Paul Angerer

Paul Angerer (born May 16, 1927 in Vienna ; † July 26, 2017 ) was an Austrian conductor , violist , composer and radio host .

Life

From the age of 6, Paul Angerer received instrumental lessons in violin and piano. He attended the humanistic high school and then the conservatory.

On January 15, 1945, Angerer was drafted into the Reich Labor Service and, at the age of 17, on March 10, transferred to the Jägerbataillon 28 (Jg.Eu.A.Blg.28) in Šternberk (then Sternberg) and soon after was taken into Soviet captivity. In the Soviet-Czech prisoner-of-war camp in the former barracks of Auschwitz concentration camp , he wrote his first music-theoretical work on the mysterious connections in music, in art in general (Auschwitz music history) between June and August 1945 , which he wrote down on empty paper bags . In the same month of August he was released from captivity and made his way to Vienna.

Angerer studied piano, organ, violin and viola at the Vienna University of Music . After winning a medal at the Geneva Music Competition in 1948 , he took up a position at the Orchester de la Suisse Romande . From 1953 to 1956 he was principal violist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra . After winning the first prize for an organ composition at the international music competition in Haarlem , Netherlands , he was chief conductor of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Vienna Burgtheater until 1962 . Angerer's compositional style was influenced by Paul Hindemith .

Between 1964 and 1982 Angerer was chief conductor or director of the opera houses in Bonn and Ulm, and from 1968 to 1972 opera director of the Salzburg State Theater . From 1971 to 1981 he directed the Southwest German Chamber Orchestra and from 1982 the Concilium Musicum in Vienna. With these orchestras he made a number of highly valued recordings. In 1982 he became a professor at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts , where he stayed until his retirement in 1992.

Paul Angerer moderated for 17 years on ORF radio, since November 2001 he has been creating his own program on Radio Ö 1 , Capriccio , on Radio Stephansdom (since 2015: radio klassik Stephansdom). He lived in Vienna and in his Freihof in Unterstalb near Retz, Lower Austria . He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .

His son Christoph Angerer (* 1966) is a violinist, violist and viola d'amore player . Paul Angerer could be heard in many concerts with him. Numerous CD recordings attest to the fruitful collaboration.

Awards

• 1953: State Prize for Music
• 1954: 1st prize at the International Organ Competition in Haarlem
• 1959: 1st prize at the Salzburg Opera Competition
• 1977: Professor (professional title)
• 1983: Culture Prize of the City of Vienna
• 1987: Musical appreciation award from the Province of Lower Austria
• 1994: Prize of the Province of Lower Austria for Mozart Research
• 1998: Johann-Nestroy-Ring of the City of Vienna
• 2001: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class

Works (selection)

Compositions

• Musica pro organo. Plant 18 (1946)
• Concert quartet, 1951. Oboe, horn, viola, cello (1951)
• Semper legato. Pentagonum for piano (1953)
• Agamemnon must die (dramatic cantata, 1954)
• "Oh, you fine rider". Game music for four voices (1954)
• Passport control (television opera, 1958)
• Missa Seitenstettensis (1987)

as well as concerts and chamber music works.

Books

• The stage music as a space-creating element in mask and Kothurn. Bühnentechnische Rundschau, Klasing & Company, 1966.
• Mozart on the move . Volumes I-III, Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, 2004, 2005, 2006; ISBN 978-3-85252-566-2 , ISBN 978-3-85252-632-4 , ISBN 978-3-85252-702-4 .
• Avoid all annoyance ...: Leopold Mozart's letters to his daughter Nannerl. Provincial Library Publishing House, 2007; ISBN 978-3-85252-813-7 .
• My musical life - a capriccio . Wiener Dom-Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-85351-222-7 .

Sound documents (selection)

• Günter Brosche (Red.), -: Musical documentation Paul Angerer. Tuesday, November 15, 1988. Concert - Exhibition, Hoboken Hall of the Music Collection of the Austrian National Library , Vienna (until March 1989) . Austrian National Library, Vienna 1988.
• -, 107.3 Radio Stephansdom: Paul Angerer reads “Stories from my musical life” . 1 CD. Wiener Dom-Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85351-226-5 .

Web links

• Entry on Paul Angerer in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Paul Angerer on the website of mica-music austria (with catalog of works)
• Musician Paul Angerer has died . ORF News , July 26, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Report of death stating the day of the week (Wednesday)
2. ↑ Paul Angerer. ORF News, July 26, 2017
3. ↑ Paul Angerer: My musical life - a capriccio . S, 24-29; Facsimile (excerpt) on the penultimate and last cover page.
4. ^ Paul Angerer resigned . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 8, 1962, p. 4 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
5. ↑ ^{a b} CIC Prize for Hunting in Art (2011) (…) Professor Paul Angerer (…) . In: cic-wildlife.org , accessed September 28, 2012.
6. ↑ orchestral biography . The Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim . ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Andreas Herrmann (Red.), Anne-Katrin Mücke (Red.): Swdko-pforzheim.de , accessed on September 28, 2012. 
7. ↑ Paul Angerer ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: concilium.at , accessed on September 28, 2012. 
8. ^ Grave site Paul Angerer , Vienna, Zentralfriedhof, Group 69, Group Extension B, Row 22, No. 7.
9. ↑ ORF website accessed August 22, 2017
10. ↑ Christoph Angerer on the website of the International Viola d'amore Society (English).
11. ↑ outstanding artist award - music. ( Memento of January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved October 28, 2012
12. ↑ Radio program of the week (...) Monday, June 8th (...) TV program (...) “Passport Control”. Opera by Angerer . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 7, 1959, p. 20 , column 2, above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).