Oskar C. Posa

Oskar C. Posa (born January 16, 1873 in Vienna as Oskar Posamentir ; † March 13, 1951 ibid) was an Austrian composer and conductor .

biography

Oskar Posa - his father came from Bohemia, his mother was Viennese - first studied law, but then turned completely to music. He was particularly well received as a song composer of more than seventy songs and chants, including with an orchestra. Between 1911 and 1913 Posa performed as a concert and opera conductor in Graz. In his role as a founding member, secretary and chairman of the Association of Creating Tonkünstler in Vienna , he regularly met Arnold Schönberg , Alexander von Zemlinsky and Richard Strauss . The association was closely linked to the ideas of the Vienna Secession . Contrary to previous assumptions, the founding memorandum was not written by Arnold Schönberg, but by Posa. Posa received his doctorate in Vienna and became a professor at the State Academy. He died on March 13, 1951 at the age of 78.

Works (selection)

op. 1 Four songs: Homesickness, Homecoming, You, End
op. 2 Four songs: Scheiden and Meiden, Das Blatt im Buche, Weberlied, Irmelin Rose
op. 3 Five songs: But you made me wait a long time, Deep longing, Goldammer, In a big city, The kiss on the hand
op. 4 Four songs: human folly, longing, narcissus, appeasement
op. 5 Six songs: The last evening, longing, repudiation, do you love me ?, song of the Ghawaze, the midday woman
op. 6 Five songs: I love you, Forbidden Love, And I was far away, Spring, The yellow flower
op. 7 sonata for violin and piano
op. 8 Five soldiers' songs for baritone and piano or orchestra
op. 9 Bruder Liederlich for baritone and piano or orchestra
op. 10 Four songs for a voice with piano
op. 11 Eight songs
op. 12 Five songs for voice and piano
op. 13 theme, variations and fugue for piano
op. 14 Eight poems by Hans Kyser for a low voice and piano
op. 15 Seven girls' songs for a soprano voice and piano

Web links

Works by and about Oskar C. Posa in the catalog of the German National Library
Sheet music and audio files by Oskar C. Posa in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

^ Hugo Riemann Musiklexikon, Berlin 1929
↑ Wolfgang Behrens , "... this year wasn't lost". The "Association of creating sound artists in Vienna" and a memorandum not written by Schönberg, in: Yearbook of the State Institute for Music Research Prussian Cultural Heritage, Stuttgart 2003, pp. 249–264.

personal data
SURNAME	Posa, Oskar C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Posamentir, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 16, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 1951
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Hugo Riemann Musiklexikon, Berlin 1929

[2] Wolfgang Behrens , "... this year wasn't lost". The "Association of creating sound artists in Vienna" and a memorandum not written by Schönberg, in: Yearbook of the State Institute for Music Research Prussian Cultural Heritage, Stuttgart 2003, pp. 249–264.