Rolph Schroeder

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Rolph Schroeder (born September 28, 1900 in Düsseldorf , † October 16, 1980 in Kassel ) was a German violinist who became known for his interpretations with a round arch .

biography

Round arch by Rolph Schroeder

At the age of 5, Rolph Schroeder's ability to "perfect pitch" was determined. At the age of 6 he was accepted as a violin student at the Düsseldorf Conservatory. At the age of 12 he moved to the Berlin Music Academy, where he was taught by Henri Marteau . From 1921 to 1925 he was first concertmaster in Norrköping / Sweden , then first concertmaster at the radio orchestra in Frankfurt / Main . The "Schroeder Quartet" was founded in 1932: 1st violin - Rolph Schroeder, 2nd violin - Willi Rullmann, viola - Otto Geese and cello - Hanns Berckmann. From 1932 to 1947 Schroeder was first concertmaster at the Staatstheater Kassel, then in the same position until 1949 at the Dresden Philharmonic .

In 1928, stimulated by reading Albert Schweitzer's book about Johann Sebastian Bach , he began to construct a round arch that would enable polyphonic play on the violin. It was with this arch that he made his first appearance on the Frankfurter Rundfunksender with the interpretation of Bach's solo sonatas and partitas . Albert Schweitzer heard him perform Bach's solo sonatas as early as 1932 in Frankfurt. This led in 1933 to the solo concert for the members of the "Societé des Amis du Conservatoire" in Strasbourg, where Albert Schweitzer gave the introductory lecture and later reported on it.

Due to the effects of the war and the loss of all belongings, including his arch, Schroeder redesigned the arch and contacted Albert Schweitzer again in 1949. In 1950, on the 200th year of Bach's death, Schröder wrote an article about playing the violin in several voices for the German Bach Society. In 1952, in the presence of Albert Schweitzer, he recorded (Columbia Records, USA) all of Bach's solo sonatas and partitas with the round arch in Günsbach / Alsace. In his book about the round arch, Rudolf Gähler , a student of Rolph Schroeder, explains in detail the historical and personal relationships that led to the construction of Schröder's round arch.

In 1967 Rolph Schroeder was awarded the Albert Schweitzer Medal (bronze) in Munich. He died on October 16, 1980 in Kassel.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Blanche Marteau, Henri Marteau, Triumphant advance of a violin, Hans Schneider-Verlag, Tutzing 1971
  2. ↑ Clemens Fanselau, Bach-Bogen, In: Lexikon der Violin, Laaber-Verlag 2004 | http://www.bach-bogen.de/texts.html
  3. ↑ Dr. Albert Schweitzer, "The violin bow required for Bach's works for violin solo", In: Bach - Gedenkschrift, Zurich 1950 | http://www.bach-bogen.de/texts.html
  4. ↑ Rolph Schroeder, On the problem of polyphonic playing in Johann Sebastian Bach's violin sonatas , In: Bach Problems, Festschrift for the German Bach Celebration, Leipzig 1950, pp. 74-80
  5. ↑ Rudolf Gähler, The Round Arch for the Violin - a Phantom? , ConBrio Verlagsgesellschaft Regensburg 1997, ISBN 3-930079-58-5
personal data
SURNAME Schroeder, Rolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1980
Place of death kassel