Richard Rosenberg

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Richard Rosenberg (born March 5, 1894 in Frankfurt am Main ; † October 12, 1987 in Stans ) was a German composer, music theorist, music journalist, conductor, pianist and lawyer of Jewish descent.

education

Rosenberg studied music (piano, violin and composition with Bernhard Sekles ) at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt while still at high school . At the request of his father, however, he initially completed training in law at the universities of Munich and Marburg. In 1914 he enlisted in the military as a war volunteer. After various hospital stays, he returned four years later to the legal department of the University of Frankfurt. While he was Dr. jur. with a thesis “On the altruistic motive in criminal law”, he went public with his first compositions. Now he was allowed to follow his inner calling and study composition with Waldemar von Baußnern at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt.

Musical creation

First engagements as a conductor and répétiteur in Mainz (1922) and Oberhausen (1924) also offered the opportunity to perform his own orchestral works (including drama music, pantomimes). The highpoints of his composing career were the world premieres of his two operas, Der Geiger von Gmünd in Dortmund in 1926 and Liebesspiel in Aachen in 1929 . He then compensated for his first artistic crises with journalistic activities at the Frankfurter Zeitung .

In March 1938, after the Hitler regime had withdrawn his work permit, Rosenberg fled via Italy (Cannobio) to Switzerland to Hergiswil (NW) . His wife Paula, née Lind, with whom he had been married since 1925, had to live in Frankfurt a. M. and was deported to Minsk on November 11, 1941, where he was murdered.

Rosenberg lived in Switzerland for 50 long years in the greatest seclusion and dedicated himself primarily to the composition of choir, chamber and brass music. The Luzerner Tagblatt now benefited from his many years of experience as a music reviewer for the Frankfurter Zeitung . In addition, he published music theory treatises on the piano sonatas by Beethoven (1957) and Mozart (1972).

Works

Rosenberg's oeuvre with around 70 compositions ranges from opera to choral, orchestral and chamber music to brass music. His works, kept in the style of romantic classicism , captivate with their rich polyphonic writing, melodically soft tone paintings and fresh scherzo-like ideas.

estate

The Richard Rosenberg Foundation , based in Stans, is dedicated to promoting Rosenberg's music and Lucerne's musical culture in general. She heads the CD project Music in Lucerne , a sounding music history of the canton of Lucerne (VDE-GALLO, Denezey).

Prints

  • Music for strings (RRW 10), Amadeus Verlag Winterthur, BP 1098
  • Concerto for violoncello and orchestra (RRW 46), self-published, Eidgenössische Notenbibliothek Bern, No. 83/329

Discography

  • Two numbers from the opera Liebesspiel (RRW 32, second version 1940/1), Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, 1984, SWR No. 27213).
  • Prelude to the opera Der Geiger von Gmünd (RRW 25, second version 1936), Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen (1978, SWR No. 01-25640).
  • Concerto for violoncello and orchestra (RRW 46, 1942), Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen (1982, SWR No. 01 28838).
  • Music for strings (RRW 10th second version 1968), Festival Strings Lucerne, in: Music in Lucerne, music for string orchestra (VDE-Gallo CD-727).
  • Seven pre-March waltzes for piano solo (RRW 57, 1948), Patrizio Mazzola (Kl) (Magnon Recording Stans PN2717).
  • Seven pre-March waltzes for two pianos (RRW 57, 1948), Yvonne Lang and Eckehard Schubert (2Kle). In: Musik in Luzern, music for two pianos (VDE-Gallo CD-1010/1).

Publications (selection)

  • The altruistic motive in criminal law. In: Journal for the entire criminal law science (ZStW). Vol. 42. Berlin 1921.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonatas. Studies on form and presentation (2 volumes), Urs Graf Verlag, Olten / Lausanne 1957.
  • Mozart's piano sonatas, shape and style analysis. Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag, Hofheim am Taunus 1972.

documentation

  • Richard Rosenberg (1894-1987). His life - his work. His Life - His work. Incl. Demo CD; with contributions by Ernst Lichtenhahn, Katrin Dubach, Fritz Schaub , Urs Peter Zelger and Ernst Minder, TRE / Media-Verlag, Karlsruhe 2009, ISBN 978-3-937087-02-3 .
  • Portraits and reviews in various encyclopedias (e.g. Schweizer Lexikon 91, Verlag Mengis & Ziehr) and specialist journals (e.g. Zeitschrift für Musik , Volume 113, Issue 6, or Die Tonkunst , Leipzig 2011).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Initiative Stolpersteine ​​Frankfurt am Main (ed.): Stolpersteine ​​in Frankfurt am Main, Volume 1: Ten tours, 2nd edition, Frankfurt a. M .: Brandes & Apsel 2017, p. 33.
personal data
SURNAME Rosenberg, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, music theorist, music journalist, conductor, pianist and lawyer, of Jewish descent
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1987
Place of death Stans