Rudolf Karel

Rudolf Karel

Rudolf Karel (born November 9, 1880 in Pilsen , Austria-Hungary ; † March 6, 1945 in Theresienstadt concentration camp ) was a Czech composer .

biography

The son of a railway employee studied composition with Antonín Dvořák and organ with Klička in Prague from 1899 to 1904 . In 1914 he traveled to Russia, where he was suspected of espionage after the outbreak of war and was then arrested. He was able to break out of his Irkutsk captivity. On his return he became a teacher at the Prague Conservatory .

In Prague he participated in the resistance against National Socialism and was arrested on March 19, 1943. In February 1945 he was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp .

Works (selection)

piano

• 1910 Theme and Variations op.13

Opera

• 1909 Islein's Heart (Ilseino srdce)
• 1932 Godmother Tod op.30
• approx. 1944 Opera: Three Hairs of the All-Knowing Old Man (Tri vlasy deda Vseveda)

Orchestral works

• 1904/1911 Scherzo Capriccio op.6
• 1909 Symphony Ideale op.11
• 1914 Symphony for violin and orchestra op.20
• 1918–1920 Symphony Demon op. 23
• 1921 Symphony Renaissance op.15
• 1938 Spring Symphony op.38
• 1941 Revolution Overture op.39

Chamber music

• 1936 Third string quartet op.37
• 1945 nonet (without opus number)

See also

• List of composers persecuted by the Nazi regime or its allies

literature

• Jiří Bajer: Rudolf Karel (9 · 11 · 1880 - 6 · 3 · 1945) . In: Hudební věda 4, 1967, ISSN  0018-7003 , pp. 299-303.
• Joža Karas: Music in Terezín 1941–1945 . Pendragon Press, Stuyvesant NY 1990, ISBN 0-918728-34-7 .
• Otakar Šourek: Kdo je Rudolf Karel. Orbis, Prague 1946.
• Otakar Šourek: Rudolf Karel. Variace v živote i díle . Hudební Matice Umělecké besedy, Prague 1947.
• Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 395.
• Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century . Volume 2: J-R. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 642.

Web links

• Literature and other media by and about Rudolf Karel in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
• Works by and about Rudolf Karel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sheet music and audio files by Karel in the International Music Score Library Project