplatten Aktiengesellschaft AVRS 5064 St (1969)
• Double bass concerts - Vanhall & Urbanner / Teldec "Telefunken-Decca" Schallplatten GmbH 6.42045 (1976)
• Ludwig Streicher plays Bottesini / Teldec "Telefunken-Decca" Schallplatten GmbH (LC 0366) 6.42230 (1978)
• Double bass concerts - Bottesini, Dragonetti, Dittersdorf / Teldec Schallplatten GmbH (LC 0366) 6.42621 (1980)
• The Art of Ludwig Streicher / CBS / Sony Inc. Jasrac 28AC1297 (1981)
• Marcel Rubin - Concerto for double bass and orchestra / Amadeo / Polygram 415 828-1 (1985)
• Encores - Ludwig Streicher / Orfeo International Music GmbH (LC 8175) C 225911 (1991)
• Paul Walter Fürst - Ars Bassi / Amadeo Classic 435 697-2 (LC 0107) (1991)
• Paul Angerer - Quiquam for speaker double bass and strings / KKM-Records, A-2551 Enzesfeld (LC 5222) KKM CD 3096 (1995)

literature

• Rudolf Flotzinger (Ed.): Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . (Volume 5). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .

Web links

• Ludwig Streicher at Discogs (English)
• Website with information about Ludwig Streicher
• "Making music" - the double bass concept by Ludwig Streicher (1920–2003). mdw web magazine, September 29, 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ludwig Streicher. Retrieved February 13, 2020 .