Robert Hirschfeld

Robert Hirschfeld (born September 17, 1857 in Großmeseritsch , Moravia ; † April 2, 1914 in Salzburg ; pseudonym: LA Terne ) was an Austrian music teacher and music critic.

Life

Robert Hirschfeld, son of a rabbi , studied law at the University of Vienna and musicology with Eduard Hanslick and received his doctorate in philosophy in 1883 with the work of Johan de Muris and his works . As early as 1882 he became a teacher of musical aesthetics at the Vienna Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music . From 1890, Hirschfeld was a music critic for the Abendpost and theater advisor for the Neue Wiener Tagblatt and also wrote for the Wiener Zeitung , the Wiener Sonn- und Mondayzeitung , the Die Neue Freie Presse and the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung , and as a correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . Since 1893 he has edited the program books for the concerts of the Vienna Philharmonic . He was a fan of the music of Richard Wagner , Anton Bruckner , Johannes Brahms and Hugo Wolf . Since 1913 as director of the music school at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, he reformed their curricula and directed the preparatory work for the music festival in Salzburg.

Publications

• The critical process of Eduard Hanslick, 1885
• Opera arrangements by Joseph Haydn , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert
• Articles in professional journals

recognition

In 1930 the Hirschfeldweg in Vienna - Hietzing was named after him. Since Hirschfeld was of Jewish faith, after Austria's annexation to the German Reich from 1933 to 1945, the name was changed to Ambergerweg , which was reversed in 1947.

family

Robert Hirschfeld was married to the opera singer Emma (Emmy) Karlona (* December 12, 1868 in Berlin; †?).

meaning

Robert Hirschfeld founded the folk concerts with a classical program in the Volksbildungsverein , which he directed himself for eight years. In addition, in 1884 he initiated the Renaissance evenings to maintain a cappella singing and youth concerts. In 1900 he was one of the founders of the Wiener Concert-Verein . As a popular educator, he helped to bring classical music to broad sections of the population.

Hirschfeld was u. a. Member of the art commission of the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Culture and Education in Vienna , the Academy for Music and Performing Arts and, since 1898, of the Monuments of Music.

Awards

• Honorary member of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome

literature

• Heribert Sturm : Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries. Published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) , Vol. I, R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich Vienna, ISBN 3-486-49491-0 , p. 635
• Hirschfeld Robert. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 333. with literature
• Robert Hirschfeld in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
• Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon (A-Rostok) (1953–1938)
• Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century . Volume 1: A-I. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 554.
• Uwe Harten: Hirschfeld, Robert (pseud. LA Terne). In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Robert Hirschfeld in the catalog of the German National Library