Richard von Perger
Richard von Perger (born January 10, 1854 in Vienna ; † January 11, 1911 there ) was an Austrian composer, conductor and music teacher .
Life
After attending secondary school, the son of the painter and writer Anton von Perger took cello lessons from Franz Schmidtler and private composition lessons from Carl Zellner . As a scholarship holder, he was able to study with Johannes Brahms from 1880–82 . From 1890 to 1895 he headed the Rotterdam Conservatory and was also the conductor of the Maatschappij tot Bevordering van Toonkunst section there . In 1895 he returned to Vienna and became concert director of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde , whose conservatory he headed from 1899 to 1907. In addition, between 1899 and 1901, alongside Eduard Kremser, he was the conductor of the Vienna Men's Choir . In 1904 he was honored as an officer of the Paris Académie des Beaux-Arts .
In addition to chamber music works, von Perger composed serenades, polyphonic chants and several stage works ( The Judge of Granada , 1889, opera; Die 14 Nothelfer , 1891, Singspiel; Das steel castle , 1903, musical fairy tale in 4 pictures). With Robert Hirschfeld he wrote a history of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde , which appeared in 1912.
His brother was the chemist Hugo von Perger .
Works
- Memorandum to celebrate 50 years of uninterrupted existence of the Philharmonic Concerts in Vienna, 1860-1910. With a statistical appendix , Vienna: C. Fromme 1910 ( digitized version )
- History of the Imperial and Royal Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, 1st section, 1812–1870 , Vienna 1912
literature
- Christa Harten: Richard von Perger. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 418.
- Guido Adler: Handbuch der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2 , Diplomica Verlag, 2013, ISBN 9783863475345 , p. 885
Web links
- Richard von Perger at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Sheet music and audio files by Richard von Perger in the International Music Score Library Project
- Altenberg Trio: Alexander Zemlinsky, Trio in D minor op.3
- Schenker Documents Online - Richard von Perger
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Perger, Richard von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer, conductor and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1911 |
| Place of death | Vienna |