Roderich Mojsisovics from Mojsvár

Roderich Mojsisovics from Mojsvár (ca.1932)

Roderich Edmund Ladislaus Anton Julius Mojsisovics von Mojsvár (born May 10, 1877 in Graz , † March 30, 1953 in Bruck an der Mur ) was an Austrian conductor , composer , music and stage writer.

Life

Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvár was director of the Styrian Music Association from 1912 to 1931 (from 1920 conservatory ). From 1932 to 1935 and from 1944 he was a lecturer at the University of Graz, in between (1935 to 1944) in Munich and Mannheim .

Otto Siegl , Ernst Ludwig Uray , Grete von Zieritz , Alois Pachernegg and Alfons Vodosek were among his students .

Mojsisovics was married to Helene Milde (1909). His father was August Mojsisovics (Felix Georg Hermann August Mojsisovics, 1848-1897), his mother was Lily Schröer. His brother Edgar Mojsisovics (1881-1935) was a Romanist.

Works

(Selection)

• op. 1 Five songs and chants
  • op. 1, 1 cherry tree branches with heavy blossoms
  • op. 1, 2 walk
  • op. 1, 4 rendezvous
• op. 2 Three women's choirs
  • op. 2,1 night chatter
  • Op. 2,2 Secret violence
• op. 3 Two sketches for female choir and string orchestra 1905
  • op. 3,1 The fear of the blessed
  • op. 3,2 late summer
• op. 4 Chorus mysticus from Goethe's Faust (“Alles Vergängliche”) for solos (3 sopranos and 1 alto), mixed choir (double choir) and large orchestra (2 harps and organ ad libitum)
• op. 5 Stella . Symphonic poem for large orchestra
• op. 6 Four songs and chants
  • op.6,1 over
  • op. 6,2 The old maid
  • op. 6,3 The song of the young witch
  • op.6,4 folk song
• op. 7 Five mixed choirs
• op. 8 A dramatic scene
• op. 9 Romantic Fantasy for Organ 1904
• op. 10 Waltz for small orchestra 1902–1904
• op. 11 Four piano pieces
  • op. 11,1 spring morning
  • op.11.2 Peasant Dance
• op. 12 Four performance pieces for the organ
  • op.12,1 Prologus solemnis
  • op.12,2 Praeludiom in G major
  • op.12,3 Capriccio D flat major
  • op.12.4 Canon in G minor
• op. 13a Two sayings by Peter Rosegger
• op. 13b Three male choirs
• op. 14 children's song book
  • op.1.1 Lullaby in the open air
  • op.14,2 evening song
  • op.14.5 Children's prayer
  • op. 14,8 The sooty boy
• op.15 Symphony No. 1
• op.16 Colorful Allies 1906
  • Op. 16,1 Little March
  • op.16,7 Little Waltz
• op. 17 praise of wine
• op. 18 songs and chants
  • op.18.4 In the Night (Idea Hunt)
• op. 19 Ninion 1907
• op. 20 The red dominos
• op. 20b Suite from the opera "The Red Dominos"
• op. 21 Serenade in A major in one movement for string trio
• op. 22 Two performance pieces for violin and organ
• op. 23 songs and chants
  • op. 23,2 Song of the Holy Virgin
  • op. 23,3 Two sails
• op. 24 duet
• op. 25 Symphony No. 2
• op. 26 miniatures
• op. 27 Eight small chorale preludes for organ
• op. 28 Astaroth
• op. 29 Sonata in D major for violin and piano
• op. 30 Claudine from Villa Bella
• op. 31 Three performance pieces
• op. 35 Auntie Rosemary, cheerful opera in 4 acts
• op. 36 At summer time. Six instructive piano pieces
• op. 38 Sonata in B flat minor for organ
• op. 40 violin concerto
• op. 41 (Three) Spring Songs
• op.45a songs for the German house
  • op. 45a, 3 The moon as a love postilion
• op.45b Christmas Cantilena. Cantata for solos, choir (SATB) and strings with organ
• op. 48 Now bless great death!
• op. 50 Messer Ricciardo Minutolo (How to outsmart women). Music comedy in 4 acts
• op. 51 Forest Fantasy for 3 pianos
• op. 52 Pictures from Styria for piano
• op. 52b Two piano pieces for a concert performance
  • op. 52b, 2 Stormy Night
• op. 54 Celebration of the dead, for the perished of the German foreign squadron (1914). For SATB and large orchestra and solo voices
• op. 56 dreams at the window. A song cycle for high voice and cl (orch)
• op. 57 Chamber Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra.
• op. 59 Merlin. Fairytale drama in three acts
• op. 60 The magician. Opera in 1 act. 1926
• op. 61 Third Symphony (G sharp minor) "Germany" 1920/1923
• op. 62 Comedy Overture for large orchestra
• op. 66 Six recital pieces for organ
• op. 69b Two poems f. TTBB a cappella
• op. 70 Serenade in G major for flute, violin, viola and violoncello
• op. 71 Third String Quartet in C minor
• op. 72 The Locke. Musical comedy in one act 1927
• op.74 Sonata in C minor for viola and piano 1927
• op. 75 Anno Domini. Opera in 2 acts 1907
• op. 80 Much ado about nothing. Opera in 3 acts 1930
• op. 83,4 Tillenbergersage
• op. 84 North in Need
• op. 86 Symphony No. 5 "Michelangelo"
• op. 91 Nordic Romance f. Vl u. Orch
• op. 94 quintet for 2 violins, viola and 2 violoncellos
• op. 95 songs after poems by v. R. Kundigraber
• op.103 Fantasy for violoncello and piano (or orchestra)
• op. 104 Bucolic Dance for Violoncello and Piano
  • op. 104,2 Adagio in E flat major for violoncello and piano
• op. 106 The gray woman from Eggenberg. Alpine pantomime dance game in three pictures
• op. 111 Vivat Allotria. Orchestra interlude from Act 2 for large orchestra
• op. 117 Ayn Steyrisch Tafelmusicken for large orchestra. With the use of Styrian folk songs

Works without opus (WoO)

• Intrade for Wilhelm Kienzl's 60th birthdays , 1917
• Madame Bluebeard , 1920
• King Man , 1922
• The Chinese Girls , 1928
• Memory of Einödsbach . Two marches for piano
• Fanfare of the city of Bruck / Mur
• Julian the host . Legend in a prelude and four acts (7 images)
• Kanzonetta arranged by Metastasio La lieberta a Nice for choir and orchestra
• Vorrei the

Fonts

• Thematic guide with an introduction to Hans Pfitzner's romantic opera “ The Rose from the Love Garden ” . Leipzig 1906
• EW Degner . 1909
• Max Reger . 1911
• A recovered ballet by Mozart? , in: Zeitschrift für Musik , 96th year 1929, p. 472
• Bach problems. Polyphonic piano music . Wuerzburg 1930
• The changes in the expressiveness of a melody on "wandering" subjects. A musical dramaturgical attempt , in: Zeitschrift für Musik , 99th year 1932, pp. 664–672
• various articles for Münchener Neuesten Nachrichten between 1935 and 1941

Archives holdings

Autographs, manuscripts, letters, etc. are in the holdings of the Johann Joseph Fux Conservatory.

Letters from Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvár are in the holdings of the Leipzig music publisher CF Peters in the Leipzig State Archives .

literature

• K. Haidmayer: Roderich von Mojsisovics. Life and work . Dissertation, Graz 1951 ( digitized version )
• Josef Hofer: Late romantic organ music by Styrian composers. Master's thesis, KUG Graz 1984
• E. Levi: Mojsisovics (-Mojsvár), Roderich Edler von , in: New Grove online
• M. Morold, Roderich Mojsisovics , 1924
• M. Morold: Roderich von Mojsisovics , in: Zeitschrift für Musik , 99th year 1932, pp. 661–664
• F. Steinenoth: Roderich von Mojsisovics , in: Zeitschrift für Musik , 109th year 1942, pp. 202–205
• W. Suppan: Steiriches Musiklexikon , 2nd edition (Graz, 2009) pp. 467–470

Web links

• Literature by and about Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvár in the catalog of the German National Library
• Mojsisovics, Roderich von in the Austrian Music Lexicon online
• Roderich von Mojsisovics-Mojsvár at aeiou.at
• Roderich Mojsisovics von Mosjvár at Klassika (with catalog raisonné )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of works according to Karl Haidmayer: Roderich von Mojsisovics. Life and work . Dissertation, University of Graz 1951, pp. 44–143 ( digitized version )
2. ^ Haidmayer, Karl; Roderich von Mojsisovics: life and work; (Uni Diss. Graz, 1951); p. 186 available at https://phaidra.kug.ac.at/detail_object/o:6674?mode=full
3. ↑ Library of the Johann-Joseph-Fux Conservatory ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.