Otto Haubner

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Otto Franz Karl Haubner (born August 14, 1925 in Linz , † October 29, 1999 in Ried im Innkreis ) was an Austrian pedagogue, writer , painter and composer .

Career

In his native Linz , he attended elementary and secondary school and graduated in 1943 with a high school diploma and was drafted into military service shortly afterwards. He did this in Italy , Hungary and in the battles for Berlin and Vienna . A war injury prevented imprisonment.

Otto Haubner was taught to play the violin at an early age, in 1945 he attended the first class of high school graduates at the state teacher training institute in Linz and then worked as a primary and secondary school teacher. He first learned the piano and, as a private student of the Passau cathedral organist W. Schusterund, the organ . From 1958 he studied at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz. (Organ with Winterberger and Paula Mack) and graduated in 1961 with positive results. In 1962 he passed the state examination at the Academy of Music in Vienna .

Between 1971 and 1983 he was director of the Geinberg secondary school (Ried district). In 1979 he received a recognition award from the Dr. Ernst Koref Foundation in Linz awarded. In addition, he worked for the Rieder Rundschau and the daily newspaper Oberösterreichische Nachrichten as a critic and organizer of artistic events.

During the entire time he was artistically active in the fields of fine arts, such as painting and drawing, composing various musical pieces (primarily organ) and writing such as poems, prose and novels.

Otto Haubner died on October 29, 1999 in Ried im Innkreis.

Writer, composer, musician and painter

music

He followed his musical inclination as a church and concert organist and he gave organ concerts on various organs. He published numerous compositions, especially for organ and choir. Concerts on the Passau cathedral organ , the Bruckner organ in St. Florian Monastery and the organ of the Minoritenkirche (Linz) are worth mentioning . Noteworthy are radio recordings of a concert in the Minoritenkirche in Linz and the Franz Liszt memorial concert with works by the composer (variations on “Weeping, Lamenting, Worrying, Feeling”, Prelude and Fugue on Bach). In addition to leading church choirs, he edited songs for children's and school choirs.

literature

Much of the work has not yet been published. For years there have been publications in newspapers, magazines, yearbooks, etc. (Stillere Heimat, Facetten, yearbooks of the Innviertler Künstlergilde , Mühlviertler Heimatblätter and Mühlviertler Kulturzeitschrift , Wiener Presse, etc.). Numerous readings at home and abroad, which took place as part of the major travel activities, opened up access to the work of Otto Haubner to a wider audience. There were also broadcasts on radio in Austria, South Tyrol and also on television.

For several years Haubner acted as a delegate of the Upper Austrian provincial government at large literary events (Alpine writers' encounters, etc.) and was a member of the board of the Linz authors' group as well as a member of the European writers' association Die Kogge . Edited books include poems ( retrograde hours , silence, single word , Linzer elegies , With the ivy , late hour , animal catwalk , beats ), a novel ( The Dark Houses ), prose writings ( Life on the Wall , Small Reader Against Time ) and stories ( The Night of Ten ). The books were published by the Upper Austrian regional publisher (later Artina Verlag) and Calatra Press. To date not all works have been published, including a trilogy of novels.

Visual arts

Otto Haubner was self-taught in drawing and painting. A large number of works in oil, acrylic, watercolor, and ink are in public and private ownership. Various books were illustrated by Haubner. Exhibitions were held in Austria (including Vienna, Linz, Schärding iI, Baden near Vienna, Krems Innsbruck Salzburg), Germany (Bad Lahnstein) and Namibia ( Windhoek ). The friendship with well-known artists such as Johanna Dorn or Giovanni Longo expanded his artistic work and his fame in German-speaking countries. Photography also took up a large part of artistic creation.

Published works

  • Silence, only word. Calatra-Press Willem, Enzig-Lahnstein 1976, ISBN 3-88138-021-3 .
  • Little reading book against time. Calatra-Press Willem, Enzig-Lahnstein 1979, ISBN 3-88138-048-5 .
  • Falling hours (with a woodcut by Herbert Fladerer and 5 drawings by the author). OÖ Landesverlag, Ried im Innkreis 1974.
  • Catwalk of the animals. Artina Verlag, ISBN 3-900473-16-1 .
  • Late hour. Artina Verlag ISBN 3-900473-14-3 .
  • With the ivy. Artina Verlag, ISBN 3-900473-05-6 .
  • The night of ten. OÖ Landesverlag, Ried im Innkreis, ISBN 3-85214-290-3 .
  • Linz elegies. Ed .: Kulturamt Linz, Druck- u. Gutenberg Publishing House, 1982.
  • Life on the Wall. OÖ Landesverlag, Ried im Innkreis 1977.
  • Beats. Artina Verlag, ISBN 3-900473-21-8 .
  • The dark houses. Artina Verlag, ISBN 3-900473-00-5 .

The Upper Austrian regional publisher later became Artina Verlag. The books without an ISBN were handed out without them.

literature

  • Peter Kraft : Otto Haubner in memory. In: Culture Upper Austria. Report. Monthly of Upper Austria. State cultural departments. Volume 53, 1999, F. 12.
  • Hans G. Hamberger: Otto Haubner in memory (1925–1999). In: Yearbook of the Innviertel Artists Guild 1999/2000. Ried 2000, pp. 96-97.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Kraft , in: Web presence of Regiowiki.at
personal data
SURNAME Haubner, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haubner, Otto Franz Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian teacher, school director, poet, writer, painter and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1999
Place of death Ried im Innkreis