Robert Schaab

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Robert Schaab (born February 28, 1817 in Rötha near Leipzig, † March 18, 1887 in Leipzig ) was a German organist and musicologist .

life and work

After his first job in 1834 at the Borna city ​​school , he became a teacher in Lindenau in 1835 , from 1843 to 1853 at the school in Anger and then a public school teacher in Leipzig. There he worked as an organist at the Johanniskirche from 1878 until his death .

Schaab was a student of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and EF Becker and stood out primarily through numerous transcriptions of orchestral works for piano and organ . Its aesthetic was conservative and was mostly based on the original. When Schaab transcribed the symphonic poem “Orpheus” by Franz Liszt (1854) for organ in 1860, the composer did not like it. Liszt and Alexander Wilhelm Gottschalg then revised the arrangement, added middle parts and changed the ending, resulting in a new version.

Works (selection)

Own works

  • Robert Schaab's two tables of German, English, French and Italian music history for school and self-teaching. Violet, Leipzig 1878.
  • 20 easy to perform chorale preludes op.11 Forberb, Leipzig 1880
  • 60 easily executable chorale preludes to the most famous church melodies for use in public services for organ op. 118 (volume 1), 119 (volume 2) and 121 (volume 3). Forberb, Leipzig around 1910.
  • Small organ pieces of various contents for preparation institutions, seminars, conservatories and prospective organists. Kahnt, Leipzig 1880.
  • Greetings to Alsace and Lorraine op. 92. Sound piece for pianoforte by Rob. Schaab. Kahnt, Leipzig approx. 1870.

Edits

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Spring Awakening. Romance for orchestra . Transferred for pianoforte by Robert Schaab. Siegel, Leipzig approx. 1890.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Three pieces from the Magnificat for the organ transferred by Robert Schaab. Forberg, Leipzig 1865.
  • Two movements from Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem for the organ for a concert performance, edited by Robert Schaab. Rieter-Biedermann, Leipzig 1884.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Abduction for piano four hands. Arranged by Robert Schaab. Tonger, Cologne approx. 1900.
  • Robert Schumann: piano works. Arr. by R. Schaab. Spina, Vienna 1871.
  • Andante from Robert Volkmann's D minor Symphony op.44 for violin and pianoforte or harmonium arranged by Robert Schaab . Hedge branch, Pest ca.1870.
  • Carl Maria von Weber: Freischütz. Arranged for piano 4 hands by Robert Schaab. Tonger, Cologne approx. 1900.
  • Carl Maria von Weber: Preciosa. Arranged for piano 4 hands by Robert Schaab. Tonger, Cologne approx. 1900.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography in: Adelbert Kühn (Hrsg.): Album for the organ. Kühn, Weimar 1867, p. VIII.
  2. ^ Waldo Selden Pratt (ed.): The History of Music. Schirmer, New York 1907, p. 525, viewed Jan. 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ walcker-stiftung.de: Original and adaptation in der Orgelmusik , p. 19 (PDF file; 509 kB), viewed January 3, 2012.
  4. ^ Thomas-Martin Langner: Organ music . In: Music in the past and present . Vol. 10. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1962, p. 371f.
personal data
SURNAME Schaab, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roberti, SH (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist, composer and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Rötha
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1887
Place of death Leipzig