Raimund Zoder

Raimund Zoder's grave

Raimund Zoder (born August 20, 1882 in Vienna ; † March 26, 1963 there ) was an Austrian folklore researcher and educator.

Life

Raimund Zoder was active in the school service from 1901 to 1931. In addition, he dealt with collecting and maintaining folk song , folk dance and folk music . In 1902 he published his first work in the magazine Das neue Volkslied , which he later directed himself. Zoder founded the Lower Austrian Folk Song Archive , in which he collected numerous previously unrecorded pieces. In addition to text, melody and historical-critical sorting, he also dealt with the written fixation of their choreography . In addition, he was practically active as a popular educator and from 1920 gave lectures and courses in Vienna and the federal states. In 1934 he received the professional title of professor . In 1945 he was appointed teacher in the school music department of the State Academy of Music and Performing Arts .

Zoder was buried at the Döblinger Friedhof (Gr. 3, R. 4. No. 10) in Vienna.

Fonts (selection)

• The Warsaw man . In: Folklore gifts. John Meier offered on his seventieth birthday , Berlin: de Gruyter 1934, pp. 300–306.
• German folklore in folk drama and folk dance , Berlin: de Gruyter 1938.
• Folk song, folk dance and folk custom in Austria , Vienna: Doblinger 1950.

literature

• Gerlinde Haid : Zoder, Raimund. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .

Web links

• Works by and about Raimund Zoder in the catalog of the German National Library
• Raimund Zoder in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Raimund Zoder's 75th birthday , Vienna City Hall Correspondence August 1957.