Nikolaus Fheodoroff
Nikolaus Fheodoroff (born September 15, 1931 in Villach ; † August 27, 2011 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee ) was an Austrian composer , conductor , pianist and sound engineer .
Life
From 1949 to 1953 Fheodoroff studied composition and music theory with Felix Petyrek and Alfred Uhl , conducting with Hans Swarowsky and organ with Alois Forer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and German studies with Dietrich Kralik , Hans Rupprich and Wilhelm Meister at the University of Vienna . With his philosophical work he became word and spiritual reality. On the problematic of the thinker Ferdinand Ebner . to the Dr. phil. PhD . His doctoral supervisors were Leo Gabriel , Friedrich Kainz and Gerhard Schwarz .
He was in close contact with the composers Josef Matthias Hauer and Ferdinand Grossmann . Fheodoroff was a lecturer for church music in the diocese of Gurk . He was also musical director of the ORF regional studio in Carinthia and from 1967 to 1991 of the ORF chamber orchestra. He commissioned Dieter Kaufmann , Hans-Jörg Scherr , Gerhard Lampersberg , Erich Opitz , Norbert Artner , Gerhard Dallinger , Hans Pleschberger and Günther Antesberger to write compositions . In the 1960s he was production manager at the Salzburg Festival and the Styrian Autumn . He worked as a consultant to the Austrian Association of Composers and board member of the International Society for New Music . From 1980 to 2010 he was chairman of the Carinthischer Sommer music festival .
As a conductor he brought u. a. the Volksoper (1984) by Dieter Kaufmann and Gert Jonke premiered in the Theater an der Wien .
In 1992 he was appointed Knight of the Papal Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Giuseppe Cardinal Caprio and invested by Alois Stöger , Grand Prior of the Lieutenancy in Austria. Nikolaus Fheodoroff was most recently Grand Officer of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem , whose Commander in Chief of the Klagenfurt Commandery from 1994 to 2005.
honors and awards
- Promotion Prize for Music from the Provincial Government of Carinthia (1971)
- Golden Badge of Honor of the Carinthian Singers Association (1977)
- Culture Prize of the Club of Carinthian Members of the Austrian People's Party (1980)
- Knight of the New Year's Order by Pope John Paul II (1981)
- Walther von der Vogelweide Medal in Silver by the Austrian Choir Association (1984)
- Badge of Honor for Services to the Friendship of the Peoples of the GDR (1986)
- Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art (1986)
- Carinthian Singers Association: Gold Medal of Choir Director of the Carinthian Singers Association (1987)
- Gold Medal of Honor from the Austrian Choir Association (1988)
- Great Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Carinthia (1989)
- Culture Prize of the State of Carinthia (1990)
- Betetto Certificate of the Association of Musicians of Slovenia (1992)
- Investiture in the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem (1992)
- Walther von der Vogelweide Gold Medal from the Austrian Choir Association (1998)
- Certificate of Honor from the City of Klagenfurt (1998)
- Appreciation award of the Carinthian Choir Academy (2003)
- Brandstätter certificate from the Carinthian Singers Association (2006)
- Carinthian State Order in Silver (2010)
- Culture Prize of the City of Villach (2010)
Works
Nikolaus Fheodoroff has put together a number of works in groups in his (handwritten) catalog raisonné and provided them with dates (origin, sentences, duration, cast, publisher, premiere, publisher). This should also be done here - albeit only in excerpts.
Measure and Proprien
- Antiphone for Easter Sunday Vespers (1952) for 4pcs. according to Choir a cappella and with organ accompaniment; Latin.
- Proprium for Whit Monday (1953) for 4 hours. according to Choir a cappella; Latin.
- Latin Ordinarium (1961) for 4st. according to A cappella choir.
- Song sets for the church year from the Gotteslob (1961) for folk song, 1-2st. Schola and organ.
- Sentences to songs from God's praise (1964) for cantor, acc. Choir and organ
- German chants for a praying mass (1965) for cantor, 4st. according to Choir, community singing and organ; 1987 added (Credo) and revised (new liturgical texts).
- Proprium for March 19, St. Joseph (1965) for 4st. Male choir; German.
- German office (1966) for cantor, 3-4st. Men's schola, church singing and organ; 1987 revised (new liturgical texts).
- German mass songs (1966) for cantor, 4st. according to Choir, community singing and organ; Revised in 1991 (new liturgical texts).
- Proprium from the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity (1966) for 3-4st. Male choir a cappella; German.
- Heiligenbluter Crib Mass (1967, choral movements by Günther Mittergradnegger): all organ movements (preludes and interludes).
- Proprium for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost (1968) for acc. Choir a cappella; Latin.
- Proprium for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost (1969) for 4 hours. according to Choir and organ ad libitum; Latin.
- Missa Septuagint (1971) for 4-12 st. according to Choir, obligatory organ, timpani and strings; Credo post-composed (1975); Latin.
- Gurker Festmesse (1972) for cantor, acc. Choir, folk song, 7 brass instruments, string septet and organ; German.
- German fair "O Schöpfer Gott" (1972) for 4st. according to A cappella choir (or for folk song and organ); Text: Kurt Pacher.
- Arrangement by Josef Matthias Hauer: Unfinished Latin Mass, op.46
- Proprium for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost (1973) for 1-4st. according to Choir a cappella; Latin.
- Proprium for Millstatt (July 17, 1977) for Cantor, acc. Choir, folk song, 4 brass instruments and organ: German.
- Proprium for the 27th Sunday of the year (1981) for acc. A cappella choir.
- Missa brevis (1981) for 4-8st. according to Choir and obligatory organ; Latin.
- Proprium for the 27th Sunday of the year (1981) for 4-6st. according to Choir a cappella; Latin.
- Small liturgical cantata (1982) for cantor, 1st. Volksgesang, 4st. according to Choir, brass and drums.
- Maria Saaler Christmas Mass (1984) for cantor, folk song, 1-8st. according to Choir and obligatory organ; German, based on traditional Christmas carols and motifs from Gregorian chant.
- Gurk festival music for the visit of Pope John Paul II in Gurk on June 25, 1988, for the congregation, acc. Choir and large wind orchestra.
Choir orchestra works
- Chor der Toten (1951) for 4-7st. according to Choir, string orchestra and timpani; Text: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer.
- Elisabeth von Thüringen (2010), chamber oratorio for mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, speaking voice, acc. Choir, orchestra and organ; Text: Herbert Vogg.
Orchestral works
- Melismen (1969) for string orchestra.
- Hymn to Klagenfurt (1980) for brass band.
- Music for orchestra (1970); revised in 1987.
- Arrangement by Josef Matthias Hauer: II. Twelve-tone play for orchestra.
- Divertimento (1975) for wind quintet, harpsichord and string orchestra.
- Three movements for string orchestra and timpani ad lib. (1975).
- Carinthian national anthem "Dort wo Tirol ..." for symphonic orchestra (1981).
- Kärntner Festmusik (1991) for large wind orchestra.
Concerts
- Arrangement by Josef Matthias Hauer: Violin Concerto, op.54
- Horae - Concerto for Organ and Orchestra (1974); Composition commission from the state of Carinthia.
- Concerto for organ and orchestra "Te Deum laudamus" (1986); Commissioned by the Gurk diocesan bishop Dr. Egon Kapellari.
- Concerto for violin, string orchestra and timpani (1994)
Chamber music
- Movement for string quartet (1952).
- Twelve-tone play for violin and piano (1956).
- Twelve-tone playing for flute, viola and harpsichord (1960).
- Hornruf for horn quartet (1967).
- Carinthian Fanfare for Federal Youth Singing 1971 for two trumpets, horns and trombones each.
- Three twelve-tone plays for 3 violins and guitar (1968).
- String quartet in two movements (1971).
- "... Looking over the shoulder ..." (1978), scenes with a parodic element for chamber ensemble.
- Seven miniatures for wind quintet (1979/80).
- Carinthian Heimatlied "Dort wo Tirol ..." for wind quintet (1980).
- Four variations on a theme (Kärntner Heimatlied) for wind quintet (1982).
- Canzone for 9 brass instruments and percussion in rondo form (1983).
- Malinconia for guitar solo (1986).
- The H. & H.-Lied (Hemma- und Heimatlied) for six brass players (at the beginning of the Hemma-Jubilee 1987)
- Elements (1989) for quintet (flute, violin, viola, violoncello, piano).
- Lobisseriana, Suite for Strings (1991).
piano
- Twelve-tone play for piano for two hands (1954); Color test.
- Twelve-tone play for piano for two hands (1954): theme, prelude, fugue.
- Study for piano (1959) on metrical and rhythmic relationships in monodic-homophonic dodecaphony (with a series from Gerhard Lampersberg's Trio).
- Twelve-tone play for piano for 2 hands (1960).
- Twelve-tone play for piano for 2 hands (1969); Subject, fugue.
Organ works
- Prelude and Fugue for Organ (1952).
- Twelve-tone playing for organ (1956).
- Dialogues for Trumpet and Organ (1973).
- Capriccio for positive organ (1974).
- Organum '79.
- Rhapsody for flute and organ (1987).
- Three organ movements for the Passion (1988).
Choral works
- Psalm 123, verse 7 (1953) for acc. Choir a cappella; Latin.
- In bright night (1957), a homo-polyphonic choir for mixed Be right; Words from Martin Heidegger; New version: twelve-tone game for gem. A cappella choir (1977)
- The Eternal Farming Country (1962) for 4-5st. according to Choir a cappella; Text: Josef Georg Oberkofler.
- Flag song (1962) for 4pcs. according to Choir a cappella; Text: Helmut Scharf.
- "... immortal ..." (1966) for gem. Choir a cappella; Text: Samuel Beckett.
- Arrangement by Franz Schubert: Tres sunt (D 181) for gem. Choir and Organ (1978).
- Psalm 117 (1983) for acc. Choir and organ.
- National Park Anthem (1987) for (a) 4st. according to Choir a cappella and (b) 4st. Male choir a cappella; Text: Hanna Heinz-Erian.
- Peace - one word. Only one word? (1987), motet for 12st. according to Choir a cappella; Text: the word peace in 18 languages.
- The new hymn (1987) for gem. Choir and 4 brass instruments; Text and melody: Günter Hager.
- From my bowl (2007) for gem. Choir; Text: Christine Lavant.
Songs
- The Death (1956) for tenor (soprano) and piano based on an unknown ancient Egyptian poet.
- Die ferne Lute (1957) for high voice, flute and lute / guitar / harpsichord; Text: Li Tai Po.
- Die Eulen (1957) for bass baritone and piano: Text: Charles Baudelaire, German: Stefan George.
- Drei Lieder (1963) for tenor (soprano) and piano based on poems by Juan Ramon Jimenez (German: Hans Leopold Davi ).
- Drei Lieder (1971) for tenor and piano based on poems by Hans Magnus Enzensberger.
Web links
- Literature by and about Nikolaus Fheodoroff in the catalog of the German National Library
- Nikolaus Fheodoroff at musica austria
- Villach Culture Prize to Nikolaus Fheodoroff
- International Nikolaus Fheodoroff Composition Prize
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Grand Officer Dr. phil. Nikolaus Fheodoroff died on August 27, 2011 “ , Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem , accessed on September 4, 2011
- ↑ International Nikolaus Fheodoroff Composition Prize | Cultural channel. Retrieved May 27, 2017 (English).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fheodoroff, Nikolaus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer, conductor, pianist and sound engineer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1931 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Villach |
DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 2011 |
Place of death | Klagenfurt am Wörthersee |