Nikolaus Fheodoroff

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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

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "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
  2. ↑ International Nikolaus Fheodoroff Composition Prize | Cultural channel. Retrieved May 27, 2017 (English).
personal data
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