Otto Zweig

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Otto Zweig (born January 11, 1874 in Prossnitz , then Margraviate Moravia , Austria-Hungary ; † October 1942, Treblinka ) was a composer, pianist, malt manufacturer and Chamber of Commerce councilor.

Life

Stumbling block for Otto Zweig

Otto Zweig's parents were Sigmund Menachem Zweig (1845–1910), a barch manufacturer in Prossnitz, and Karoline Zweig (1853–1874), born as Karoline Doctor. She died a few days after Otto was born on January 28, 1874 at the age of 20. His father then married Karoline's sister Josefine Doctor. In 1877 Otto's younger brother, who later became a lawyer and activist in the Zionist movement Egon Zweig (1877-1949), was born. It was followed by the younger brother Felix (1879–1939) and her sister, Hildegard Rooz (* 1886), widowed at an early age. Like Egon, she emigrated to Israel. Otto Zweig attended the Commercial Academy in Linz and graduated from the institute in 1891. He studied piano in Vienna with Eusebius Mandyczewski and Anton Door . From 1894 he appeared as a pianist and composer in Olomouc. In August 1895 he was a guest at the Hotel Post in Ischl . At the inauguration of the newly built Israeli temple in Olomouc in April 1897, he led the choir. On April 1, 1898, Otto Zweig joined the Marcus Zweigs Söhne company as a public partner with the right to represent and sign the company independently. The company operated malt production and trading in malt . In July 1898 he got engaged to Anna Bries, the daughter of the Olomouc entrepreneur Ignaz Bries. They were married on December 18, 1898 in the Israeli temple in Olomouc. Their son Rudolf Zweig was born on March 22, 1900 in Olomouc. During the First World War, Otto Zweig was released from military service as company manager. Otto Zweig was involved as a councilor in the Olomouc Chamber of Commerce and Industry and on the supraregional board of the Association of Austrian Malt Manufacturers. In 1918 he was director of Schlaraffia Olomocia. After the First World War, Otto Zweig lived for many years as a malt manufacturer in Olomouc and was also involved in the Czech-Slovak commission of malt manufacturers. In 1931 he had a villa in Olomouc, now called Villa Otto Zweig, built by the Viennese architect Franz Kuhn (1874–1942). His brother Felix, who ran the Marcus Zweig Söhne company with Otto, committed suicide in Olomouc prison after his imprisonment in 1939. On May 15, 1942, the villa was confiscated by the Hitler Youth. Otto Zweig and his wife Anna were deported on July 8, 1942 and interned in the Theresienstadt concentration camp . On October 15, 1942, he was transported to Treblinka, where he was murdered a few days later. His wife Anna Zweig and their son Rudolf and his family met the same fate in October 1942.

In 2015 a stumbling block was placed in Olomouc to commemorate Otto Zweig.

Works (selection)

Works with opus number

  • Cappriccio in E minor for pianoforte op. 1; published by Ms. Kistner in Leipzig OCLC 472533039
  • A cycle of waltzes for pianoforte , op. 2; published by Mrs. Kistner in Leipzig OCLC 472532997
  • Sketches : Ten Piano Pieces, op. 3; published by Ms. Kistner in Leipzig OCLC 873345308
  • 7 songs op.4
  • 9 songs of a traveling journeyman, op. 5 for a voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte; Text: Rudolf Baumbach ; Published in 1902 by Mrs. Kistner in Leipzig
    • No. 1 I'm a traveling companion
    • No. 2 Now I whistle a second piece
    • No. 3 autumn
    • # 4 After seven years
    • No. 5 guardian call
    • No. 6 The cricket
    • No. 7 Each according to his own kind Incipit: grapes will never ripen sweetly and heavily on hazel bushes
    • No. 8 May
    • No. 9 Staying young
  • Suite op. 6 for pianoforte; Dr. Dedicated to Eusebius Mandyczewski; 1903 published by Mrs. Kistner in Leipzig OCLC 1126168436
    • No. 1 Prelude. Allegro agitato
    • No. 2 Toccata. Vivace
    • No. 3 Scherzo. Allegro energico
    • No. 4 Tema con variazioni. Var. I to var. XII
    • No. 5 Intermezzo. Allegretto grazioso.
    • No. 6 Rondo.Allegro brioso
  • German Dances and Waltzes for piano , op. 8; published by Ms. Kistner in Leipzig OCLC 472533009 2019 reprint at the music production Juergen Hoeflich in Munich
    • No. 1 Tempo giusto
    • No. 2 Grazioso
    • No. 3 Vivace
    • No. 4 Cantabile
    • No. 5 Amabile
    • No. 6 L'istesso tempo
    • No. 7
    • No. 8 Vivace
    • No. 9 Un poco Andante
    • No. 10 Giocoso
    • No. 11 Commodo
    • No. 12 Vivace con brio

Other works

  • On the beach, text: Karl Stieler . The work was performed by Hans Mohwinkel and the pianist Carl Eder on February 11, 1894 as part of a concert for the benefit of the municipal music band's pesnion fund in the royal Redoutensaal in Olomouc .
  • Slavic dance for piano; Otto Zweig played the work at an academy for the benefit of the widows and orphans fund of the Association of Traveling Merchants of Austria-Hungary on March 17, 1894 in the rooms of the Olomouc German Casino Society.
  • Valse impromptu. The work was performed on February 8, 1895 at an extraordinary concert of the German Music and Choral Society in Prossnitz by the pianist Ignaz Brüll .
  • Morning song and contemplation; for mixed choir. Both works were performed in November 1897 at the concert of the men's choir in Olomouc.
  • Serenade for string quintet. The work was premiered at a concert of the Olomouc Musicians' Union on January 5, 1902 in the municipal Redoutensaal in Olomouc. I Andante quasi allegretto II Allegretto giocoso III Andante molto IV Finale vivace
  • Cantata for solos, mixed choir and orchestra based on biblical texts. The work was premiered at the 111th concert of the Olomouc men's choir on March 13, 1904.
  • Waltzes and Moravian Dances for piano four hands (2 booklets)
  • Suite for clarinet and piano
  • String trio
  • String quartet

literature

  • Rudolf Maria Breithaupt: Otto Zweig In: The natural piano technique . CF Kahnt, Leipzig 1912, ISBN 978-5-88391-541-2 , p. 43 (google.de [accessed on December 4, 2019]).

Web links

Digital copies

  1. ↑ Songs of a traveling journeyman op.5 No. 7 Each according to its kind as a digitized version at the International Music Score Library Project
  2. ↑ Suite op. 6 as a digitized version at the IMSLP

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c COLLECTION EGON MICHAEL ZWEIG AND FAMILY –P149 . In: The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem (CAHJP) . ( ushmm.org [PDF]).
  2. ↑ After thirty years . In: Linzer Tages-Post . Linz August 25, 1921, p. 4 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  3. ↑ a b c d e Rudolf Maria Breithaupt: Otto Zweig . In: The natural piano technique . CF Kahnt, Leipzig 1912, ISBN 978-5-88391-541-2 , p. 43 ( google.de [accessed December 4, 2019]).
  4. ↑ a b Concert . In: Moravian daily newspaper . Olomouc February 8, 1894, p. 7 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  5. ↑ a b Academie . In: Moravian daily newspaper . Olomouc March 13, 1894, p. 6 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  6. ↑ Ischl list of foreigners . In: Ischl bathing list . Ischl August 10, 1895, p. 3 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  7. ↑ Inauguration of a temple . In: Neues Wiener Tagblatt . Vienna April 16, 1897, p. 21 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  8. ↑ Temple consecration in Olomouc . In: The modern age . Vienna April 23, 1897, p. 175 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  9. ^ Company logs . In: Official Journal of the Wiener Zeitung . Vienna May 7, 1898, p. 1 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  10. ↑ Engagement . In: Moravian daily newspaper . Olomouc July 7, 1898, p. 3 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  11. ↑ Communications from the audience . In: New Free Press . Vienna July 13, 1898, p. 4 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  12. ↑ wedding ceremony . In: Moravian daily newspaper . Olomouc December 5, 1898, p. 4 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  13. ↑ Various communications . In: Gambrinus, Brewery and Hop Newspaper . Vienna January 1, 1899, p. 9 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  14. ^ Petra Ernst, Eleonore Lappin-Eppel: Jewish journalism and literature under the sign of the First World War . Studien Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-7065-5835-8 ( google.de [accessed December 4, 2019]).
  15. ↑ The Austrian malt industry present and future . In: The Bohemian Brewer . Prague / Vienna July 10, 1917, p. 7 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  16. ↑ telegrams . In: Oesterreichische Morgenzeitung and Handelsblatt . Vienna August 9, 1917, p. 5 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  17. ^ Association of Austrian malt manufacturers . In: Gambrinus, Brewery and Hop Newspaper . Vienna July 15, 1917, p. 221 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  18. ↑ funerals . In: Moravian daily newspaper . Olomouc June 5, 1918, p. 5 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  19. ↑ Czecho-Slovak Malzkommission in Brno . In: Gambrinus, Brewery and Hop Newspaper . Vienna July 15, 1920, p. 11 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  20. ↑ Otto Zweig | Victim database | Holocaust. In: https://www.holocaust.cz . Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Židovská obec Olomouc, Otto Zweig. Retrieved December 4, 2019 (cs-CZ).
  22. ↑ Musical . In: Moravian daily newspaper . Olomouc February 7, 1894, p. 6 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  23. ↑ Correspondence . In: Moravian daily newspaper . Olomouc February 4, 1895, p. 3 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  24. ^ Concert of the men's choir . In: Moravian daily newspaper . Olomouc November 22, 1897, p. 3 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  25. ^ Concert of the Musikerbund . In: Moravian daily newspaper . Olomouc December 14, 1901, p. 6 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  26. ^ I Symphony Concert . In: Moravian daily newspaper . Olomouc December 31, 1901, p. 8 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
  27. ↑ 111th concert of the Olomouc men's choir . In: Deutsches Nordmährerblatt . Olomouc March 19, 1904, p. 5 ( onb.ac.at [PDF]).
personal data
SURNAME Zweig, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Prossnitz , Margraviate Moravia , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH October 1942
Place of death Treblinka