Richard Batka

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Richard Batka (born December 14, 1868 in Prague , † April 24, 1922 in Vienna ) was an Austrian musicologist , critic and librettist .

Life

Richard Batka studied German at the University of Vienna with August Sauer and music history with Guido Adler and was awarded a doctorate in 1893. phil. PhD. From 1896 to 1898 he published the Neue Musikische Rundschau in Prague with Hermann Teibler , and from 1897 he worked as an editor for the magazines Neue Revue and Der Kunstwart as well as for the Prager Tagblatt . In 1903 he founded the Austrian section of the Dürerbund Prague, which he also headed. In 1906/07 he taught at the Prague Conservatory . He moved to Vienna, where from 1908 to 1919 he was music advisor for the Vienna Foreign Journal . Together with Richard Specht he was also the editor of the magazine Der Merker, founded in 1909 . From 1909 to 1914 Batka taught music history at the Vienna Music Academy . He wrote music historical and music aesthetic works as well as libretti and translated musical and literary texts from Czech, Polish, Italian and French into German.

In 1960 the Batkagasse in Vienna- Währing (18th district) was named after him.

Works

Fonts

  • Schumann. Reclam. Leipzig 1891, Series of Musicians' Biographies, Volume 13.
  • JS Bach. Reclam, Leipzig 1892, Series of Musicians Biographies, Volume 15.
  • Musical forays. Diedrichs, Florence 1899.
  • Wreath. Collected sheets of music. Lauterbach & Kuhn, Leipzig 1903.
  • Monuments of German Music in Bohemia. Prague 1905.
  • History of music in Bohemia. Volume 1: Bohemia under German influence. 900-1333. Dürer Verlag, Prague 1906.
  • The music in Bohemia. Bard, Marquardt & Co., Berlin around 1906, series: Die Musik, Volume 18.
  • From the opera world. Prague reviews and sketches. Callwey, Munich 1907.
  • Richard Strauss. Virgil Verlag, Charlottenburg 1908.
  • General history of music. Three volumes. Grüninger, Stuttgart 1909, 1912 and 1915 (3rd volume with Wilibald Nagel ).
  • Richard Wagner. Schlesische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1912, Series Famous Musicians, Volume 20.
  • Richard Batka and Aloys Obrist : piano playing apparatus. Munich, Callwey; Leipzig, Schlueter & Co .: 1914 (4th edition). (Flyer on the culture of expression, Dürer-Bund; 8)

Libretti

  • The torn one . Comical opera in three acts based on the play of the same name by Johann Nestroy , music by Bretislav Emil Lvovsky, around 1900.
  • The Polish Jew . Volksoper in two acts after Erckmann-Chatrian by Victor Léon and Richard Batka, music by Karl Weis, 1901.
  • That was me! . Village idyll in one act by Johann Hutt. Music by Leo Blech , 1902.
  • Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind , based on the work of the same name by Ferdinand Raimund , music by Leo Blech, 1903.
    The Berlin version of Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind was published under the title Rappelkopf , 1917.
  • Cinderella . A fairy tale in three acts, music by Leo Blech, 1905.
  • Stick in the iron . Opera in three acts by Richard Batka and Julius Sikkind-Schwarz, music by Leopold C. Welleba.
  • Ornamental dolls (Les precieuses ridicules). Musical comedy in one act based on Moliere by Richard Batka, music by Anselm Götzl, around 1906.
  • Sealed . Comic opera in one act based on Raupach by Richard Batka and Pordes-Milo , music by Leo Blech, 1908.

  • "Sealed",
    text book, title

  • inside

  • Pages 2-3

  • Pages 4-5

  • Page 58

  • last back cover

  • Rumpelstiltskin . Fairy tale opera in three acts, music by Richard Stöhr , 1911.
  • The cow's own . A musical play in three acts. Poetry based on the novella “Die kleine Blanchefleure” by Rudolf Hans Bartsch, music by Wilhelm Kienzl , premiered November 23, 1911 Vienna, Volksoper.
  • The little witch . Comical opera in three acts based on a novella by Fritz Wittels , music by Julius Wachsmann , 1912.
  • Rural love oracle . Opera in one act, music by Theodor Veidl , premiered in Teplitz-Schönau in 1913.
  • Mary of Magdala . Opera in three acts, music by Hans Lio, 1917.
  • Olivera's bull . after Heinrich Lilienfein, music by Eugen d'Albert , premiered in Leipzig in 1918.
  • Eroica . Musical drama in three acts (4 images), music by Marco Frank, 1918.
  • Ilse . Fantastic opera in three acts, music by Richard Stöhr, 1919.
  • The farmer's wife . Opera in one act based on the drama of the same name from Clara Viebig's one-act cycle “Kampf um den Mann” arranged by Richard Batka, music by Robert Hernried, 1923.

Translations

  • Peasant Law (Psohlavci). Opera in three acts (6 pictures) by Karl Šípek based on the novel by Alois Jirásek, music by Karel Kovařovic , premiered in Prague in 1898 (translation 1900).
  • The ancestor (L'Ancêtre). Opera in three acts by Lucien Augé de Lassus, music by Camille Saint-Saëns , 1908.
  • The Teufelskäthe (Čert a Káča). Opera in three acts based on a Bohemian folk tale by Adolf Wenig, music by Antonín Dvořák , premiered in 1899 (translation around 1908).
  • Lepa Vida (The beautiful Vida) . Opera in four acts by Josip Jurčič, music by Risto Savin , 1907, world premiere in 1909 Laibach.
  • Rhea . Opera in three acts by Paul Milliet , music by Spiro Samara , 1911, premiered in Florence in 1908.
  • The rose queen (La rosiera). Tragic idyll in three acts by Carlo Zangarini, music by Vittorio Gnecchi, 1912 (translation by Richard Batka and Hans Schilling-Ziemssen).
  • Lodoletta . Lyrical drama in three acts by Gioacchino Forzano, music by Pietro Mascagni , 1917.
  • The lover as a doctor . (L'amore medico). Musical comedy in two acts based on Molière by Enrico Golisciani, music by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, (translation around 1913).
  • The secret . (Tajemství). Comical opera in three acts by Elišky Krásnohorské, music by Bedřich Smetana , premiered September 18, 1878 Prague.
  • Jessica . Comical opera in three acts based on the Merchant of Venice from Shakespeare's by Jaroslav Vrchlický, music by Josef Bohuslav Foerster , 1905.
  • Psyche. Opera in three acts (6 images) by André Arnyvelde, music by Maurice Levy, 1910. [Text book] German translation by Dr. Richard Batka

Edits

  • Lully . Comic opera in four acts by Josef Weyl . Adapted for the stage by Richard Batka, music by Karl Hofmann, 1910.
  • The sky blue time . Singspiel in three acts by Paul Wertheimer , arranged by Richard Batka, music by Oscar Straus , 1914.

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personal data
SURNAME Batka, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian musicologist, music critic and librettist
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1922
Place of death Vienna