Roman Roček

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Roman Roček (born January 31, 1935 in Vienna ; † January 2, 2013 there ) was an Austrian journalist and author .

Life

Roček graduated from high school in 1954, worked in the civil service and also completed a degree in psychology at the University of Vienna , which he obtained in 1964 with a doctorate. phil. completed.

In 1964 he became head of the pedagogical office of the Association of Viennese People's Education. In 1967 he became head of the science and public education department (school radio) in the ORF radio and was there from 1975 to 1995 head of the main cultural word department .

Roček was the biographer and editor of the complete lyric works of Alexander Lernet-Holenia and wrote opera libretti and a biography of Nikolaus Lenau .

He acted as treasurer and vice-president of the Austrian PEN Club . He lived for a long time in Brunn am Gebirge in Lower Austria and later in Vienna and was the administrator of the estate of the composer Richard Maux for decades, which he published in 2011 in the monograph "Tonal gegen die Zeitgeist. The life and work of the sound poet Richard Maux in documents" for Opponents of National Socialism transfigured, although two weeks after the annexation of Austria, Maux wrote the "Ostmark hymn", "Let the flags flutter", especially " Dedicated to Adolf Hitler ", which Maux's wife Else Reitermayer wrote without compulsion and which Maux set to music without any need. and the full proceeds of the first edition of the work were made available by the publisher "in the loyal German spirit of the NSDAP Purkersdorf ". Roček, following Maux's autobiography, emphasizes that Maux suffered professional disadvantages because of his aversion to the Nazi regime and Hitler, both as a high school teacher and as a composer during the Nazi period: "Although I was always apolitical, Director Peter Puppini put me in my head simply cold because I hadn't become a party member. " Maux had demonstrably been NSLB member since November 1, 1938 .

Roček was also Alexander Blechinger's librettist:

  • “Die böse 7 or Therese Krones and her Galan”, a chamber opera with a historical background about the popular actress Therese Krones, who made Raimund's “Brüderlein fein” famous at the time. Concert premiere, world premiere: Wiener Konzerthaus, Great Hall, December 1992.
  • "Ins the Face of Oppression", a satire about today's cultural scene in Vienna, a scenic oratorio. concert premiere in the Golden Hall of the Wiener Musikverein, November 1989.
  • "Orpheus now", a ballet that places the Orpheus legend in the present and in the underground of the Vienna Prater. concert premiere in the Golden Hall of the Wiener Musikverein, December 1990.

Publications

  • Media hazard. Essays. Verlag Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1974.
  • New accents. Essays, Herold-Verlag, Vienna 1984.
  • The golden donkey of Apuleius. Essay, Radschin Verlag, Kautzen 1986.
  • Odysseus, the divine sufferer. Essay, Radschin Verlag, Kautzen 1986.
  • The Magic Flute. Opera of opposites and harmony. Essay, Radschin Verlag, Kautzen 1988.
  • Songs of high love. Luxury printing of wooden sticks, Leopold Heidrich Verlag, Vienna 1992, facsimile 1999.
  • The poetry of Herbert Wadsack . Collection, introduction, comment. Edition Triglav, Vienna 1995.
  • The nine lives of Alexander Lernet-Holenia. A biography. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 1997.
  • Glamor and misery of the PEN biography of a literary club. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2000.
  • Selected poems. Edited by Helmuth A. Niederle (foreword and compilation), Podium Portrait Volume 77 (edited by Hannes Vyoral), Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902886-13-2 .
  • Echinoderms . Edited and provided with a post script by Helmuth A. Niederle. Along with an essay by Alexander Giese. edition pen (vol. 28) published by Löcker Verlag. Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-773-0 .

Editing

media

  • CD: Harmonia Classica Records, HCR Extra I Alexander Blechinger Into the Face of Oppression, scenic oratorio. Libretto, Edition Triglav, Vienna 1990. Music: Alexander Blechinger op. 48, Vienna 1989
  • CD: HCR 009 Orpheus Now, Mythological Ballet. Libretto, Edition Triglav, Vienna 1990. Music: Alexander Blechinger op. 53, Vienna 1990
  • CD: HCR 013 Die Bad Sieben, opera music or: Therese Krones and her Galan, chamber opera. Libretto, Edition Triglav, Vienna 1992. Music: Alexander Blechinger op. 40, Vienna 1992
  • CD: HCR 014 Moon in Twilight : Alexander Blechinger: “Ton-Dichtung” op. 81, text: Roman Roček
  • CD: HCR 009 Richard Maux: Snow, a symphonic poem
  • CD: HCR 014 Richard Maux: Moon in Twilight op. 783, melodrama. In modo classico op.20 , string quartet. Das Haar der Melisande op. 775, for solo harp. Spring op. 35, for high voice and piano.

Awards

literature

  • Roman Roček. Author portrait. Video, a documentation of the Lower Austrian PEN Club.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erich Sedlak: Addicted: 66 authors about lust and vice ; Residenz Verlag , Salzburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7017-1479-7
  2. ^ Richard Maux / Else Reitermayer: Ostmark-Hymne (op. 26).
  3. ↑ Illustrierte Kronenzeitung : First performance of the "Ostmark-Hymne", March 24, 1938, p. 9, and Neue Freie Presse : First performance of the "Ostmark-Hymne" , March 26, 1938, p. 12.
  4. ^ Illustrated Kronenzeitung : First performance of the "Ostmark-Hymne", March 24, 1938, p. 9.
  5. ^ Roman Roček: Tonal against the zeitgeist. The life and work of the sound poet Richard Maux in documents. Edition hic @ hoc 2011. p. 179.
  6. ^ Archive Fred K. Prieberg of the Musicological Institute of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel: Four documents about Richard Maux's time in III. Rich.
  7. ^ Bielefeld catalog: Bielefeld catalog classic
personal data
SURNAME Roček, novel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 2013
Place of death Vienna